Near Muskegon, MI

Elementary Teacher and Mechanical Engineer - been both!

I went from 2nd grade teacher to mechanical engineer, and I think the biggest lesson I learned was that my heart is truly in education. I am a very intelligent, compassionate, patient and dedicated tutor. I want the best for my students, and it shows in my work. As a teacher, I taught mainly second grade, and I had a... read more

Near Muskegon, MI

Diana's Profile

I have been tutoring elementary and middle school students for 7 years now, and I teach them Language Arts and Math in their homes. Much of the Language Arts consists of functional phonics, especially the K-3 grades. I have used poster-sized short and long vowel words to help K-2 students learn, and I own 2 sets... read more

Phonics and Phonemic Awareness: Wilson, Lindamood-Bell and other tools

Students who struggle with phonics usually also are challenged with reading/decoding skills and spelling(encoding) skills. I find that many of my students who need help with phonics also need help with phonemic awareness... read more

Effective K-8 Teacher/Tutor Specializing in Reading & Home School

I believe strongly in Balanced Literacy and have taught using the 4 Blocks Method. 4 Blocks includes phonics instruction in the Working with Words segment. This is daily instruction in phonics (knowledge of sound/symbol... read more

Systematic phonics tutor for young, ELL, and struggling readers

I developed phonics books for an educational publisher for over a decade, and have a deep knowledge of word categories, sound progressions, and how to measure student accomplishment. I taught phonics to my own children, tutored upper... read more