1st grade tutoring
First Grade Reading Tutors
1st grade is the most important year for building reading skills. If your child is behind in reading, the time to act is now!
Viva Phonics provides private online reading tutors for 1st graders who are struggling with reading.

Does your first grader need a reading tutor?
Viva Phonics offers online reading tutoring for first grade struggling readers. Our first grade reading tutors can provide a comprehensive review of kinder, and pre-k skills as needed.
Does your child often guess, skip words, depend on pictures to read, and struggle with comprehension? Viva Phonics’ first grade tutors can help!
A first grader is expected to read quickly, accurately, and with expression. Fluency supports comprehension. A student who is struggling with sounding out words will likely struggle with comprehension.
How fluently should first graders read? According to DIBELS, a trusted screening measure, by the end of first grade, students should be able to read about 40 words per minute with 91% accuracy.
If your first grader is struggling with reading, schedule a free reading screening. Our first grade reading tutors can help your struggling reader learn to read!
Does your child often:
Guess at words?
Skip words?
Depend on pictures to read?
Struggle with comprehension?

Our Phonics Tutors Are Ready to Help Your First Grader Learn to Read!

Nicole Moyer

Becky Stultz

Allison Reed

Kate Williamson
With a 1st grade tutor, your child will learn how to:
Quickly recall the names of letters
Competently identify sounds for letters
Accurately blend sounds to read words
Confidently read with ease and accuracy
Correctly retell the events in a story
We could not be happier with the results of our 7yo son.
He was struggling in class, being bored and confused most of the time (especially with virtual learning setting). One-on-One approach helped build his confidence and skills set. Ms. Ellen is wonderful, attentive, supportive and kind. The approach works and we are hoping to meet all the goals!
With early reading intervention, this student will reach the end of year grade-level goals and enter second grade as a confident reader!
A first grader is expected to read quickly, accurately, and with expression. Fluency supports comprehension. A student who is struggling with decoding will most likely struggle with comprehension.
How fluently should first graders read? According to DIBELS, a trusted screening measure, by the end of first grade, students should be able to read about 40 words per minute with 91% accuracy.
If you think your first grader might be struggling with reading, schedule a free reading screening. We can evaluate if your child could benefit from one of our first grade reading tutors.
If your child falls behind at any point, get help. With a Viva Phonics tutor well versed in first grade reading expectations, your child will have a chance to keep up with their peers.