5 Reasons Your Child Might Need a Tutor
Private tutoring is an investment in time and money so it’s only natural to ask this question. Sometimes all a student needs is some...
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Rita Santos
Sep 26, 20222 min read
Helping Parents Understand The Science of Reading
If it seems like there's a new way reading is being taught to your child, read on to get more information on the "Science of Reading".
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Rita Santos
Sep 12, 20222 min read
5 Things to Tell a Teacher About Your Child
Teachers spend a lot of time getting to know students the first few weeks of the school year. But no one knows more about your kids as...
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Rita Santos
Sep 20, 20213 min read
The Reading Wars: Phonics vs. Whole Language vs. Balanced Literacy
For many years there were two main approaches to teaching reading -- Whole Language and Phonics. Each one represents a very different...
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Rita Santos
Jun 8, 20213 min read
It’s Summer... Now What?
Whether your child has already started summer break or school will end in the next few weeks, you may be thinking, now what? Is there...
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Rita Santos
May 24, 20214 min read
It's Testing Season - Part 2
Last week, I talked about some consequences of standardized testing. To read that post, click here. As I stated in that post, there is...
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Rita Santos
May 17, 20211 min read
It's Testing Season!
The birds are chirping... The flowers are blooming... Once upon a time, this time of year marked Spring Fever. Now if you are a student,...
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Rita Santos
May 10, 20213 min read
The TOP TWO Reasons Students Don’t Understand Fractions
One of the first questions I ask all of my students is to tell me what they like and dislike about math. Fractions are almost always the...
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Rita Santos
May 3, 20212 min read
The Social and Emotional Effects of Reading Difficulties
According to the 2019 NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) Report Card, 34% of 4th graders scored below a basic reading...
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Rita Santos
Apr 27, 20213 min read
5 Reasons Not To Use Keywords or CUBES For Solving Word Problems
Word problems are troublesome for many students. So well-meaning teachers have come up with strategies to help solve them. One strategy...
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Rita Santos
Mar 29, 20213 min read
5 More Reading Myths
This is the second part of a series about reading myths. Click HERE to read about the first 5 myths. MYTH #6: There’s no need to read...
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Rita Santos
Mar 15, 20212 min read
Why Do I Need To Know This, Anyway?
We’ve all heard kids ask this question when they are learning math. They mistakenly think that if they are not interested in a STEM...
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Rita Santos
Mar 1, 20213 min read
Why I Don’t Always Have Students Finish Solving Word Problems
“Is that the right answer?” Students ask me this question often when we first start working together. They are programmed to think that...
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Rita Santos
Feb 19, 20212 min read
What Tutoring Is and What It Isn’t
The Mirriam-Webster Dictionary defines tutoring as “to teach or guide usually individually in a special subject or for a particular...
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Rita Santos
Feb 15, 20212 min read
5 Myths About Reading Instruction
There are many theories about reading. Sometimes what we believe to be true --old wives’ tales, for instance - isn’t always true. ...
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Rita Santos
Feb 8, 20214 min read
“I can't do math. I’m just not a math person.”
Have you heard your child say this? Maybe you’ve even said it about yourself. But I’m here to tell you, everyone can do math. Sure,...
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