...I am able to guide students as we build on their education foundations and then focus on improving skills such as reading and summarizing difficult texts, determining source reliability, conducting research with multiple sources, writing well-structured essays, improving vocabulary, and proofread... (read more)
...I also use inventive techniques to teach reading comprehension and SAT sentence completion, such as using a game that develops the student's ability to 'know' the answer before even looking at the multiple choice options, and teaches them how to pick out 'direction words' that change the entire m... (read more)
...The teachers that I had in the past were always engaging and very comprehensible when talking about the material in the classroom. They were always willing to go above and beyond their initial explanation when I needed help or clarification. For that very reason, I am confident in my math skills and explanations of math topics. (read more)
...While word level grammar covers parts of speech, verbs, and tenses, etc., sentence level grammar involves putting those words together to make phrases, clauses, and sentences, etc. Since grammar can be challenging, I have found it to be more easily digested when learned incrementally, through mu... (read more)
...I going into my 5th year of teaching ESL at the elementary level. I am a professional member of NJTESOL/NJBE. I have presented research at the NJTESOL/NJBE annual conference the last two years. (read more)