English / ELA (Reading & Writing) with Mini-Ivy

Our English / ELA practice builds vocabulary, reading comprehension, grammar and writing craft one focused question at a time. Every question comes with an explanation of the answer, so a child learns from a miss instead of just moving on, and progress is saved so a session can be picked up later.

Available now online for Kindergarten through Grade 8. Online practice is $49 per month per learner for the English / ELA module of one chosen grade at a time, after a 14-day free trial. Online checkout is not open yet; contact us to get started, or to ask about in-person English sessions.

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Read closely and find evidence in the text

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Learn each word in context, not as a definition to memorise

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Understand why an answer is right, not just which one

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Practice at the child's own grade, Kindergarten to Grade 8

Vocabulary, taught properly

Vocabulary is the part of English that quietly decides how well a child reads everything else, and it is the half most practice apps reduce to matching a word to a definition. Knowing a definition is not knowing a word.

We teach a word the way it actually behaves: what it means here, what it means in a different sentence, which word is close but not the same, and which small piece of the word tells you what it means the next time you meet it.

Every question explains all four choices, so a child sees why the near-miss answer is a near miss. That is where the learning is.

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The word in context. The same word in different sentences, because meaning shifts with the sentence around it

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Choosing the right word. Synonyms and antonyms, and shades of meaning between words that look interchangeable

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Words with more than one meaning. Multiple-meaning words, homophones and idioms

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Working a word out. Prefixes, suffixes and roots, including Greek and Latin roots, so an unfamiliar word is solvable

Vocabulary is included in the English / ELA subscription at no extra charge, and it runs from word families and opposites in the early grades up to academic word choice, tone and nuance by Grade 8. It is also the skill the SSAT and ISEE verbal sections lean on hardest.

English / ELA (Reading & Writing) with Mini-Ivy

Skills practiced in Mini-Ivy English / ELA:

Vocabulary, taught properly