Jean A.
- Rockport, TX 78382 ( 29.5 mi )
- Expert Elementary Phonics Tutor
- Female
- Member since: 01/2013
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Tutoring Rate: $25 /hr
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On-line
In-Home
- Also Tutors: Elementary Social Studies, Elementary Science, Elementary Study Skills, Elementary Vocabulary, Elementary Reading, Elementary Grammar, Elementary, Basic Learning Skills
My comments on tutoring Elementary Phonics : I have taught a proven method to a complete non-reader who did not know his basic words to having him completely reading by 7 months at which time he achieved a fluency rate of 60 wpm. In just 2 months' work, I had raised his TPRI scores from 0's and 1's with a Tier 2 ranking to mostly 4's and 5's in just 2 months. Illness, missed sessions, and summer vacations caused student to miss a lot; and if he had not missed so much, I could have had him reading earlier. My system is unique and works! My system teaches you to read ANY word and be successful with a word you have never seen before! It also helps improve spelling difficulties dyslexics usually have as well.
Time spent attending conferences and workshops began to help me learn how to help my severely-dyslexic son and grandson. Then I helped apply some of the concepts learned to help several dyslexic families with the problems they had including ADD/ADHA, organizational, spelling, reading, and comprehension issues. I have been volunteering for several years gaining experience along the way. Every student I have helped has had some kind of learning disability involved and guess those have various levels of dyslexia. In just a few cases have I been successful in getting them to have their children diagnosed. I have recently improved the outcomes of several students who have come to me and taken a complete non-reader and made him into a successful lst grade reader in a relatively short period of time. I have helped a student improve his reading level and am getting his performance to a 2nd ... read more