Jean A.
- Rockport, TX 78382 ( 29.5 mi )
- Expert Elementary Vocabulary 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 Phonics, Elementary Reading, Elementary Grammar, Elementary, Basic Learning Skills
My comments on tutoring Elementary Vocabulary : I review with you the words we cover in reading. If you do not know the word or its meaning, we discuss it. We come back to reviewing what you did not know to make sure you now know it. I give sample tests to cover what you did not know (the before and the after) to be able to show the desired improvement. I ask you to learn other words that have a similar meaning.
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
