http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/ Hawaii Literacy Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:07:58 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/122 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/122 Aloha, My name is Charlie and I am a tutor-in-training, my last class being on 6 June. Tutoring adults will be something new for me. I have been working with Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:05:21 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/121 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/121 I am having trouble contacting my student for our initial meeting. I have left messages with his wife, but have not heard back. His wife is aware that he Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:56:52 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/120 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/120 I had my first mtg. with my student on Fri. at a McDonald's. It was a bit challenging as he brought his 6 yr. old son with him. Like most of the other postings Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:41:53 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/119 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/119 Last week was a busy week for student-we set up meeting for this past Monday but he cancelled-we set up for next day, Tuesday, but then I had to work--Now next Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:37:53 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/118 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/118 I have only made phone contact with my assigned new student. We will get together on Saturday the 7th to meet. I looked at the Kalihi library as a possible Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:03:26 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/117 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/117 So I've met with my student, we talked for quite awhile. We're meeting this coming Tuesday. All seemed to go well, he seemed pretty comfortable with me, at Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:32:57 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/116 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/116 ... Mike - I'm glad the "course" through Thinkfinity was good. There are LOTS of courses on various topics at that site. Everyone should check it out. And, Wed, 21 May 2008 06:36:11 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/115 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/115 I recently took the Phonemic Awareness Instruction for Adult Literacy Learners course at wwwthinkfinity.org that is sponsored by Verizon Communications. This Sat, 10 May 2008 03:40:38 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/114 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/114 Since I have not been assigned a student, I have prepared a hypothetical lesson plan with the new movie "Iron Man" as the subject, and Mother's Day as the time Tue, 06 May 2008 21:07:29 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/113 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/113 I was in contact with the student yesterday. She and I talked for about five minutes. We arranged to meet on Wednesday in Waipahu. I am looking forward to Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:28:57 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/112 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/112 It's great to hear all the stories about everyone's first meeting. Do any of the active tutors have any advice they would like to offer the new tutors? Have Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:11:12 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/111 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/111 I met with my student, Kona this weekend. He shared with me he had started the program and completed Book 2 of the LWR, but he felt he had forgotten most of Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:15:22 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/110 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/110 I had my initial meeting with my student for an hour at Kailua Library and enjoyed the experience. We set up twice a week meetings and will be working on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:35:45 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/109 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/109 I met Steven, his parents and his attendant for the first time this morning in the family's business in Waipio. I feel it was a successful encounter with ample Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:35:44 GMT hawaii_literacy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/108 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hawaii_literacy/message/108 I met Steven, his parents and his attendant for the first time this morning in the family's business in Waipio. I feel it was a successful encounter with ample