ACADEMIC SUBJECTS

Specialties

At Academic Tutoring Academy, my approach to tutoring involves an intensive process that helps students make cognitive gains, improve their grades, build their confidence in the classroom, and overcome barriers to learning. In addition, as a gifted certified educator, I provide enrichment challenges that keep gifted students engaged and ready for a continuous future of academic excellence. Choose Success!

READING

Ensuring students posses a strong reading foundation is incredibly important for measured reading progress. Academically, children who are not reading on grade level by the end of third grade struggle across the curriculum, year after year, because over 85 percent of the curriculum content is taught by reading. Academic Tutoring Academy produces skillful readers that amass a lifetime love of reading.

Equipped with the best learning materials and practices, I provide comprehensive reading support geared toward increasing academic mastery of both literary and informational reading standards. I am available from the safety of virtual learning sessions or in-person. Academic Tutoring Academy areas of expertise:

Reading Comprehension Strategies

Critical Thinking Skills

Literary Reading Standards

Informational Reading Standards

Analyzing Texts

Reading Fluency

Word Acquisition

MATH

Mathematics is an essential life skill that we use without thinking about it. If students are experiencing gaps in their mathematical understanding, math becomes a challenge that is often daunting for students. Math gaps don't disappear because each new concept builds upon the previous concept. One math misconception can result in weaker math foundation skills making it more difficult to obtain mastery. I am here to decrease those learning gaps!

I provide individualized math instruction customized to meet student's needs with an emphasis in building foundational skills, mastering number sense & computation, and increasing reasoning and problem solving strategies. I offer in-person and virtual sessions to ensure a safe and effective experience for all students and families. Let Academic Tutoring Academy help to increase your student's understanding of how to approach math concepts and make meaning of their relationships in:

Number & Operations Base Ten

Number & Operations Fractions

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Measurement & Data

Geometry

TEST TAKING STRATEGIES

Test-taking strategies improve test confidence so that children accurately reflect what they really know. In addition, studies show that children who learn testing strategies at an early age are more likely to outperform their peers over the course of their academic career. Academic Tutoring Academy test taking session includes:

Answering Test Question Strategies

Examining Testing Vocabulary

Analyzing Reading Prompts for Standardized Testing

Setting Attainable Goals
Improving Time Management Skills
Self-monitoring Progress
Improving Attitudes Toward Test
Decreasing Test Anxiety
Achieving Better Test Scores