Write Right English Tutoring

How is it possible that the top 5 questions I get asked by parents whose children are struggling in literacy, all have the same answer? And no, it’s not “get more tutoring” although that helps too 😂.

Well, let’s look at the questions:

1) How can I help my child be a better speller? My answer: Have them read for 20-30 minutes a night, at least one page out loud.

2) How can I help my child write with better descriptions and more detail? My answer: Have them read for 20-30 minutes a night, at least one page out loud.

3) How can I help my child use bigger words in their writing and improve sentence structure? My answer: Have them read for 20-30 minutes a night, at least one page out loud.

4) How can I help my child with reading comprehension? My answer: Have them read for 20-30 minutes a night, at least one page out loud. *in one paragraph increments, paraphrasing what they just read out loud.

5) How can I help my child with reading fluency? My answer: Have them read for 20-30 minutes a night, at least one page out loud. *in one sentence increments at a time, building up to a paragraph at a time, first very slowly and then increase speed.

Bottom line? Does tutoring help? Absolutely. But there is no substitution for making a habit of nightly reading.

Nightly reading is beneficial for everyone! It is proven to relieve stress, improve sleep quality, boosting brain function, improve vocabulary and phonetic awareness, improve memory retention and improve verbal and written sentence structure.

What book is your child currently reading?

Teaching order of operations to a student for the first time is so much fun! It’s the first time they get to see showing their work and learning to solve equations step by step pay off, in a real, visual way!

Another year of WriteRight and I can’t thank my amazing staff enough! Every time we get together, this A+ team leaves me more and more inspired. Their focus on making their students’ success their top priority speaks to their incredible passion for education and their exceptional character! I appreciate them tremendously!! What a fun night!! Also, special thanks to Debra Glaser Shelson for the fab crewnecks!! They’re so cozy and cute!

New slot available: Wednesdays at 4:20pm

Elementary School English or Math

Private tutor to your home! First come first serve!

I mean, it’s true isn’t it?

Sometimes, students will answer a written prompt in the most obvious and simple way possible. This is not wrong, but when teachers are grading for detail, understanding and depth, we need to prepare students with the tools they need to write more robust responses. This is some of the work I did with my student today, to get her response from a level 2 to a level 4+ with nothing more than further prompting. She did wonderfully!

Nicole and her student Maya completed a sentence writing worksheet together. Then, Nicole made it a creative reading activity by drawing out illustrations of their sentences to test Maya’s reading comprehension and have some fun!!