A is for Apple. Also, Avocado...which is completely different.
Avocado starts with the same phonic sound as olive
Back in the Fall, as a newbie at the Learning Center, I was surprised by the demographics. I had not anticipated Middle Eastern refugees. Today, I met with the older brother of a child who’s benefited from many of my volunteer hours.
Sadly, it seems other volunteers have given up on the older boy because he’s persistently resistant. During afterschool (volunteer) hours, he puts his head down on the table and refuses to cooperate.
He was told he’d be working with me today.
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Today, when I arrived, he showed up with flash cards…but couldn’t read of word of the kinder-level vocabulary.
We set that aside and worked on the fundamentals of alphabet and words that rhyme with “at”. The stuff his younger borther has already mastered. The stuff the public school system isn’t requiring for promotion.
These are the basics that get swept aside when a refugee child arrives after the basics are taught. By 2nd grade, some knowledge is assumed. Consider that privelege.
Compound the disadvantage of ESL with the hindrence of masks when trying to learn how to distinguish the phonics of “m” and “n”.
Friends, I dare say, YOU ARE QUALIFIED! You can help these kids. If a Southern gal can tackle vowels, you can conquer whatever fear prevents you from stepping out in faith.
Let’s insist on and work together for a better collective future.
Please consider joining me in a very real battle on the front line of literacy for America’s underprivileged.
Let’s do this!