Tutoring reading

Planning to tutor over the summer? Here are tips for quick and easy planning! Hi there! It's Sarah! I've been tutoring kiddos for the last year and have developed a routine that makes my planning easy and my session flow smoothly. All of the kiddos I tutor are grades K-2 and in need of a boost in their reading skills...fluency, comprehension, and phonics. Warm-up I like to start with some reading that is simple or familiar. I'll either have the kiddo re-read a text from the previous session…

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Look inside this tutoring binder to see what one elementary teacher brings to tutor struggling students in literacy and math. Lots of resource and freebies!

Learn how to structure a tutoring session effectively with our guide on maximizing a 30-minute timeframe. Discover strategies for balancing engaging warm-ups, targeted instruction, and meaningful reflection to ensure each session is impactful. Whether you're new to tutoring or looking to refine your

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Do you have struggling readers you just can't reach? This mega list of reading intervention activities will help you teach all students how to read!

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After-school tutoring can be a great way to use your teaching skills and strategies to reach students on a different level while earning a little extra income along the way. Legal Stuff 1. See Your Accountant We do not offer tax or legal advice so be sure to consult your accountant and/or attorney to make sure that your tutoring business is set up correctly in your state or region before starting out. Getting Ready 1. Securing a Place Secure a place where you will conduct your tutoring. I…

The best way for disfluent readers to become fluent is by reading! These students need to focus on ACCURATE text reading, use decodable text, repeated readings, systemic daily practice of reading words accurately, modeling of fluent reading and encouraging students to read like they are talking. Students need LOTS of opportunities to read text (at their level) using choral, cloze, echo and partner reading. These are great fluency strategies are for interventions. #fluency #fluencystrategies