Gary M.

About Gary

Dear Parents,

Tutor for hire. Do you have an elementary or middle school students who needs help improving their grades? Parents who home school, do you need help teaching a particular subject? I can help. I have a Bachelors of Science degree in Elementary Education,1987.
For the last eight years I have cared for my mother who had a severe case of Alzheimer 's disease. It was hard seeing a once capable woman slowly disintegrate into someone who could not do the most basic actions to take care of herself. That was my life. She required around the clock care and I made sure she was clean, fed, and exercised daily. She passed away in September 2012.

What to do next? I chose to go back to educating students because I like to help people learn. Since I prefer to teach on a one on one basis and in small groups, I chose to be a tutor. I currently tutor students who are in elementary and middle school. I help my students in the following subjects: English, grammar, reading, spelling, math, science and social studies. I also want to make sure my students know how to write so I assign extra writing assignments. I and work with them on proper sentence structure and paragraph development.

I like to make science fun. The way I do that is to conduct experiments. For example, making a balloon inflate by the chemical reaction between baking soda and vinegar. Science experiments also make good opportunities for writing assignments. Such as, having them write down a hypothesis and then conduct the demonstration and see whether or not their hypothesis is correct. Students can also write a paragraph explaining the procedure and the results. Science experiments are good writing lessons for beginning writers. Since the subject matter is known, they can never make the complaint, "I don't know what to write about."

Math is another subject that students have trouble with. I work with my students to make sure they have a grasp on the basics: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. When they have mastered these, I will go on to instruct them in fractions, factors, multiples, ratios etc. Currently, I am helping my elementary students enhance their basic math skills. My teaching philosophy regarding math is that as long as they know how to get the answer, I am happy. There are various ways to solve math problems. Take subtraction, for example, when a student has difficulty with the concept of borrowing. I am willing to try another approach. There is a way to subtract without borrowing. Another example would be a student that has difficulty juggling a series of numbers as they attempt to add. There is an addition method which enables a student to solve any addition problem, as long as they can proficiently add up eighteen. I am willing to try various approaches to see which one works the best for my students. Does that mean I think out of the box?

Give me a call. The first session is free if you do not think we are a good fit!

Sincerely,
G Dear Parents,

Tutor for hire. Do you have an elementary or middle school students who needs help improving their grades? Parents who home school, do you need help teaching a particular subject? I can help. I have a Bachelors of Science degree in Elementary Education,1987.
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