Our systems of academic advancement allow kids to progressively work on skills that they need to be successful in school, and even to advance way beyond grade level in their mathematics, reading, writing and more.
We start by evaluating their current level and assigning the work they will do with us. We use different types of progressive workbooks, specifically selected based on your child’s strengths and weaknesses.
After homework and spelling words, your child will work on this workbook during our academic time. Some kids work on different workbooks on different days, depending on our goals for them. For example, a second grader who is behind in reading, but also needs to work on math, might do reading workbooks on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and math workbooks on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
When it is time to work on workbook your child will sit in the classroom and work independently. If they have a question they will raise their hand and our coaches will help them. We DO NOT DO THE WORK FOR THEM! If they are struggling with a concept we will provide a similar example, explain it in depth, and then send them back to their seat to work on the work in their book. They will do a little bit every day until they work through the entire book. Depending on how much academic time you chose for your child and how much homework they have from school, they may do 2 to 4 pages per day.
We design tests based on the work they have been doing and give it to them to see how their skills have improved in the area they have been working on. If they pass the test, we celebrate!
We acknowledge their hard work and keep track of the workbook completed in our After School Go Getter Race for their academic history. This gives us a profile of all the work completed by students over the years.
Some of our students have done thousands of pages of workbooks with us, staying in our program from Kindergarten all the way through High School.
Then, we move on to the next appropriate subject area to advance their skills even father, and the cycle repeats!
If they fail the test, we take a step back and see what happened. What concepts did they miss? Were they focusing while doing the test? Depending on the situation they will retest, redo a similar workbook, or perhaps work on a different book that addresses the subject they are struggling with.
Then, the cycle repeats!
Over the years we have seen that elementary, middle and high schools approach learning words in many different ways.
In order for our kids to consistently practice sight words, spelling words and advanced vocabulary we assign our own weekly words to ensure that they are working on these skills regularly. We will also help them with any assignments in these areas that they receive from school.
Our younger learners students (especially PreK, Kindergarten and 1st graders) work on sight words from lists of words that they should easily recognize, including Dolch Sight Words and Fry Sight Words.
Our elementary school students (especially grades 1 to 5) work on grade-specific weekly spelling words, which increase in difficulty as they advance in grade.
Our advanced learners (advanced elementary schoolers and middle school students) work on advanced vocabulary words and SAT words, preparing them for high school and beyond!
Based On Our Observation We Have Had:
We encourage:
Kids are capable of AMAZING ACADEMIC FEATS when they are challenged and encouraged in the right environment!
There are lots of buzzwords in academics these days — Honor Roll, Gifted, Cambridge, STEAM, Grit, the list goes on and on.
At Team Third law Academy we go by what we have noticed to be the maximum an engaged mind can handle, and we just keep moving forward.
Parents often ask us: “Can kids really understand such things?”
Yes! Kids can understand MORE THAN ONE WOULD IMAGINE!
We use technology in very FEW instances when we can harness it’s power and use it to our advantage.
Mental Math Speed Challenge: Math Application for practicing Math Facts done on iPad tablets mounted on the wall.
Team Third Law Academy Chess Club
Our systems of tracking and delivering concrete academic results in language and math skills prepare our students for SAT & Advanced Placement Classes, along with applying for college in High School.
Our directors, Roberto and Katy Torralbas had the opportunity to attend one of the best universities in the world, Cornell University, and their goal for all of their students is for them to be able to achieve all of their academic goals and more.
In fact, we had one of our very first Martial Arts and After School students accepted into an Ivy League school in 2018. Her name is Aleah, and she is studying Physics at Cornell University. She will graduate in 2022.
Aleah started with us as a Little Ninja when she was 7 years old. She trained Martial Arts and participating in our After School program for years. We are very proud of her success, and are sure that others will be following in her footsteps!
