...experiences I've learned how to discover and draw out the strengths that each student brings to the table; how to be sympathetic to students' frustrations while also pushing them to succeed; and how to find new and creative ways to make material resonate with different kinds of brains. I am well-versed in elementary school subjects as well as higher level humanities (especially English, Spanish, writing, SAT prep); I'm most experienced working with elementary schoolers but...
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...am currently a student at Fordham University working towards a BA in Applied Mathematics and Economics. I love anything involving the outdoors, from nature walks to outdoor sports. I live in the great City of New York and spend my free time visiting museums and seeing the fascinating spots the city has to offer. I found an interest in tutoring in high school and continue it today because I love helping students understand material in...
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...students of all ages and help develop their reading and writing skills! I myself am a writer, having written and published my own blog (kaylahackmann.blogspot.com) and working as the Managing editor for my school's Honors newsletter, Breaking Stereotypes. I have experience with elementary through high school age students and look forward to meeting new clients. If you or your child is looking for a friendly yet focused tutor to help improve grammar mechanics, technical writing,...
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...Additionally I have instructed a summer school session for Advanced Algebra. I tutor K-8 all subjects, K-12 English/reading/writing, my favorites being general science, ACT Science, and Biology (honors and AP included). I love that science explains how the world around us worksfrom why the sky is blue, to why we resemble our parents. I enjoy working with all types of studentswhether they do not particularly enjoy the subject, or are driven from the get go....
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...am honored to share my gifts as a teacher with your child individually as their tutor. I have many unique and exciting ways of getting your child where they need to be and beyond in reading, math, and writing. My goal is for your child to fall in love with learning, to be excited about learning, and to have the confidence to achieve in the area they may need help in.
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...process easier, and perhaps enjoyable. I don't think it is beneficial to struggle for hours just trying to get an answer to a question. Instead, I think there is added value in having someone help you through a problem to understand the material as a whole (while still answering your homework problems). School is challenging, but it doesn't have to be impossible, and I hope that I can help with that process.... My teaching philosophy is...
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My ultimate goal, is to enhance the ability of every student that I tutor to succeed and excel in school. The most important job I have, is to patiently aid the student in developing an understanding of the content areas that I tutor, so that I can allow each student the opportunity to learn and transfer that knowledge to other areas of their scholastic life. I embrace diversity and warmly welcome all walks, faiths, personalities,...
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...have allowed me to become skilled at assessing student abilities and then strategically designing and implementing effective research based instruction to increase student skills and success. Many times students who perceive themselves as "poor students" actually have more skills than they realize and just need instruction in certain areas. 1-1 tutoring is the perfect setting to re-mediate these areas. The most rewarding part of my career is watching students realize potential, become empowered and...
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...occurs all is right in my world! I not only have the passion to assist in attaining that academic goal but I have worked in a teaching and tutoring capacity for many years. I have been in classrooms with students of all ages - from toddlers to adults. I have worked in groups and in one-on-one settings. I make sure to observe, listen, reflect, and plan for the student because the student's success is also...
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...largest components that becomes a hurdle in student learning is study skills or lack thereof. Before I start working with a student I always investigate their studying style. Based on the method they utilize I do my best to tweak the needed changes to maximize student learning. Whenever my time is not devoted to educating I love to listen to music and write poetry. I try to be a student of all genres of music...
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...going to be a senior at the University of Michigan. French is my mother tongue, as my mom's family all immigrated from France and still have a home there that I visit for several months every year. From kindergarten to 12th grade, I attended EFAC (Ecole Franco-Americaine de Chicago) and passed the French BAC in 11th grade. I've continued with my French education at the University of Michigan where I major in Creative Writing. Outside...
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I believe that my experience in both teaching and coaching make me a great tutor. My prior experience of 20 years of tutoring (either self-employed, school district or other in both the online and in person experience) have given me the opportunity to work with students of all ages and backgrounds.
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...my passion and it was also my dream. Today I can say, I am living out my childhood dream with courage and tenacity. I always look forward to meeting new students and families. One of my favorite quotes by Benjamin Franklin states, "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." This quote emphasizes why I became a teacher. Students learn best when their needs are put first, they...
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...that one’s education should be well balanced. In my free time I like to read, work on visual art, and play instruments. I am most passionate about math though, because it can be related to any subject, and because the skills that are developed through mathematical thinking can help create success in other areas. I try to use multiple approaches while teaching, and present ideas as visually and tangibly as possible. One of the dangers...
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...learns in their own time at their own ability. In order for each of my students to reach their potential, it is up to us to have a good relationship to better understand how the child learns best. This will enable me to present skills in the best way so the child will be able to grasp difficult to understand concepts. Children should also be responsible for their learning and be prepared each day. I...
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...and private schools. The early years were primarily 5th and 6th grades. The later years have been spent in middle and high school. I also homeschooled my three children for seven years. Two of my children have dyslexia, so I learned what works best with them. I love working with kids of all ages and try to help them in any way I can. I love to travel, spend time with family and friends, read...
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...and Reading teacher in Miami-Dade County for the past 5 years. Additionally, I tutored for 3 years for a professional tutoring company in Coral Gables. I am very familiar with phonics and reading comprehension tutoring techniques. I am comfortable tutoring students of any age and have tutored all ages in the past. I earned my Bachelor of Arts Degree in Visual and Media Arts from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. I originally grew up in...
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...working with students both one on one and in the classroom. I customize tutoring sessions to meet the needs of individual students. I am a regular columnist and curriculum reviewer for Mary Pride's Practical Homeschooling magazine, hold a current teacher certification from Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), and earned a BA in Church and Family Ministries with a Cognate in Elementary Education, GBS Aldersgate program. My education credits include Principles & Methods of Education,...
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...learning and when I graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism and joined Teach for America I became passionate about other's education as well. I have taught middle school reading and math for special education and am currently teaching elementary special education. I am also pursuing my master's degree in speech language pathology, hoping to continue to make an impact on children outside the classroom. When I am not teaching, I enjoy spending time...
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...to know each kiddo so I can customize their learning. I relate to kids and their parents incredibly well. I built my long teaching career on the power of positive relationships and it paid great dividends for me, as well as my students. Because I had such strong bonds with students, administration usually gave me students that were considered difficult. I am patient, kind, empathetic, positive, fun and persistent. As a student, I was pretty...
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Second grade is a time of developmental learning milestones. During second grade, students are still in the process of mastering both the spoken and the written English language. Syntax, grammar, spelling, and other linguistic structures may not yet be intuitive and first need to be taught and then built upon. The developmental significance of learning to read and write at an early age is monumental, as these tools will eventually allow your child to communicate and interact effectively with the world in which we live. Literacy and compositional aptitude are prerequisite to almost any occupation or educational opportunity that they may choose in the future. Building these foundations early is a critical step toward bolstering academic confidence and leading your student toward success in their future academic pursuits.
Second grade, however, is still very early in your child's formal educational experience. Although these developmental years are critical for developing skills in language arts, the resources offered in a classroom environment may not mesh or align with your child's particular learning needs. Maybe your child is having a hard time with word choice, grammar, punctuation, or sentence structure. Or perhaps your child simply needs assistance picking a topic and writing on point. At such as young age, it can be difficult to narrow down all the choices in their heads and formulate their ideas onto the paper in a written form. If you are concerned that your child may be falling behind, or perhaps if your child simply does not find his or her classroom content engaging or challenging enough to hold their interest, Varsity Tutors can help you connect with a private tutor who may be able to help.
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Recent 2nd Grade Writing Tutoring Session Notes
The student and I read and worked on the first two chapters in A Catcher in the Rye, answering a couple questions about the main character and writing a short essay. He has some good opening ideas about the book and is ready to get a lot out of reading it.
Today we worked on reading passages and answering questions. We talked about main idea and then we worked on a social studies project. It was a good session overall and the student thinks he did well on his last quiz so hopefully improvements are happening.
The student and I have been working through the stages of writing and the use of a rubric as a self evaluation tool. Last week we began an exploration of butterflies and began drafting ideas based solely on the student's knowledge. Today we expanded those ideas by conducting research online. She read/listened to the informational text and told me things that we needed to include in our book that we didn't list last week. We worked on drafting a title for her book and also creating the illustrations for the front cover. We periodically stopped to check on our progress via the simple rubric we created but this is all working towards increasing her writing skills to align more closely with exam standards.
We will continue working on creating her informational book and using the rubric to evaluate her work.
The student worked on writing and spelling this session. We took our first spelling test and he scored an 11 out of 16. We practiced spelling the words he got incorrect. We then worked on writing. He was given a prompt on picking a superpower and explaining why and what he would do with that power.
We finished writing samples to be turned into the 2nd grade teacher at start of school year; we practiced mental math facts.
Extra practice at home: practice spelling sight words (identified five challenging words to have the student practice); use math flashcard app to practice mental math facts.
Practiced capital M and lowercase A in cursive for writing his name. We proofed his writing about soccer camp from last week and made corrections where necessary. The student did some brainstorming with me and wrote a full paragraph about outer space. We reviewed our writing reminders, did a word and sentence count, and a word length and sentence length exercise.
