Learning Why to Disrupt Teaching Norms
As a tutor and educator, I need to use strategies that disrupt habits of not thinking and getting by. This book study of Peter Liljedahl’s book, Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, explores the research and proven strategies that will increase students’ engagement, thinking, and learning.
Building Addition and Subtraction Skills
When tutoring a student who struggles with regrouping and multi-digit addition, the tutor needs to consider the skills the student didn’t solidify in a previous grade. This blog post briefly reviews how addition and subtraction skills build from kindergarten through sixth grade and where possible problems may arise.
Reading Games for Tutoring
Reading Intervention Games for Tutoring. Poison Star is a great game to review old and new skills. Students get to practice their segmenting, decoding, blending and reading skills with this game and build fluency with practice.
Tutoring and Math: Vertical Alignment and Sequencing Numbers
Properly sequencing and plotting numbers on a number line is dependent upon foundational skills learned in earlier grades. Students who are unable to compare fractions to sequence and plot them accurately will need interventions on understanding what a fraction is and how it expresses its value.
Let’s talk about reading
Phonological awareness is a foundational skill for reading. Building that skill and using it in the decoding process provides a foundation for building reading skills.
Let’s talk about math
This is an example of a math intervention for students learning multi-digit multiplication or they're struggling with it.
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