Table of Contents (94 pages total)

       Introduction

1. Your job as a tutor
   Tips for working with your student
   Tips for working with your student's teacher

2. Safety and liability issues

3. Discovering your student's interests and building the relationship
   Some insightful questions to ask your student

4. Why students learn differently or may be struggling

5. Learning styles and instructional approaches

6. Helping students with special needs

7. Responding to students from diverse cultures and communities

8. English as a second language (ESL)

9. When family change or crisis affects student learning

10. Tips on positive motivation and discipline
    Charts for recording student progress and goals

11. Teaching reading and writing: K-8 (5 models)
    Model One: Listening and reading with very early readers
    Model Two: Getting meaning from stories K-3
    Model Three: Getting meaning from stories 4-8
    Model Four: Getting meaning from textbooks 4-8
    Model Five: Reading information books and writing reports

12. Decoding... Helping Students Read Words
    Reading whole words
    Using context clues
    Reading with fluency
    Phonics -- sounding out words
    Recognizing word patterns and parts
    Helping students who struggle to learn words
    Word Games and activities

13. Teaching comprehension and study skills
    Strategies for grades 1-4
    Strategies for grades 4-12, Bloom's Taxonomy
    Graphic Organizers

14. Tips on teaching vocabulary

15. Help!  Where can I get additional information?

16. Recommended book lists
    Grade level and multicultural books

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