Middle School and Junior High Math

At this stage of learning, math concepts become more complex and challenging to understand. Long-term attitudes about mathematics are often established during the elementary and middle school/junior high years, where successful learning provides the confidence and fundamental skills that are required to perform well in high school and beyond. Tutoring at Sylvan will ensure mastery in key areas including:

. Fractions
. Decimals
. Area, perimeter and volume
. Graphing
. Time and money
. Measurement
. Multiplication and division
. Ratio, proportion and percent
. Algebraic reasoning
. Integers
. Probability and statistics
. Problem solving
. Geometry
And more

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Middle School and Junior High Reading

As the reading curriculum becomes more challenging and intensive, academic instruction is designed to help your child become more proficient and confident in the following areas:

. Word Knowledge
. Vocabulary
. Reading Comprehension
. Fluency

Sylvan focuses on these stategic thinking skills by using age-appropriate materials for your child. Most importantly, the program helps ensure your child can comprehend new ideas and information whenever he or she reads popular fiction, newspapers, textbooks and reference books.

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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 School and Junior High Writing

Sylvan's writing tutoring will allow your child to dramatically improve general writing skills while incorporating appropriate vocabulary, spelling and grammar. Skill development includes:

. Organization of the writing process including prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and publishing
. Application of composition techniques including topic sentences, details and transitions
. Completion of text-based projects that require outlining main ideas and supporting details, analyzing short passages and writing summaries

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Study Skills

Now your son or daughter can improve classroom and test performance, learn more in less time, and enjoy time spent studying with the help of Sylvan's Study Skills program.

Our Study Skills curriculum provides students in grades 4-12 with age-appropriate strategies to approach homework and study time with less stress and more confidence. In the process, your child will retain more information longer, and with greater accuracy. Whether your child needs to catch up, keep up or get ahead in school, the academic achievement you seek starts with better study skills.

Study skill strategies include:

. Organization
. Time Management
. Study Planning
. Goal Setting
. Practical Note Taking
. Active Listening and Following Directions
. Managing and Presenting Information
. Studying and Research Techniques
. Test-taking Strategies and Anxiety Management

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