Entering the high school years can be cause for a freak-out moment. However, looking back from a future vantage point, many parents and tutors agree that students who are prepared with a few key tools can transition well into high school.
So here’s your magic WAND:
Writing
Much of high school requires written communication. Being able to write a well-developed paragraph by 6th grade (with a clear topic sentence and supporting facts), moving into three paragraphs by 7th grade, and the traditional five-paragraph essay by 8th grade can be a huge help for high school and beyond.
Bag of Tricks: If your student struggles to get words onto a blank
I am teaching a class in my home that you
might want your child to participate in. This class is called Biztown and it is offered through Junior Achievement in Nashville. In short, this is a class for 4th
thru 8th graders and is about business economics. We learn about the flow of an economy,
banking (including checkbook skills), learning to interview for a job and other
job-related skills, creating a business plan, creating a prototype for a
business, appropriate skills for the job environment and much more. Everything they learn in class will be used
during our field trip in a simulated town at the Junior Achievement facility in
Nashville. Junior Achievement will assign to us certain businesses in the town and the children will apply and interview
for jobs within those businesses.
If your child is struggling in math or if you and your child are frustrated because he or she 'just doesn't get it,' let Mathnasium Brentwood assist you. If your child is exceptional and their current grade level work is not challenging enough for them or if they are at a level that you, as a parent and home school teacher, feel ill-equipped to teach thoroughly, don't fret! By using an assessment based program, we can work with students that need to catch up, stay on level, or move forward with more challenging work.
Mathnasium is a national franchise that offers so much more than traditional tutoring, but Mathnasium Brentwood does also offer traditional tutoring services as well. Mathnasium is a learning center for students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade who
