BROOKLYN MATH TUTOR FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

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1:1 Elementary and Middle School Math Tutoring/Coaching, All Ages, All Learners

Do you want to find the best elementary and middle school math tutor in Brooklyn? Your child will benefit from Themba Tutors’ math tutoring in reaching his or her full potential. Our tutors are mentors who have been thoroughly vetted and brilliant and caring educators. We guarantee a superior educational experience and individual attention to each student’s learning style and needs.

Our elementary math tutors have years of experience teaching elementary school students the following:

Counting and Cardinality

➡ Know number names and the count sequence.
➡ Count to tell the number of objects.
➡ Compare numbers.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

➡ Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from.
➡ Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division
➡ Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.
➡ Write and interpret numerical expressions.
➡ Analyze patterns and relationships.

Number and Operations in Base Ten

➡ Work with numbers 11-19 to gain foundations for place value.
➡ Extend the counting sequence.
➡ Understand place value.
➡ Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.
➡ Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.
➡ Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
➡ Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.
➡ Add and subtract within 20.
➡ Work with addition and subtraction equations.
➡ Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication.
➡ Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers.
➡ Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.
➡ Read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.

Measurement and Data

➡ Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.
➡ Tell and write time.
➡ Represent and interpret data.
➡ Describe and compare measurable attributes.
➡ Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.
➡ Relate addition and subtraction to length
➡ Work with time and money.
➡ Solve problems involving measurement and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects.
➡ Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit.
➡ Geometric measurement: understand concepts of angle and measure angles.
➡ Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.
➡ Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.

Geometry

➡ Identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres).
➡ Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes.
➡ Reason with shapes and their attributes.
➡ Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
➡ Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.

Number and Operations—Fractions

➡ Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.
➡ Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering.
➡ Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on
whole numbers.
➡ Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions.
➡ Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.
➡ Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions.
➡ Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions.

Our middle school math tutors understand how difficult the transition to middle school math can be. We tutor the following:

Ratios and Proportional Relationships

➡ Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.

The Number System

➡ Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.
➡ Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.
➡ Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.
➡ Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.

Expressions and Equations

➡ Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
➡ Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.
➡ Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.
➡ Work with radicals and integer exponents.
➡ Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.
➡ Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.

Geometry

➡ Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
➡ Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.
➡ Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.
➡ Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.

Statistics and Probability

➡ Develop understanding of statistical variability.
➡ Summarize and describe distributions.
➡ Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.

Functions

➡ Define, evaluate, and compare functions.
➡ Use functions to model relationships between quantities.

Understanding the fundamental concepts and applying them in the real world is critical. From the first day of tutoring, you will notice our complete dedication to assisting you or your child comprehending the material and improving their ability and confidence.

Students of all ages receive one-on-one guidance in all instructional materials, exam preparation, and executive function therapy. At Themba Tutors, we take the time to help students and clients appreciate their strengths and succeed in areas where they need to improve. We offer personalized tools for each of our clients to help them become more aware of their individual needs as they work toward short-term goals. These skills will assist our students/clients in achieving their long-term goals.

TESTIMONIALS

We have been with our tutor, Cailin, for two years, from 5th – 7th grade. She started as an executive functioning tutor with my daughter. From the start, she demonstrated a depth of expertise and a selective use of techniques skillfully adapted to my daughter’s ADHD and mth disability. Cailin made math accessible and understandable to her in a way that even her teachers had not been able to do. She differentiated reading, writing and math tasks and assignments to tailor them to my daughter’s unique learning differences. Not only did it have an effect on her grades and her work efficiency, but she finally could do her work with less anxiety. Even my daughter’s teachers used Cailin’s guidance to modify their work with her. But most importantly, she became my daughter’s favorite resource. I can’t say how invaluable Cailin has been to my daughter’s progress and well-being. I’d recommend her a million times over. She is a gem.

-Jude E.

I thought Paul was terrific and our son did too! Paul was particularly helpful on the math section of the ACT and math in general. Paul had an amazing rapport with our son, and that made the twice weekly commitment, for tutoring, fine for our son, which is really important. We highly recommend Paul!

-Martha P.

My son, a junior in a private high school worked, with a wonderful tutor from Themba to get ready for his SATs. I spoke with Blythe and she asked detailed questions about my sons strengths and weaknesses. She put me in touch with Don, who worked beautifully with my son. Don immediately understood where my son needed help and focused their time together on specific areas of need. He also recognized my sons strengths ( math )and was able to accelerate his understanding in those areas. My sons score jumped 190 points! The individualized instruction he got from Themba and Don was amazing! I highly recommend these wonderful people.

-Marie W.

Ethan was very happy with the sessions and I could see his increased confidence in math classes at school. Ethan’s grades were generally improved in his IB maths assessments and his MAP percentile ranking increased from 78 to 87%. During this time, Ethan missed 2 of his 5 school Math classes each week for tennis training. Sam provided the math support we needed at home to cover the curriculum but also worked well to fill gaps in his knowledge from previous years.

-Caroline B.

Jordan tutored our son in 7th grade math. We had a wonderful experience with Jordan. He was knowledgeable, always on time, and came up with some good strategies for our son to tackle difficult math concepts. Our son has a nonverbal learning disability so working with him can be somewhat challenging at times. But Jordan was always up to the task!

-Anne S.

AARON

Master’s in Math Education

JEFFREY

Master’s in Mathematics Education(5-9)

BLAKE

High School Mathematics Teacher Completing Master’s Thesis and transitioning into his Doctoral Research at Teachers College, Columbia University

DAVID W.

Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Educational Leadership

EVAN

Master’s in Leadership in Math Education, Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics

WILL

Master of Science, Special Education

TRACY

Certified Special Education Teacher

LEAH

Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education with a Concentration in Mathematics, M.S. in General and Special Education (grades 1-6)

CAILIN

M.A. – Special Education

MELISSA K.

Certified Math and Special Education Teacher, MS Math Education

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