Feb
16
I’m counting down the days until my Recycling and Waste Management classes begin at Irvine Valley College. What can I say…? My license plate spells out “love to study”! However, it occurred to me that I need to rethink how I use my weekly allotment of 168 hours. In addition to the 12 hours a …
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Feb
14
Watch this video to see how residents are lighting up their dark homes with plastic water bottles. Video Parents, I’ve used this concept as a science article summary with one of my summer tutoring students. There are various documentaries on this invention, but this video is the clearest one I’ve seen. Here are some ideas for using this video: …
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Jan
19
We had a fun time at today’s “Fun Phonics, Fun Facts” session held at Saige Nicole’s Baby and Toddler Boutique. (http://www.saigenicoles.com/cart.php?m=blog_post_detail&id=14). One mom shared that while her three-year-old is eager read her “Bob Books,” she randomly guesses when she doesn’t know a word or has lost interest in reading. For instance, if the word starts …
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Sep
11
(This is from my reply to a September 7 article in the Omaha World-Herald titled “Schools Redefine Homework.” http://www.omaha.com/article/20110907/NEWS01/709079949/0&frompost=1) As a tutor, I agree that children sometimes have an eye-popping amount of homework. But what some call “homework,” I call “practice.” It’s the practice of the concepts taught in school, and those concepts are what …
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Mar
04
Here’s a quick activity to help you study a collection of quotes that must be attributed to a few characters. Start with a master list of characters and their quotes. This example is based upon quotes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. I easily printed these off of Quizlet.com and cut out the cards, but you could write …
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Mar
03
Ah! I’ve been telling my students this for years, and now there’s proof: the best way to study for a recall test is to give yourself practice tests. The article “Getting tested is better for studying than concept mapping,” posted on TheNakedScientists.com, highlights research done at Purdue University. My favorite line: “So if you want …
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Mar
01
Geometry Students, Parents, and Tutors: Make Your Own Geometry Kit to Improve Scores Second-semester geometry generally brings spatial (and special) challenges: You must pick out one shape from another. You’ll use some type of triangle (30-60-90, 45-45-90, other right triangle, equilateral, isosceles) to solve for something that isn’t a triangle (e.g.: radius, a cube’s edge …
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