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 I know I am a visual learner so I helped Ruben by using the play money to help him with his math problems.  He progressed over time on his site words by reading pattern books.  He was able to improve on his double digit addition.  His favorite game was the letter soup; which consisted of making a soup with different letters and identifying a word by it’s letter.  Ruben logged many hours of reading in his reading chart at the Learning Zone.  Over the weeks Ruben was less frustrated in reading after I guiding him with books for his reading level. Week 6,7,8

 On another occasion that Ruben was absent I worked with Kimberly who is a 3 rd grader.  She worked on her vocabulary sentences, and then on her math homework.  She needed help writing her sentence like for the word apple. So both Griselda and I helped her think of different ways to make a sentence with apple. We suggested apple pie, apple tree, apple sauce and even candy apple. Sometimes the students get stuck with so many possibilities or even with no ideas.

 I have learned to appreciate the help that the library provided as resources for students to better or even challenge their knowledge.  I have also learned to appreciate the time the parents take to bring the student in to Learning Zone.  I will definitely take everything I have learned with me that has come from all the students I have tutored.  I have enjoyed playing the board game with Ruben and the reward of him learning from my game is all the reason I continue to have the passion to be a teacher.  I hope Ruben continues reading so that he will continue to progress his spoken and his written English for his academic success.