Middle and Junior High School Math

The transition from pre-algebra to algebra in middle or junior high school can be difficult for your child. At Sylvan, we often find that students need help with fractions and other core skills to build the foundation they need to be successful with algebra. Let our highly qualified tutors pinpoint the math help your child needs. We provide personalized tutoring and help with math homework in the following subject areas:

• Basic computation skills
• Fractions
• Decimals and percents
• Integers
• Probability and statistics
• Pre-algebra
• Geometry and measurement
• Algebra
• Problem solving
• And more!

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Winter Camp Programs

Math, reading and writing camps offered in 12 instructional hours (two six-hour weeks). Camps offered: Math, addition & subtraction (2nd-3rd grade); Multiplication & division (3rd & 4th grade); Fractions & decimals (4th, 5th & 6th grades); Reading for Success (3rd-6th grade); Handwriting & spelling (k-2nd).

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Middle and Junior High School Reading

Longer, more difficult reading assignments will be required in almost every subject area in middle or junior high school. Keep your child on track! At Sylvan, our expert reading tutors can tailor a learning program that will help your child become a more proficient and confident reader in the following areas:

• Word analysis
• Vocabulary
• Fluency
• Reading comprehension
• And more!

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Advanced Reading Skills

Sylvan's Advanced Reading Skills program can raise your child’s effective reading rate by 50% with as little as twelve hours of instruction.* Increased reading speed and improved comprehension can help your child with test-taking, studying and more!

*Individual results may vary. Please contact us for more information.

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Winter Camp Programs

Math, reading and writing camps offered in 12 instructional hours (two six-hour weeks). Camps offered: Math, addition & subtraction (2nd-3rd grade); Multiplication & division (3rd & 4th grade); Fractions & decimals (4th, 5th & 6th grades); Reading for Success (3rd-6th grade); Handwriting & spelling (k-2nd).

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Middle and Junior High School Writing

Let our writing tutors pinpoint the help your child needs to succeed in middle or junior high school and prepare for high school. You’ll see real progress because the skills we’ll teach at Sylvan are the same ones your child is learning at school. Our personalized approach can improve your child’s writing skills and confidence in the following areas:

• Organize the writing process from pre-writing through publishing
• Apply proper composition techniques, including the development of topic sentences and supporting paragraphs, and organization of supporting details
• Understand how to approach the different writing forms, including descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive
• Identify and outline the main idea of a work of literature or nonfiction, identify supporting ideas, and more

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Winter Camp Programs

Math, reading and writing camps offered in 12 instructional hours (two six-hour weeks). Camps offered: Math, addition & subtraction (2nd-3rd grade); Multiplication & division (3rd & 4th grade); Fractions & decimals (4th, 5th & 6th grades); Reading for Success (3rd-6th grade); Handwriting & spelling (k-2nd).

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Study Skills Seminar Programs

Sylvan offers three-week-long seminars in each key area of study skills. The four content areas are: organization, time management, goal setting, study planning; note-taking, managing, presenting, information; reading, research & study techniques; test-taking strategies & anxiety management. The program is taught in a small-group seminar of six students or less, and meets twice a week for two-hour sessions. A student's study skills and study habits have a dramatic effect on school performance. Students must be prepared to test throughtout their academic careers. Sign up today for our study skills seminars.

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Classroom Support

Designed to improve a student’s achievement in a specific subject area, the Lynchburg Learning center offers high school classroom support in advanced maths up through Calculus; sciences including Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Earth sciences; foreign languagues Spanish and French; and humanities and social sciences. Support is offered year-round in-center or in-home. Call 832-1000 for information.

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Classroom Support

Designed to improve a student’s achievement in a specific subject area, the Lynchburg Learning center offers high school classroom support in advanced maths up through Calculus; sciences including Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Earth sciences; foreign languagues Spanish and French; and humanities and social sciences. Support is offered year-round in-center or in-home. Call 832-1000 for information.

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