HS Student Needs Reading Comprehension Tutor
Hi BPN Community - My daughter is a junior at BHS and continues to have trouble with reading comprehension, particularly with non-fiction texts. I recently looked at an 8 page essay she was reading and annotating, and she missed many of the important points, highlighting less relevant phrases, instead of the key thesis, summaries and evidences. I'm not sure how to help her develop the skills to identify important elements in a passage/essay and then analyze those elements critically. Does anyone have a student with similar issues? Do you have a tutor in the Berkeley/Albany/Oakland area you can recommend? Thanks!
Aug 30, 2018
Parent Replies
Hi,
Just a small tip. Back in the day I used Cliff notes to help me frame my understanding of the material. Id read the book and then read cliff for prioritizing points. For me there were so many directions I could go. Im sure there are more up to date materials, or maybe not. Either way, it was a huge help
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good luck!
You should look for a tutor versed in Linda-Mood-Bell's Visualizing & Verbalizing strategies. There is a LMB Center in Berkeley you could look into to find out more.
Good Luck!
Our Ed Therapist is super. She sees kids from elementary school through high school. Her name is Shari Simburg. Phone: 510.649.7712. Email shari.simburg [at] gmail.com
She helped my middle school daughter with areas my daughter struggles with: reading comprehension, summarizing what she is reading, "reading between the lines," and homework challenges. She is in Berkeley and usually works out of the North Berkeley Library.
Good luck.
Hi, My son's tutor is Linda Mood Bell trained and she is great!! My son hates, hates any sort of writing but he likes working with Peggy. She works with kids of all ages. My son is 15 and has been with her since he was 9. He mostly goes now because it helps him get his homework done. She's done wonders with him. Just read something he wrote for his English class and was so impressed with how good it was. Her name is Peggy Connell. She's in Berkeley, close to Berkeley High. Her number is 415-786-3879. Good luck!
Our educational therapist, Shari Simburg has been tutoring my son who has had some attentional and organizational challenges since fifth grade and he is now in tenth grade and doing very welll both socially and academically. She helps him with reading comprehension, writing strategies, grammar and executive functioning. I highly recommend Shari as she is very warm and has a wonderful matter with kids and teens. You can email Shari at shar.simburg [at] gmail.com or call her at 510-649-7712. In past years she came to our house in Albany, but currently my son sees her at the North Berkeley Library.
My son had Jane Ashley, who is highly trained and experienced in helping kids with processing issues. She was terrific, transforming him from anon reader to a reader with great comprehension. her phone is 601-9780 and I am sure you can Google her. She is close to berkeley Bowl. She is super with resistant kids (like my son was!).