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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
  • Critical Thinking Skills

  • Fluency

  • Letter Formation

  • 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)

  • Reading Comprehension

    Main idea

     - Following directions

     - Details

     - Drawing conclusions

     - Reading rate

  • Sight Words

Mathematics
  • Elementary Math

- Addition and Subtraction

- Counting and Number Sequencing

- Fractions

- Multiplication and Division

- Order of Operations

- Positive and Negative Numbers

- Solving Equations

  • 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
  • Creative Writing

  • Handwriting

  • English as Second Language

  • Grammar and Punctuation

  • Sentence Building

  • Speech

  • Spelling 

​     - Compound Words

      - Linguistic sentence analysis

      - Phonetic rules

      - Plurals

      - Prefixes/Suffixes

      - Structural Word Analysis

      - Word endings

  • Vocabulary Building

     - Homonyms

      - Multiple Meanings

      - Synonyms and Antonyms

      - Words In Context

 

​     - Word Meanings

      - Word Recognition

 

Spanish
  • Beginners Level

    - Pronounciation

    - Reading Comprehension

    - Vocabulary

  • Intermediate Level

    - Expressions

    - Fluency

    - Grammar

    - Reading Comprehension

    - Vocabulary

Much More...
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