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Wonderful tips for parents! I am tutoring two students (a brother & as sister) using Beacon Literacy Development one-on-one system, and will be changing things for the older sister, as she will need to focus more on her fluency & higher level comprehension than basic reading skills. We will still be using the Beacon system and methods, but will be adding Brigance Building Reading Skills to our materials. The brother, though, is a perfect fit to stay right on track with the Beacon system. I am constantly focusing on how they are doing and what progress these two are making, and will be testing them after about 20 sessions; at that point, we will make a decision to whether or not continue with tutoring sessions. I am lucky, too, to have parents who will be letting the chilren's teachers know what we are working on and who do a wonderful job of ensuring that the my students complete their practice assignments in between sessions. Good communication, positive reinforcement, constant monitoring, and willingness and ability to adapt to the student - absolutely essential!
Posted by: Cindi Moore | July 27, 2008 09:53 PM