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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Advanced Reading Seminar

Does your reading need to pick up the pace?

Are you a high school student falling behind in textbook reading assignments?

Are you a university student bogged down by reading material?

With Sylvan's Advanced Reading program, you will read better...faster. Guaranteed.

- Master the strategic reading skills that are guaranteed to increase speed and improve comprehension.

- Improve the ability to manage the increased workloads of high school and beyond.

- Cover more course work in less time, allowing for greater academic success.

- Sylvan guarantees to raise a student's effective reading rate by at least 50% in just 12 hours of instruction!

Course Information:

Cost: $480
Eligibility: Students must be Grade 8 or above.

Course Info:
Dates: March 12-23, 2012
Day/Time: Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays from 5:30-7:30 pm

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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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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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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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Middle and Junior High School Study Skills

Help your child approach studying with less stress and more confidence! With Sylvan’s study skills program, your child will learn how to manage day-to-day schoolwork with ease. From organizing a binder, to listening and note-taking, our study skills program will help your child become a better student in middle or junior high school – and beyond. We’re here to help with the following skills:

• Organization and time management
• Note-taking
• Reading and studying
• Test-taking strategies

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Sylvan Study Skills Workshops for School Success

From Chaos to Control: Turn your disorganized student into a focused student by equipping them with better organization and time-management strategies.

Tackle Tests with Confidence: Students learn a variety of test-taking test-taking strategies incuding how to tackle multiple choice and essay tests while getting tips on how to conquer test anxiety.

The Hidden Secrets of Note-taking: Students learn the best methods for listening, following directions, managing and presenting information and taking notes resulting in more comprehensive and meaningful information to study from and improve test results.

Study for School Success: Students learn to study smarter not harder using better reading and study strategies incuding note-taking, textbook and research skills, memory techniques, skimming and scanning, and much more.

Program Information:

Grades 4-12
$499 per course (Buy one course, get the second one at half price!)
10 Personalized Sessions
Flexible Schedule Options

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