Grammar Articles

100 Percent of My Students Passed Their NY State Mathematics, English Language, Art and Science Exams

By Gilant P. | 6/18/2013 3:35 AM CST |

For the 5th year in a row, all my students have passed their NY State examinations. A few have made it to the Honor Roll, and some are receiving Academic Achievement Awards next week. I am so proud of them. This was a difficult year for some, especially with Common Core test requirement, being a late suggestion and requirement by Bloomberg's team. So many students and parents were very worried and scared. So I did my research, and bought the required books, as well as to incorporate the use of the students' books.

Each session I worked on building their competency and comprehension skills,...

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Reading with Children

By Sabrina B. | 6/17/2013 10:51 AM CST |

For parents who are trying to do any of the following:

1. Engage your child in reading

2. Increase your child's reading skills (fluency, comprehension, rhythm, expression, tempo, etc.)

3. Increase your child's language acquisition, vocabulary, grammar skills, and spelling skills

This blog post is for you!!!

There are some really unique ways to help your child become a "reader." I myself wasn't a "reader" until about the age of 10. Up to that point, though I loved books and collected books and asked for books for birthdays/holidays, I was not a reading self-starter. However, I loved being...

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Spanish, French, English, Language Arts and Test Preparation Tutor. Contact me today to schedule a lesson!

By Valerie A. | 6/13/2013 2:20 PM CST |

Hello!

Thank you for visiting my site!

I have 8 years of language teaching experience. I taught for 7 years at Princeton University and 1 year at the University of Notre Dame. It is truly a joy for me to help people reach their academic and personal goals. Please contact me as soon as possible to inquire about scheduling a tutoring session with me. I specialize in language arts, particularly Spanish, French, and English. I also have experience tutoring people of all ages, and helping them prepare for standardized tests.

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Best regards,

Valerie

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Welcome to WyzAnt

By Lauren E. | 6/11/2013 9:40 PM CST |

My students and I are celebrating my first month with WyzAnt! Although I have tutored extensively in the past, these past 30 days with WyzAnt have been the most seamless tutoring experience so far.

I am loving getting connected with students all over the five boroughs, as well as Westchester!

Tutoring is an excellent way to get out and see the City. I've met with students in small coffee shops, huge bookstores, the New York Public Library, and my own cozy study space in my Upper East Side apartment.

I have students of all ages, and they all have one thing in common: they are looking toward...

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Helping Kids Become Lifelong Readers

By Jeff S. | 6/5/2013 10:53 AM CST |

If you had asked my middle school students to describe our class routines, you might have thought I was their English teacher, not Social Studies. As a teacher and tutor, I’ve tried to pass on a legacy for the love of reading to my students. I often tell them, “If you can read, you can teach yourself anything.” In this article, I will give you some tips on how to get your children to read more, and more often.

It’s Not Magic!

Occasionally, parents visited my classroom to ask, “How do you do it?” They were usually referring to the success of my Friday Silent Reading routine.

Each fall, I explained...

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Spring and Summer Reading, Writing Help

By Timothy N. | 5/4/2013 1:33 PM CST |

This Spring and Summer, why not invest in yourself or your child? Effective written communication is key to success in the competitive academic and career markets.

Get help with Getting Started with Writing, Discovering Writing Topics, Finding Focus
Responding to Writing Assignments
Reading for Comprehension and Understanding - Retaining Key Concepts, Theme, and more
... and, of course, that always challenging concept of Grammar. I teach Grammar as Tools ... not Rules.

Looking forward to hearing from you and hearing about your tutoring needs. See my profile for more information and my Subject...

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Tired of What You Are Doing? Why Not Retrain for a New Career in the Health Care Field?

By Vicki N. | 4/27/2013 12:33 PM CST |

It was the Fall of 2009 and the economy left many of us unemployed for the first time ever! I'm SO glad I LOST MY FULL TIME JOB. Just like that, the corporate world is cruel, they pulled the rug right out from under me! I only got 1 week of notice too!!! It doesn't matter how great your severance package is, it is no fun to have your life turned upside down without giving you time to process what is happening to you.

Returning to college was the best decision I ever made. If you started a college education and put it on hold to raise a family or build a career and now you wish you were...

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Back for the Spring and Summer!

By Valerie H. | 4/16/2013 11:42 AM CST |

After an absence due to the busiest part of the academic year, I am back in search of tutoring clients for the spring/summer. Before June 17, I will have hours available after school. As of June 17, my hours are much more flexible!

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Put a tune to it

By Katherine L. | 4/9/2013 5:57 PM CST |

I learned in my human development class that babies learn through repetition = Rote memory

You may have also witnessed the ease with which the ABC's were learned. Mary Had a Little Lamb? Twinkle Twinkle?

It is easier to commit something to memory through a song. Why is it so easy to remember that annoying tune on the radio?

To better memorize
- Words
- Phrases
- Rules (Grammatical, mathematical etc)

Try putting it to a simple song tune.
Ex My 2 year old learned how to spell his name BINGO style. L-O-G-A-N.

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Modal Verbs and Other Such Grammatical Queries

By Karina G. | 4/2/2013 12:46 PM CST |

Do the terms "preposition," "verb," "article," and "modal verb" sometimes stump you? Typically, students are taught the word "preposition" in 1st grade. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure that if I had seen that long word at the top of a worksheet in 1st grade, I would have skipped right over it, coding "preposition" as a long word that simply did not fit in my schema of the world.

Fast forward to middle, high school, and college, and I see that many native speakers often find one or more grammatical device or structure challenging. Grammar lessons learned in elementary school...

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