Self Introduction

Hello! My name is Emily Bowers. I am a junior at Grand View University. I am an Elementary Education major receiving endorsements in reading and language arts. I will student teach in the Spring of 2017. As a part of my schooling I have to take a class called Teaching Literacy 3rd-8th grade. I am writing this blog to share my experience tutoring a 3rd grade student on reading at a local elementary school. I will be tutoring over a period of five weeks. During tutoring I will be giving inventories, running records and different lessons based on my student's needs in the area of reading.

The student I am working with is named McKenzie. During our first meeting I gave her an interest inventory in order for me to get to know her better. She is really into American Girl Doll books and movies. She also enjoys dance and has cousins that she dances with. Her parents do not read at home, but her and her siblings enjoy reading both to alone and to each other. She has many pets that include fish, birds, and rabbits. One the second meeting I have her the Garfield Reading Attitude Survey. For recreational reading she scored in the 81st percentile. In academic reading she scored in the 69th percentile. Over a full scale of reading in general she scored in the 84th percentile. From talking with her it definitely reflected what her attitude survey showed. She would tell me what books she would like me to bring and read with her, but when asked about how she likes reading for school, her attitude was closed off and it was not something she wanted to talk about with me.