Session Date
Lesson Topic
multiplication and division
Lesson Outline
Today John Michael and I reviewed his 3 and 4 times tables. When we finished with each, I used that number (3 or 4) as a divisor in long division problems. He has been having trouble mastering all the steps for long division, so as a review from the work we did last week, we practiced the steps using the facts we had studied. Overall, he did well with this academic exercise.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
John Michael was rude and tired throughout our lesson. Not only did he continuously say "boring" or "i'm tired" under his breath when i was teaching - which i asked him to stop doing, he would sit at stretches and refuse to do the work. He cried at one point because he said he "hated to be wrong". When we were three quarters through the lesson, I offered to leave, and he told me he would behave so I stayed. He doesn't understand long division because it is being taught to him in a group setting so when he misses a step- he is wrong for the rest of the problem. When he gets practice problems to bring home, he does them on a the calculator on his phone. When we worked on it, he didn't want to practice many problems in a row because its boring- or he may be wrong. He doesnt know his addition and subtraction facts, or multiplication and division, and therefore has no confidence when trying to solve. Last, he is trying to hold it together, pretending, all day in school, and he is exhausted at the end of the day for the tutoring session. He was so obnoxious, but I really feel for him. Please tell Jayne the work we did is in his top desk drawer.
Session Hours
1.00
Hours Attended
1.00
Entry Status
Review Status
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