Nicole Tutoring 10

Today Veronika brought in a discussion board she is working on for her Families in Sociology course.  Luckily, I am familiar with the course and the topic so I have a understanding of the concepts taught throughout the course.  I asked Veronika to read the discussion board prompt aloud before I looked at it.  There were quite a few words she stumbled on - mainly from not knowing how to pronounce specific letters.  I then read the prompt aloud to Veronika.  We went through and looked at the words she pronounced incorrectly and she practiced saying them until they were accurate.  Once she was able to read the prompt we had to decipher the meaning.  She did not understand what the question was asking.  I broke down each word to confirm she understood and then used synonyms for the words she was unsure of.  Veronika was very active in the conversation coming up with her own synonyms and asking if the words had the same meanings.  We then used course material to outline her response.  She picked a few slides that she thought fit the question and we just talked about them.  I explained some of the different concepts and she left with a much better understanding and the confidence to write her post.