Direct Instruction

Direct Tutoring offers individualized tutoring sessions for your child in reading, writing, mathematics and Spanish.

Direct Tutoring starts by offering an assessment to your child. Your child then receives individualized tutoring services on a weekly basis. Here is some more information about the subjects offered.

Spanish

Sacha Luria-Smith has taught in a bilingual education setting and has lived in Ecuador. She knows how to learn a second language, and how to teach a second language to both children and adults!

She can teach you or your child how to communicate in Spanish, and learn to love the Spanish language. She can also assist if your child attends a bilingual school and is receiving his/her homework (like math homework) in Spanish.

Reading

Reading is not only a pleasurable leisure activity, it is an essential skill for success in almost every professional field. Direct Tutoring’s unique one-to-one teaching method, combined with an efficient, interactive curriculum, will foster strong reading skills in learners of all ages.

Typical Students: K-3rd grade children who could use an extra challenge in reading. 4th grade – adults who struggle with reading comprehension, are slow, make frequent errors or generally dislike reading.

Mathematics

Direct Tutoring teaches the fundamentals of math - addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and basic algebra.

Typical Student: 3rd grade through adult learners who can't remember math facts, get confused working with story problems, and have general difficulty with mathematics.

Writing

Writing is an essential skill and a fundamental method of communication. Direct Tutoring teaches students to write clear, concise paragraphs and essays.

Typical Student: 4th grade to adult learners who have not mastered basic writing skills. These students may not write in complete sentences or write a series of short, simple sentences. They also tend to write rambling paragraphs that do not have a clear thesis, body or conclusion.