...I have tutored children on a volunteer basis and helped students with their college essays. Helping people of all ages improve their reading and writing skills is very rewarding. My goal is to not just help someone get a better grade or test score, but to foster a love of the written word. (read more)
...I have been very successful in teaching reading to students. All of my 3rd grade students passed the Ohio 3d Grade Guarantee. I have experience taking students who have a distaste for reading and turning them into book lovers. (read more)
...My former students have said that my classes were challenging, which was refreshing, and they appreciated how I used illustrations to help get the concepts across. Communication is important, so I would want you to tell me what you believe you have grasped and where you are getting stuck. I wil... (read more)
...I am a Montessori-trained teacher (Elementary, grades 1-6) and am licensed by the State of Ohio. I have tutored over the past 13 years. I have experience with phonemic awareness, reading fluency, reading comprehension, writing (reports and creative writing), math, social studies, science, and nature for students going into grades 1-7. (read more)
...I teach them to skim a passage to get a general overview of it and to scan it for specific details. I teach them to use context clues to understand the meaning of words, so as to learn new vocabulary. They are also taught how to point out the main idea of the passage, to analyze its structure, and to make inferences. (read more)