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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here: thank you for all of your replies. Our sun is in 5th grade. he is amazing at math. loves to read. but his writing abilities are almost non existing. any simple writing assignments in school are huge change. This year's virtual learning only made things worse. We were hoping to find someone that could work with him to show him how to write an essay (however simple it would be in 6th grade), how to structure an essay (introduction, main body, conclusion), how to peek reader interested in the content... [/quote] We found our tutor by posting on our neighborhood listserv and he was recommended by a neighbor who uses him to work with her kids. I'd start there by posting in your neighborhood listserve. If the tutor knows the middle school and elementary school curriculum she can better focus on lessons which match the school. We tried Outschool but it wasn't connected to the classroom here. Another key is fit. My DS learns so much better with teachers he actually likes. What you're talking seems almost identical to what I have our tutor work on with my DS and he's making great progress. Since we moved here we've been so disappointed by the writing curriculum. Not sure if our tutor is taking on more students but shoot me an email if you want me to put you in contact. He's great! Fifth grade teacher in MCPS. Amy.Q.Rice@gmail.com[/quote] A real problem for us is that the MCPS curriculum simply has not emphasized writing enough. I’m not sure that having a tutor familiar with the MCPS curriculum is helpful. I would look forward one who would push well beyond the curriculum. I also think it’s just helpful to write regularly. Some of the classes on Outschool that get kids together once a week to just write have been helpful to us. [/quote]
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