Tutoring Services For Teachers Who Have Children With Giftedness

Tutoring Services For Teachers Who Have Children With GiftednessDid you know that there are specific tutoring services for teachers of gifted students called tutoring from the American school system? This is a fantastic idea, and if you are a teacher who has a child who has been diagnosed with Giftedness, you might want to consider looking into tutoring programs in order to raise your student's self-esteem. However, you must take a closer look at the different tutoring programs available so that you can ensure that your student's needs are met.If you are lucky enough to live in the United States, you are eligible to receive tutoring services in English as a Second Language (ESL) in the English Tutoring Repertory, which specializes in helping ESL teachers. This course of tutoring is particularly useful for parents who have children with Giftedness. The program consists of four different sessions and students will also be provided with a CD or DVD of sessions where they can sit down an d practice what they have learned. The sessions have both teaching materials and practice work and have been designed to help the students to absorb what they have learned.You may also want to consider the Math Tutoring Service. This tutoring service is made up of a number of different tutors who work on a short-term, weekly basis in order to help teachers develop their math skills. It is most suitable for teachers of younger children and the staff at various elementary schools. They are not likely to work on a one-on-one basis, but instead will provide individual tutoring.This tutoring service also offers full-time staff who can provide tutoring for large groups of students. Their program is designed for elementary and secondary level education, but you can also choose to enroll your child if he or she has an advanced-level education. All students in this program will have an individual schedule and they will not be scheduled to work with teachers on a regular basis. Their basic co urses are one-on-one teaching, and students do not require any special education instruction in order to keep them abreast of the curriculum.If you live in New York City, you may want to check out the Mathematical Teaching Center, which is open to all educators, and is operated by The Teachers College, Columbia University. There are twelve tutors working there who will work on a one-on-one basis with students, as well as providing them with textbooks and homework help.There are also many more tutoring services that you may find useful. You may want to look into the online tutoring service, which is one of the newest systems of tutoring. The service was developed in partnership with a number of national companies and is used by many colleges and universities across the country. The tutors work at home and work alongside their students as a pair.If you are concerned about your child's ability to read and understand the content that is being presented to them, you can make use of one o f the online resources as a valuable research tool. Students who do not have access to these types of resources are left without any practical tools to help them improve their reading skills.

Define Divisor

Define Divisor To understand divisor first we need to understand about division. Division is defined as the division of two numbers. It is represented by this symbol /. Division always gives result if the denominator is not equal to zero. If the denominator is equal to zero then division always give undefined value. Now we will define divisor. Divisor are the defined as the numbers by which dividend can be divided. For example: - The positive divisors of 21 are 1, 3, 7, and 21. The method of finding divisor is to factorize the dividend till the left point is 1. It can be done by the factorization method but by using long combinations. Actually factorization gives idea about the fare idea about divisors or we can say it makes the process easy. It can be more clarified by the examples which are shown below:- Example 1: Find the divisors of 50. Solution: In this problem we have to find the divisors of 50. So we will use factorization method, which is shown below So the divisor of 50 is: - 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50. Example 2: Find the divisors of 100. Solution: In this problem we have to find the divisors of 100. So we will use factorization method, which is shown below So the divisor of 50 is: - 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100.

Learning Guitar Understanding Minor and 7th Chords

Learning Guitar Understanding Minor and 7th Chords Megan L. What are minor and 7th chords anyway? TakeLessons teacher Brian T. breaks down the music theory behind building these chords Learning guitar chords is one of the early challenges of learning the guitar. Very often a new student will find themselves presented with a host of fingering patterns that make little sense. Why this set of frets and not that one? the student wonders Why, when I move my E major down a string does it become A minor? With just a bit of music theory and a willingness to work things out, we can answer these sorts of questions on our own. With a bit of effort, we can even free ourselves from dependence on chord books and other reference materials! Finding Notes on the Guitar To make sure were all on the same page, were going to start by discussing the notes used in the western musical tradition and where they are found on the guitar. Western music is made up of twelve notes, which are commonly labeled in one of two ways: Observe that A sharp labels the same note as B flat, C sharp likewise labels the same not as D flat, and so on. For our purposes, we can treat these alternate labels as interchangeable. Lets review how we find these notes on the guitar. Moving one space to the right on the chart above (this is called, confusingly for guitarists, a half step) is the same as moving one fret up the neck of the guitar. If we start with the 5th (A) string open, we have an A. Moving to the first fret yields an A sharp; the second fret is B; we find C on the third fret, and so on. With the charts above and your the open strings memorized (E-B-G-D-A-E), you can find any note on the guitar! A Brief Overview of Chord Construction Though there are twelve notes available, any given song will stick for the most part to a set of seven notes that form the key of the song. For simplicitys sake, well look at the key starting with A and containing no sharps or flats; this key is known as A minor. Now that weve established our key, were ready to make some chords! Each chord has a root note which gives the chord its name. We start by labelling the root 1, and count up from it until all the members of the key have a number (we may need to loop around). If were making an A chord in our chosen key of A minor, it looks like this: To form the chord, we play the notes labeled 1, 3, and 5; in the case of our A minor chord, these are A, C, and E. Thats all there is to making a basic chord! Now of course, your guitar has more than three strings, so youll usually need to double up a few notes. Just make sure that the deepest sounding note is the root, and youll be good to go. Lets look at building another chord in A minor. This time well form a C chord. This time our 1, 3, and 5, are C, E, and G respectively. What Makes a Chord Minor If youve been playing along (and I hope you have, as this is the best way of learning guitar chords) you may have noticed that the A and the C chords we constructed above sound markedly different. The A chord sounds somber, even sad, whereas the C chord is cheerful. This is because the A chord is a minor chord, while the C chord is Major. Lets look at why this is: The distance between two notes, in half steps, is called the interval between them. As we saw before, each chord consists of a 1, 3, and 5. The interval between 1 and 3 is called, quite reasonably, a 3rd. Not all thirds are the same size. A look at the chart of the key of A minor shows that there are three half steps from A to C. There are, however, four half steps from C to E, which is also a 3rd. The smaller three half step version of the 3rd is called a minor 3rd, while the larger four half step version is known as a major 3rd. A minor 3rd leads to a minor chord, and likewise a major 3rd yields a major chord. We can see this using the two chords we built earlier, A minor and C major: A minor 3rd yields a minor chord. Thats really all there is to it! Adding 7ths to Your Chords We need not limit ourselves to chords with only three notes! If we wish, we can add another just as we did before by skipping one note in the key. We end up with a chord containing 1,3,5, and 7; not surprisingly this is called a 7th chord. Much like 3rds, 7ths come in two varieties: major and minor. The most common combination is a major chord with a minor 7th. This is usually formed on the dominant (V) member of the key, and heralds the return of the tonic (I/i). Lets look at an example, again from the key of A minor: E major 7(V7): Other combinations are possible, however try them out! I find that the major 7th on a major chord yields a warm, sweet sound, while a minor chord with a minor 7th sounds a bit gloomy. The minor chord with a major 7th inspires in me a sense of foreboding. What does it inspire in you? Conclusion Hopefully this post has given you a bit of a better sense of what minor and 7th chords are, and how to construct them. Ultimately, the best way of learning guitar chords is with fingers on the fret board. Name a chord, figure out what notes make it up, and find it on your guitar preferably somewhere down the neck where things are a bit less familiar! Brian T. teaches Economics, Geometry, Grammar, and Math in San Francisco, CA. He has been playing guitar for 14 years. He received his BA in Mathematics and Economics at University of San Francisco, where he studied Classical Guitar and Music Theory for three years.  Learn more about Brian T. here! Interested in Private Lessons? Search thousands of teachers for local and live, online lessons. Sign up for convenient, affordable private lessons today! Search for Your Teacher Photo by  Dusty J

Volume Rectangular Prism

Volume Rectangular Prism There are different kinds of prisms depending on the type of base the prism has, and therefore the prism consisting of rectangular bases is known as the rectangular prism. All the surfaces of the rectangular prism are rectangles. Volume of any prism can be calculated by multiplying the area of the base with the height of the prism. In a rectangular prism since the base is a rectangle, hence its volume is given as the product of the area of the base rectangle and the height of the prism. Example 1: Find the volume of the rectangular prism whose length is 4m, width is 1m and height is 5m. Given the length of the rectangular prim, l = 4m Width of the rectangular prism, w = 1m Height of the rectangular prism, h = 5m Volume of a rectangular prism, V = (length) * (width) * (height) Hence, volume of the rectangular prism, V = 4m * 1m * 5m = 20m3 Therefore, the volume of the given rectangular prism = 20m3 Example 2: Find the volume of the rectangular prism whose length is 8cm, width is 7cm and height is 11cm. Given the length of the rectangular prim, l = 8cm Width of the rectangular prism, w = 7cm Height of the rectangular prism, h = 11cm Volume of a rectangular prism, V = (length) * (width) * (height) Hence, volume of the rectangular prism, V = 8cm * 7cm * 11cm = 616cm3 Therefore, the volume of the given rectangular prism = 616cm3

What Are the Most Beautiful Pieces of Portuguese Music

What Are the Most Beautiful Pieces of Portuguese Music The Most Famous Portuguese Songs and Folk Music ChaptersPortuguese Ballad: Amalia Rodrigues - Fado PortuguêsRua da Saudade (Susana Felix) - Canção de MadrugarPortugal Music: Salvador Sobral - Amar pelos doisMal por mal - DeolindaPortuguese Canto: Canção do Mar - Dulce PontesPedro Abrunhosa - BeijoPortuguese Songs: João Pedro Pais - MentiraGaivota - Amalia HojeMadredeus - Haja O Ques HouverMusic and foreign languages are two areas that are often linked. The first impulse, of course, is to think of English and its impact on popular music throughout the world, and the impact of English-language music on those who want to learn the English language.According to some studies, up to 93% of the population listens to music, illustrating just how deeply this art form has permeated our lives and our daily lives. Portuguese is one of the 10 languages most commonly spoken in the world - so what kind of music can you listen to in order to learn Portuguese?Music is very much part of the Lusophone cultural heritage, whether it is folk or t raditional music or Brazilian beats. In this article, we won’t be focusing on instrumental pieces - obviously, since you want to learn Portuguese through music - but on some of the most inspiring vocal pieces composed by Portuguese musician IrineuPortuguese Teacher £25/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors GabrielaPortuguese Teacher 5.00 (2) £20/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors JoanaPortuguese Teacher 5.00 (1) £12/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors LouisePortuguese Teacher 5.00 (2) £27/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors RodrigoPortuguese Teacher £20/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors BlancaPortuguese Teacher £20/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors CarolinaPortuguese Teacher 5.00 (5) £30/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutors AdamPortuguese Teacher 5.00 (6) £11/h1st lesson free!Discover all our tutorsPortuguese Canto: Canção do Mar - Dulce PontesIf you are a fan of French chanson and love Hélène Segara’s Elle, tu l’aimes? you will love this Portuguese song, which had become a classic. Cançao do Mar is nothing more or less than the Portuguese version of the French song. Proof that even French vocal music can be influenced by traditional Portuguese songs.Dulces Pontes has some beautiful Portuguese songs to study the Portuguese language. Photo credit: adewale_oshineye on VisualhuntAll of Portugal is bundled into one song: love, poetry, ambiance, lyricism and a beautiful voice to deliver it. Far from gospel or children’s rhymes, this song includes many of the distinctive aspects of Portuguese composition.Pedro Abrunhosa - BeijoA music hinting at saudade, but somewhat more festive and rhythmic, more modern - like this classic of Portuguese music.Beijo is a melancholic tune, simple, without unnecessary embellishments, the vocals accompanied by (almost) nothing but an acoustic piano with just a touch of electronics - that’s the type of music Abrunhosa delivers.Pedro Abrunhose was born in Porto in the 1960 s and is well known in the Portuguese music scene today. Among other things, he founded a school of jazz. His songs tell stories that speak to all of us, whether happy, sad, dramatic or joyful. This local artist makes you eager to learn Portuguese and enter a whole new musical world.Portuguese Songs: João Pedro Pais - MentiraAgain, it’s all of Portugal’s sensitivity anchored in our time and modernised. Between chanson full of saudade and a large, popular voice that - most notably - produced one of the most successful albums in the history of the Portuguese music industry, João Pedro Pais represents Portugal in all its splendour, emotional and lyrical, sweet and engaging at once.Some hits, but more than that - Pais’ music paints a portrait of Portugal, his home country which propelled him to stardom thanks to the television show Chuva de Estrelas. Accompanied by piano as the sole instrument, there are no unnecessary embellishments, just the Portuguese language and the accents and intonations it brings to a strong music.Gaivota - Amalia HojeAmalia Hoje is a Portuguese artist who decided to expand her repertoire to reflect the most typical music of Portugal. In fact, she decided to create a new album that was a compilation inspired by icons such as Amalia Rodrigues. To be influenced by Amalia Rodrigues’ musical style is one thing, but Hoje took it further: this vocalist took well-known songs such as Gaivota  and modernised them, to reflect the tastes of a pop audience.As a way to popularise Portuguese history and the Portuguese language, referencing well-known Portuguese figures people know and love and which stayed in people’s minds. When history merges with the present, a beautiful composition ensues - such as this song, an example typical of vocal superstar Amalia Rodrigues.Madredeus - Haja O Ques HouverMadredeus is a group that takes its name from a neighbourhood in Lisbon east of the Alfama. First performed in 1997, the vocals of this song are su ng by a woman who takes us far, far away…Madredeus is known throughout the Portuguese-speaking world for their beautiful Portuguese songs. Photo credit: Olaer / Elmer Anthony on Visual huntA mixture of fado, folk music and popular music, Haja O Que Houver is a perfect accord between vocals, guitar and various string instruments including guitar, cello, and accordion. Language in the service of emotion - that’s what this song is about.Portugal is not lacking in beautiful songs to showcase its fascinating language and show exactly what it can do. It can be old-fashioned or modern, soft or strong, lyrical or powerful.Look for these songs in your usual streaming sites or download them from iTunes or Amazon. Or look at Portuguese film and videos of concerts on YouTube, try out online Portuguese radio stations, or even go old-fashioned and by a CD.Discover the rich diversity of Portuguese culture and music, beyond what you might imagine. No flamenco or gypsy music, just the intangible strains of a beautiful canto or the haunted melodies of fado. And if you ever make it to Portugal itself, why not attend a music festival to discover small orchestral pieces or unusual and diverse vocals, and all of the best music Portugal has to offer.Search for portuguese lessons london or brazilian portuguese lessons london to see what's on in the capital.

Preparing for the PSAT When Youre Really Busy!

Preparing for the PSAT When Youre Really Busy! For many juniors in high school, the academic year is jam-packed with challenging classes, extracurriculars, and, of course, standardized tests. At AJ Tutoring, our goal is always to lessen the stress for students and help them build confidence while achieving their potential. This is the driver behind our academic tutoring, which aims to improve deep content mastery and develop efficient study skills. Over the summer, many students have been coming to AJ to get a head start or enrich their understanding with our academic summer classes. In the coming weeks, more and more students will walk through our doors in order to achieve a strong start to the semester and get the year off on the right foot.For juniors in particular, the prospect of taking the PSAT, SAT, and ACT, as well as subject-specific tests like SAT Subject Tests and AP Exams, can be highly daunting. AJ Tutoring is here to help! If you’d like to discuss our comprehensive and highly customized approach to helping each st udent maximize scores and minimize stress, give us a call today! The PSAT is the first challenge awaiting juniors, who take the exam in October at their schools. Because scores won’t be sent to colleges, the PSAT offers a low-stakes way to acclimate to the testing environment and learn some key skills that will be important later on. The PSAT can be a fantastic opportunity to get ahead of the game and build a lot of confidence for future tests. August, September, and October are often really busy months for Juniors. With that in mind, here are a few tips for completing an efficient PSAT prep that fits in to even the most busy calendars.Start EarlyAJ Tutoring offers two options for PSAT prep: a short course and a full preparation. You can learn more here. Whether you choose the first or the second option, it will benefit you immensely to start PSAT tutoring as soon as you can. By starting early, you can space out the tutoring sessions and practice tests, a schedule that better allo ws you to understand the concepts and strategies on a deep level. Another benefit to starting the prep early is that it allows you take weeks off for unforeseen circumstances. If you need to go on a last-minute ski trip or if you catch a cold, you will be glad you planned ahead. Choose 1-on-1 TutoringAJ Tutoring specializes in 1-on-1 tutoring for the PSAT and other exams because of the high degree of customization that is allowed in each session. One benefit of this customization is its efficiency. Because a personalized prep targets each student’s unique strengths and weaknesses, no time is wasted, and every minute of tutoring is focused on the most important concepts and strategies for exam success. Rather than sitting through hours and hours of content that students have already mastered or concepts delivered at a pace that they can’t absorb, 1-on-1 tutoring is perfect for meeting each student at his or her own level and learning style. That means quicker test prep progress a nd more time for other things!Make Time for Practice TestsAJ Tutoring offers free proctored practice exams every weekend for our test prep students. Every student who takes PSAT, SAT, ACT, and AP tutoring with AJ is encouraged to make use of this excellent resource: you can find a complete schedule of all of our offerings here.Though exams takes several hours of precious weekend time, practice exams are an absolutely crucial part of an effective prep, and the time spent experiencing the real deal is well worth it. Practice exams help build stamina and apply what’s being learned in sessions. Furthermore, the practice tests results help our tutors further customize and personalize their instruction based on the types of questions students miss. Identifying patterns means noticing a student’s strategy and content needs which we can then target with 1-on-1 tutoring.If you’d like to get started with PSAT tutoring as soon as this week, please reach out to us right away! Our professi onal test prep tutors know the exam back and forth and are passionate about helping students achieve their potential.

A Three Step Process to Essay Writing

A Three Step Process to Essay Writing Improving Academic Performance Students who partake in a college English course (most college freshmen) are under pressure to comprehend a reading, interpret a related inquiry to that reading, and produce an individually written response in return for a grade. This alone may not seem sufficient cause for a mental block, but when we consider that students often have math, science, and other course requirements to deal with simultaneously, taking the time to read critically and write a thorough essay seems difficult, if not impossible. On top of finding time to complete assignments, the reading is often obscure in both content and author. Another complexity is getting used to an instructor's individual teaching style. It's much more likely that time constraints, content difficulty, and issues with class structure or instruction are the obstacles to performing well in English courses than any sort of personal inadequacy. One particular technique that, in practice, may resolve all matters is to confront the assignment on a closer level. First, closely examine the question in its entirety. Then begin to read (or re-read) the text, sentence by sentence and paragraph by paragraph until there is a mental connection between the question and reading material. Somewhere within the pages of text and the wording of the inquiry is one, if not more, corresponding themes upon which to form the basis of a thesis along with corresponding topics and subtopics. Then you can begin to write. The Outline This phase of drafting is the necessary step in generating ideas and connections between the question and the reading that can be transferred directly into a standard outline. The outline serves as a mechanism for preserving the draft in all phases of composition and revision. The planning facilitated by an outline will save time, boost your grade/score, and will prove valuable in other disciplines. It is the instrument that propels the writing forward and keeps thoughts organized. In essence, the outline exists as a structure that lends itself to incorporating the writer's personal experience and understanding into a formal college essay. Here are a few good outline examples from Explorable.com. Research After several iterations, the outline will stabilize to the point where external sources will be required in order to develop and expand the writing beyond the limitations of the course or the student. The first place to look for informational substance is in the course itself and the discussion that emanates from class. It is the main place where crucial judgments can be made regarding what to include and what not to include in the final draft. During this phase, make good use of your college library; it is replete with a variety of publications and librarians who can offer useful advice on how to navigate the seemingly endless supply of research articles, publications, and textbooks. Reassessing the Writing As a final step in the drafting process, it may be worthwhile to read the assigned text once again, followed by reading the written response to the text soon thereafter. Although tedious and time-consuming, it could serve a dual purpose. First, to realign the student’s work with the textual source, and, secondly, to initiate a proofreading phase which could provide further motivation to identify and eliminate any lingering syntactical, grammatical, or thematic inconsistencies. The greater the number of intermediary steps preceding the final draft, the stronger and more transparent the conveyance of argument will be. In conclusion, it's important to examine the question closely and establish connections between it and the required reading while you are reading (and re-reading) the text. Next, it's necessary to build an outline to organize your ideas and keep yourself focused on the prompt. This is an especially important skill that will carry over into other undergraduate and graduate courses. Research is another essential aspect of your writing, in all collegiate courses. Make use of the resources available to you (online databases, librarians) to make this a much less daunting experience. Always leave time for editing and redrafting, to make sure that the final result is polished and cohesive. About the Author Luis Freire has been an English and writing tutor for the past 10 years. For more information on tutoring, click here.