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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
“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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