4-22-10
How to Improve Reading Comprehension Skills?

Parents often ask if we have a reading comprehension program to help their child improve their reading comprehension skills.  Why yes we do!!  Of course, improving comprehension is a not a quick fix…  Many students have trouble with reading comprehension because they simply don’t read!  Students have many distractions in their lives including sports teams, community service activities and school clubs not to mention text messaging, video chatting, recorded TV shows that they “need” to watch, Coachella, etc.  The average student most definitely does not read for pleasure.  And who can blame them??  With their hectic schedules, when they have down time they want to do what they enjoy most – and for most students this is not reading.  Students, can however be guided to read during their “down” time.   At Mathtopian Preparation, Inc. have developed a year-long reading comprehension program that assigns students 5-6 books to read during their school breaks.  So students read a book during winter break, another during spring break and an additional 3-4 books over the summer.  So there is no competition from schoolwork – students have the time to read and can actually focus on their reading.  After completing each book (according to a pre-determined timeline) students meet with one of our awesome English tutors for a follow-up session to analyze their reading and to also work on a variety of reading comprehension exercises. 

Click here to view a sample outline of our Reading Comprehension program with book selections and timeline.  Students can begin the program at any time and we customize the list of books based on the student’s grade level.  Contact us for more information.

Posted by Marlisa Johnson at 8:09 am.