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[drunkenfud]

I have a cuckoo in the nest. Recently one of my third grade classes has gained a new student, a boy from a Korean family who grew up in LA. His English, as you can imagine, is pretty much flawless.

Now at the moment I'm teaching the 3rd graders "Hi, I'm Minsu.", "Nice to meet you Minsu!" Of course, this is WAY below his level. My plan is to give him some material more appropriate to his level to keep him occupied in class - reading comprehension or composition excercises perhaps.

Can anyone recommend a website with appropriate materials for his age-group? Also, can anyone recommend a textbook? I don't mind buying it for him with my own money - it makes me sad to think of his current ability slowly slipping away.

[Straphanger]

Just going out on a limb here, but you could just call up his old school and ask them what books they used, then use them.

[moosehead]

happens all the time - don't worry - you aren't his private tutor - and you better believe it, his mom is taking care of that - he probably goes to an exclusive hakwon after school AND has a private teacher.

chances are he's very polite and understands he's ahead - just engage him in conversation as much as possible and when you come to something new, invite him to do an example with you for the class; ask him to translate things when you need to, that kind of thing. he'll be fine.

[ddeubel]

You are on the right track and setting a great example for other teachers. However difficult - it IS our job to help each and every student. We teach students not subjects. So we aren't there just to deliver content.

Reading is a great idea! The power of a book is anytime/anyplace learning and giving the power of learning to the student. I'd photocopy lots of readers and give them to him. Make sure they are not too difficult and he can understand almost 95% of the vocab. Also provide an empty notebook which will be his reading response journal. He records the book name/author, date read and words he learned. Plus, what he liked/didn't like. That's all.

Click Resources on EFL Classroom - Reading/stories - Leveled Reading to get the materials mentioned above. You might want to even use these with regular students as supplemental material.

DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com

[metsgirl]

I teach here in the states. One of my favorite websites is edhelper. You have to purchase a membership for i think about $25, but it is a great resource. you can create your own worksheets for any number of English areas... spelling, comprehension, vocabulary, writing... it is worth every penny.