The Number 8

Today was the first summer class of the Balara students.  Unlike UP, they chose not to have an acad calendar shift so the number of students drastically lowered and we were forced to make some adjustments.  We decided to team up (we had a team of five) and we taught three students, taking turns.

The first part consisted of reading a story book about Aling Oktopoda, an octopus with eight legs who had eight children who also had eight legs.  The kids enjoyed the story very much and we, the tutors, did also.  It was a fun and interactive activity where everyone got to participate.  After the hyped storytelling, we decided to break up into smaller groups and do the LP's to each individual child.

My pair and I got Dale that day.  He was quite an intelligent child.  He knew how to write his name and got most of the LP questions right.  He was also fast in reading and in learning words and sounds.  I was glad to have him as a tutee; he was very attentive and was really interested in the lessons.  It was one of the best tutoring sessions I ever had.