Tuesday. Coming down the hallway I am brainstorming my lesson..."it needs to be structured, it needs to be structured," I keep repeating...every step I take I go over my plan...the greeting, introducing the ESL room, plan, cards, worksheet, reward, saying goodbye...I am taking Luis today, he should be easy.
I got to room #4. I took Luis. Luis is puzzled. He starts walking faster than me...I keep saying "slow down!" but that does not help. He knows where my room is. Amazing. He remembered Ms. G. showing him on Monday.
He walks in looking around, trying to touch things. I say "No Luis, sit down here, please." He does it.
I try to introduce myself by reaching out with my hand saying "I'm Mrs. M." He shakes my hand and smiles, but I can tell, he is waaaaay different than when I saw him in Ms. Jen's room. Waaaaay different. I try to get his attention on cards. Forget it. He is picking up the pencil, the marker, the paper, touching the book, the cabinet...and I am just snatching things out of his hands putting them back where they belong, saying "No, Luis. We do the cards first."
Not good. Not good....I am thinking...I got his attention for about 1 min.? Something is wrong here, I need to start over....He was nervous being in a different room he never saw before. And here I go, the idiot, trying to conduct a lesson, without giving him a chance.
He did get through a few cards, stating the words he knew. But I don't think this will be my main focus next time. I let him pick the sticker. It is a smelly sticker. He likes it, and he keeps sniffing it. I say bye, and we leave. On the way back he walks ahead again. I didn't even have a chance to say goodbye.
I am not happy with myself. This was a disaster. I try to think what went wrong. Maybe I should give him time to get used to the environment. Yes.
I will do. One puzzle piece is done, I will look for a matching piece now.
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