Tutor Training: Practicum Log

Instructions: Use this log the whole month but at the end of each week, you will turn in your progress on this document.

Tutor Name: Ophelia Hamada Practicum Supervisor: Ms Azucena Ramirez Dates: October/November

Dates Course Name Description of Activities Main Responsibilities as a Total Time (Hours
Peer Tutor this week)

12th Oct Grade 6 EAL - Check-in and class day overview Observe! 75 minutes
- Kahoot! (Pause between each question to
clarify the meaning, why we use ran rather
than runned etc.)
- Draw and list each family members character
traits (my dad is ___ I know this because ___)
have good evidence to back up claim
- Watch Pixar Short films and identify different
characters traits (Alien film, bird film)
- Ms Suzy pulled kids out to test speaking during
last two activities (test was similar to a
speaking check in they do every class after the
weekend)

18th Oct Grade 6 EAL - Check-in and class overview (COLOCOs), Observe t150 minutes (2.5
sharing work instructions (padlet, vote for the hours)
fattest bear) Help with DX and technology
during the independent tasks
 - Independent work on padlet (favourite memory
from the overnight trip to Camp Greenwood
and why, CER/story format)
- Read about Katmai’s brown bears (Ms Peak
reads the first introductory section, then
everyone can independently read about the
different bears before voting which one is they
think is the fattest)
- Write on DX what the fattest bear is using the
sentence structure provided
- Independent IXL work on character traits and
emotions and identifying sensory detail skills,
which were introduced and covered last week
- Announcement
- Ms Suzy continues testing

20th Oct Grade 6 EAL - Tripod survey Observe

- Character traits and similes mini lesson (class
defines what a simile is, class collectively makes Help cut out the tripod slips
an example, what drawing on the board do you Help students access survey
relate to in terms of how you feel?
- Board games! / air dry clay Play games with students
- Ms Suzy continues speaking testing

24th Oct Grade 6 EAL - Hangman type game, with synonyms and Play games with students
connected words (words students have already
learnt, defined, and worked with) Encourage speaking in English
- Games! Keep classroom under control
- Ms Suzy continues testing (noise/behaviour)
 End of the month checklist!

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 During independent work, students can talk in their preferred language so long as they’re contributing to class in English and doing their work, asks
students to paraphrase instructions for a better understanding, and ask questions during independent work about different students’ work for them to
share their thinking and ideas.
 Asking questions about the schedule to students to double check how clear the instructions were/how much the students’ listened, lists the skills
they’re working on in each task (responsibility etc.), students are welcome to use translators or ask a friend how to say something in English if they
don’t know a word, connecting types of writing to others (camp greenwood experience post is similar to CER or narrative), practice skills that can be
 used during other subjects (reading informational text, writing narratives, writing CERs, determining numbers in text), use voice cues like “waterfall”
(shoo) so then people will make the sound, then stop and listen,
 Repeats questions a couple of times to make sure they’re clear and heard, asks students to repeat instructions to check active listening so students also
know what they’re doing (keeping it clear) (ex. Asking students to complete the tripod survey: complete the survey with a level 0 talking voice (no
talking), close your computer and then grab a whiteboard marker. When the last computer is closed, we will begin the next activity. Raise your hand
if you have a question, and we will move to the next activity when the last computer is closed), Ms Peak and Ms Suzy give demonstrations on how to
use a sentence pattern or figurative language if they’re learning something new, reminds class of English usage rather than Chinese or Korean usage
during group work

To include on the introduction PPT: name, family, pets / classes I take and hobbies I have / places I’ve lived, how long in BJ / favourite subject, food, etc. /