Smart Start

“Enrichment beyond the classroom”
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Tutoring Services
Subject Areas
Smart Start Tutoring Services provides private tutoring sessions for ALL academic subjects in Pre-K through 9th grade throughout the Chicagoland area.
No matter if it is 2nd grade spelling or 8th grade mathematics, we will have a tutor for you.
Our tutors are qualified, patient, flexible and most of all LOVE to teach.

Reading
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Critical Thinking Skills
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Fluency
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Letter Formation
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Phonics
- Blends (e.g. SL in slip)
- Consonants (e.g. B, C, D, F)
- Digraphs (e.g. OA in boat)
- Diphthongs (e.g. OY in toy)
- Letter recognition
- Sounds recognition
- Vowels (e.g. A, E, I, O, U)
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Reading Comprehension
- Main idea
- Following directions
- Details
- Drawing conclusions
- Reading rate
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Sight Words

Mathematics
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Elementary Math
- Addition and Subtraction
- Counting and Number Sequencing
- Fractions
- Multiplication and Division
- Order of Operations
- Positive and Negative Numbers
- Solving Equations
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Pre-Algebra
- Basic Equations
- Constants and Variables
- Exponentiation
* Ratios
* Scientific Notation
* Significant Figures
- Operational Properties
* Commutative Properties
* Associative Properties
* Distributive Properties
- Order of Evaluation of Formulas
- Types of numbers
* Decimals
* Fractions
* Integers
* Negative Numbers
- Use of Parentheses

Language Arts/ Writing
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Creative Writing
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Handwriting
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English as Second Language
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Grammar and Punctuation
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Sentence Building
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Speech
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Spelling
- Compound Words
- Linguistic sentence analysis - Phonetic rules - Plurals - Prefixes/Suffixes - Structural Word Analysis - Word endings
- Homonyms - Multiple Meanings - Synonyms and Antonyms - Words In Context
- Word Recognition |
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Spanish
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Beginners Level
- Pronounciation
- Reading Comprehension
- Vocabulary
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Intermediate Level
- Expressions
- Fluency
- Grammar
- Reading Comprehension
- Vocabulary
