Final Project Progress

My final project is coming along nicely. Each week I am observing every morning and all day on Fridays in the ESL classroom. I have been working a lot more one-on-one with the students. With the first year students I tend to work with them on family words and helping them do their worksheets. Sometimes they read to me as well. There is one boy in particular who we are working on very closely to just read basic words like can, my, by, and, etc. We have him read the words and get exposed to them frequently everyday. We also have him read very basic stories with these words in them along with doing worksheets. For the other students who are more advanced, they generally work in their binders. This work has them reading leveled stories and answering comprehension questions on them. I tend to just assist them when they ask or check their answers for the comprehension questions. Sometimes I have some of them read aloud to me. If there ever is anything in class that the teacher is teaching to all of them, I usually just observe while she teaches and then quietly walk around and help students who need it. I definitely have been learning a lot from being in this ESL classroom. The teacher I am working with shows me books she finds most useful along with activities and websites. I really enjoy going in and working with these children. I feel like I learn so much more from being in the classroom. So overall, my progress is going quite well!