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Marlene F.

Learn Study Skills and Organization

Scottsdale, AZ (85251)

Travel Radius 20 miles
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I am a retired special education teacher with experience in elementary, middle, and high school settings. Reading, Language Arts, and Writing are my specialties. My lessons are organized around the essential arts of study skills, organization, and learning how to focus.

Study skills includes homework organization, developing memory techniques, and self expression through writing or speaking. Developing focusing skills is also an art which requires figuring out what distractions are, how to control them, learning how to hold focus and stay on task.

Marlene's Subjects

English:
Test Preparation:
Special Needs:
Elementary Education:
Corporate Training:
  • grammar
Homeschool:

Reading

Readiness for learning to read evolves at different ages for children. Some are ready at the age of two, others later. It is not unusual for a child to be ready as late as eight or nine. Most children show readiness at about five or six. Young children also establish their own rate of learning. Some children learn more slowly, but learn deeply and retain a lot of detail. When a child is ready, the skill of reading develops, and not before.

It may be a good idea to see if the readiness... Read More

English

The rules of English vary depending on the subject area in which the student is expressing himself or herself. Academic writing differs from other types of writing, and varies within the subject areas. For example writing for a chemistry professor is different from writing for a creative writing professor.

Usage changes with time and will continue to change especially within the fields of technology, science, novels, memoirs, and other areas of daily use. Knowing when to follow the... Read More

GED

I use the McGraw-Hill study guides with pretests, lessons, and practical exercises in order to completely and accurately cover all aspects of the GED areas. I offer a reduced rate for GED students knowing they have a goal to pass the tests and do it as soon as possible. If I have more than one student at a time, I will offer group rates.

In addition to studying the selected areas of the GED, I offer study skills, focusing and memory skills, and organizational skills to enhance the study... Read More

Elementary (K-6th)

My experience at the elementary level of education has taught me that skill development and mastery is crucial for higher learning. My background throughout my 20 years of experience in the Arizona public schools was focused on students with learning disabilities and accompanying behavior disorders related to reduced self-esteem and belief that learning the skills might be impossible which promoted anxiety, loss of focus, fear of failure and more.

In addition to academic skill development,... Read More

Phonics

Phonics is a particular reading skill focusing on sound-symbol relationships, sound blending, and word comprehension. I have used phonics skills with learning disabled, ESL (English as a Second Language), and hearing impaired students with much success. I have used this technique in tandem with others at the high school level in special education classes, and, of course, in elementary and middle school levels.

I am a retired special education teacher with 20 years experience in Arizona... Read More

Study Skills

I am a retired special education teacher in the Arizona public schools systems where I taught for 20 years. I had 3 certifications in special education (learning disabilities, emotionally handicapped, and mental retardation) which covered grades K-12. I also had an elementary certificate K-8. My specialty was reading, writing, memory development, and study skills.

My major focus was self-control, including how to focus, memory skills, and organization skills related to time management,... Read More

Dyslexia

I am a retired special education teacher with 20 years experience in the Arizona public school systems. I had an Arizona Special Education certificate in learning disabilities which included reading and writing. I worked at all three levels (elementary, middle school, and high school). I learned many techniques for teaching students with dyslexia in formal master's level classes at the University of Arizona, from cooperating teachers, and from personal research throughout my career. This is a... Read More

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