So a few weeks ago I started one-on-one tutoring with a 4th grade girl at the local Boys and Girls Club, and so far it’s been really nice. She is working on reading comprehension, so I’ve been writing out multiple choice questions for her as we read a Nancy Drew book. I also have her circle any words she doesn’t understand. One of the words she circles last night was “oblivious.” I told her it means you don’t know what’s going on, you are unaware. “For example, if you are asleep, you’re oblivious. If you are watching TV and you are sucked into the show, you’re oblivious to whatever else is going on around you.”
Normally she reads out loud to me, and she did for most of last night. However I had to leave early yesterday so, in order to finish the chapter before I left, I read the last couple pages to her. For those of you who haven’t read Nancy Drew books (shame) every chapter ends in a little cliffhanger. When I finished this chapter, she got wide-eyed and asked me to keep going. I told her we could pick it up next week. She said “But I feel like that word we learned! I’m oblivious!!”
It was the cutest thing, haha. So proud.
