Class 4 reflection

I was giving a guitar lesson on Saturday, and the student brought up something about a vocabulary quiz he had on Friday. Being that this was one of our topics on Thursday night, I was intrigued and immediately started asking him questions. He said the students had to learn 12 words a week. On Mondays, the teacher follows a book and gives the students 12 words to memorize, define and use in a sentence. On Friday they take a quiz which basically just regurgitates their homework assignment. I asked if the teacher incorporated any games or interesting techniques to help the students assimilate the words into their vocabulary. He said she didn't do any of that. I had to bite my tongue to avoid telling him that the way his teacher was going about teaching them vocabulary was probably not ideal. My student is an above-average student, so I don't think he has much of a problem with it. Unfortunately, I'm sure there are students in that class that are struggling with these weekly vocabulary quizzes.