MISSION 1 • GRADE 4
Math
Build confidence one clear step at a time.
- ✓ Place value to one million
- ✓ Compare and round multi-digit numbers
- ✓ Multi-digit addition
PEER SPARKTUTORING
Powered bySI Technologies, LLCHomework called.
We answered.Try it messy.
Learn it smart.Confusion is a clue—
not a stop sign.Pencils have erasers
because learning gets drafts.Brains under
constructionOops = learning
We answered.Try it messy.
Learn it smart.Confusion is a clue—
not a stop sign.Pencils have erasers
because learning gets drafts.Brains under
constructionOops = learning
Students helping students succeed
Learning feels different when it comes from someone like you.
Friendly live peer tutoring and guided Spark AI learning from VPK through Grade 12—built around encouragement, clear explanations and the confidence to keep going.
Parent-controlled access Grade-focused lessons Voice AI option
KIDS HELPING KIDS—ONE LESSON AT A TIME
Live Zoom tutoringSaturdays & Sundays
Choose your learning path
Pick your school. Pick your grade. Then open your door.
A fun three-step entrance to the right lesson.
1 School2 Grade3 Door
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Standards-based from the very beginning
View Florida’s official standards Learning maps are cross-checked against Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards, Florida B.E.S.T. Mathematics and ELA, and current CPALMS Science and Social Studies course standards.
✦ Confusion is just the first draft of understanding.✦ Pencils have erasers for a reason.✦ Smart starts with trying.
Your learning city
Pick a door. Start a mission. Build a real skill.
Every subject opens into a full Grade 4 learning map—with worked examples, guided practice and a clear path when a student gets stuck.
MISSION 2 • GRADE 4
ELA
Write, revise and communicate with purpose.
- ✓ Sentence parts & subject-verb agreement
- ✓ Nouns, verbs, adjectives & adverbs
- ✓ Pronouns and antecedents
MISSION 3 • GRADE 4
Reading
Understand more—and enjoy what you read.
- ✓ Theme & summary
- ✓ Main idea & supporting details
- ✓ Inference with evidence
MISSION 4 • GRADE 4
Science
Ask great questions and explore how things work.
- ✓ Science questions and fair tests
- ✓ Measure, graph and explain data
- ✓ Energy transfer & transformation
MISSION 5 • GRADE 4
Social Studies
Understand people, places, history, civics and smart choices.
- ✓ Florida’s Indigenous peoples
- ✓ European exploration of Florida
- ✓ Colonial Florida and statehood
Florida Textbook Companion
Bring the student’s real school lesson into Peer Spark.
Match the district, school, grade or course, subject, publisher and edition. Peer Spark follows the same skill sequence while creating original explanations, examples and practice.
1School profileStart with the student’s actual school.
2Identify the exact bookEdition and ISBN prevent the wrong chapter from opening.
STARTING SCHOOL PROFILEPine View School • Sarasota CountyBig Ideas Math identified by the family; exact edition still needs cover or ISBN confirmation.
Peer Spark Teaching Intelligence
Built from what effective teachers are trained to do.
Every lesson uses one common instructional cycle, then adapts the method for the student’s age, subject, textbook lesson, language needs and demonstrated understanding.
Match the standard, textbook lesson and learning objective.
Check prerequisites and locate the first misconception.
Show one clear example and explain why each step works.
Complete a similar example together with fading support.
Use varied original questions—not one repeated template.
Give immediate, specific and encouraging correction.
Change language, representation, pacing and response method.
Require 80% plus an independent explanation or evidence-based response.
Use retrieval, spacing and mixed review to make learning durable.
Research and professional standards behind the framework
✓ Florida Educator Accomplished Practices (FEAP)✓ InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards✓ CAEP educator-preparation standards✓ CAST Universal Design for Learning 3.0✓ IES What Works Clearinghouse practice guides✓ NCTM mathematics teacher-preparation standards✓ International Literacy Association standards✓ NSTA science teacher-preparation standards✓ NCSS social-studies teacher-preparation standards✓ CEC special-educator preparation standards✓ TESOL Pre-K–12 teacher-preparation standards
These sources inform Peer Spark’s original teaching design. Their protected materials are not reproduced.
Original, curriculum-connected play
Rainbow Quest + Spark Arcade
Fast “brain game” challenges meet an adventurous learning path: choose a grade, solve with clues, learn from feedback and build toward mastery.
Clue before answerEvery round offers a thinking move.
Explain the whyFeedback teaches, even after a miss.
Grade-fit missionsEarly play, core practice and teen challenge modes.
Mastery without pressureNo public leaderboard, child comparison or pay-to-win loop.
Trusted exploration
More high-quality places to play.
Grown-up-guided links open official educational sites. Peer Spark does not copy or host their games.
Spark AI Tutor
I don’t understand equivalent fractions.
Let’s make it visual.Imagine two same-size pizzas…
1/2=2/4
Ask by voice Read aloud
When a peer tutor isn’t available
Meet Spark—an AI tutor that teaches, not tells.
Spark adjusts explanations to the student’s grade, asks thoughtful questions and turns confusion into small, achievable steps.
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Explain it my wayVisual, verbal and step-by-step explanations.
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Practice with purposeFresh questions with immediate, encouraging feedback.
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Voice when typing is hardAsk aloud and hear the lesson read back.
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Parents stay informedClear summaries of topics, wins and next steps.
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Research the smart wayTurn a topic into questions, keywords and reliable-source checks.
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Remember it longerRetrieval practice, spacing and student-made memory cues.
The Peer Spark team
Meet the students making “I’m stuck” feel temporary.
Strong students, real personalities and patient explanations from someone close enough to remember the same lesson.
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Austin
Age 11 • 6th gradeTutors students in grades 3–5Advanced Math • Science • Projects
A straight-A student since he started school, Austin is entering sixth grade in all advanced classes. He wants students to feel capable—not rushed—and likes finding a second way to explain a tough idea.
Looking ahead: Wants to become a radiologist, use medical science to help people and one day contribute to discovering better answers and treatments.
Off the clock: Soccer, 3-D projects, photography, his dogs, being a foodie—and professionally bothering his brother and sister.
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Ivy
Age 11 • 6th gradeTutors students in grades 3–5Gifted ELA • Reading • Creative Projects
Ivy attends a gifted school and is an all-A student entering sixth grade. She genuinely enjoys school and wants younger students to discover the moment when a lesson finally feels exciting.
Looking ahead: Wants to become an aerospace engineer and help design the airplanes, spacecraft and systems that move exploration forward.
Off the clock: Arts and crafts, school projects, helping her brothers, playing with her dogs, sunset photography, trying great food—and making her parents a little crazy.
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Lucas
Age 12 • 7th gradeTutors students in grades 3–6Advanced Math • Science • Strategy
Lucas is a seventh-grade student taking all advanced classes. He brings calm, step-by-step thinking to tutoring and wants students to understand the reason behind a process—not memorize a shortcut.
Looking ahead: Wants to become a mechanical engineer and build smart, useful things by combining math, science, design and hands-on problem-solving.
Off the clock: Soccer, sports, making videos, photography, hanging out with his dogs and goofing around with his brother and sister.
Photo coming soon
YouTube Kids Brain Boosts
A growing library of lessons worth watching.
Choose a topic here, then continue inside the parent-managed YouTube Kids experience.
17 kid-focused searches
Math
Fractions • Grade 3
Math with Mr. JBuild fraction meaning with visual models
Open in YouTube Kids MathEquivalent Fractions • Grade 4
Math with Mr. JSee why two fractions can name the same amount
Open in YouTube Kids MathMulti-Digit Multiplication
Math with Mr. JWork through each place-value step clearly
Open in YouTube Kids MathLong Division
Math AnticsA clear visual breakdown of every division step
Open in YouTube Kids MathRatios • Grade 6
Math with Mr. JRatios, rates and proportional thinking
Open in YouTube Kids ELAParts of Speech
Homeschool PopRecognize nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs
Open in YouTube Kids ELAAdjectives & Adverbs
GrammaropolisLearn how describing words do different jobs
Open in YouTube Kids ReadingMain Idea & Details
Homeschool PopFind what a passage is mostly about and prove it
Open in YouTube Kids ReadingReading Comprehension
Homeschool PopUse clues, evidence and careful rereading
Open in YouTube Kids ReadingRead-Aloud Stories
Storyline OnlineListen, predict and discuss character choices
Open in YouTube Kids ScienceEnergy & Motion
SciShow KidsConnect forces, movement and energy to real examples
Open in YouTube Kids ScienceEcosystems
Crash Course KidsExplore food webs, habitats and living systems
Open in YouTube Kids ScienceWaves, Light & Sound
SciShow KidsSee how vibrations, light and sound carry information
Open in YouTube Kids ScienceSpace & Planets
National Geographic KidsInvestigate planets, gravity and our solar system
Open in YouTube Kids Social StudiesMaps & Cardinal Directions
Homeschool PopLearn how map keys and direction words help us locate places
Open in YouTube Kids Social StudiesBranches of Government
Kids AcademyA child-friendly introduction to how government is organized
Open in YouTube Kids Social StudiesTimelines & History
Learning JunctionPut people and events in chronological order
Open in YouTube KidsEvery button opens a targeted search inside YouTube Kids. Results and availability depend on the child’s profile and parent settings. For the tightest control, parents can turn on “Approved content only” and handpick what their child can watch.
PEER SPARK TUTORINGSESSION PROGRESS REPORT
Emailed to the parent or guardian after every live sessionA clear record of the lesson, progress and what to practice next.
4/5Concept confidence3/4Steps completed alone1Next focus skill
WHAT WE COVERED
Equivalent fractions using number lines and visual fraction models.
CHALLENGE WE WORKED THROUGH
Comparing fractions when the denominators are different.
BIG WIN
Explained independently why 2/4 and 1/2 name the same amount.
TUTOR OBSERVATION
Strong visual reasoning; confidence improved after the second guided example.
NEXT PRACTICE
Draw three ways to show 3/4, then compare 3/4 with 5/8. Complete before the next session.
No vague “they did great” updates
A sharp parent report after every live session.
See the lesson, the struggle, the breakthrough and the exact practice to do next—organized in one professional report and emailed directly to the parent or guardian after the session.
- ✓ Session details and skill focus
- ✓ Confidence and independence snapshots
- ✓ What clicked and where support is still needed
- ✓ Clear exercises for continued progress
Free with SI Home Connect
The learning platform is included with your family membership.
SI Home Connect members receive Peer Spark’s digital learning tools, curriculum maps, Sia and Spark AI without an additional monthly tutoring-platform fee. Optional live Zoom sessions remain separately scheduled and priced.
$25/ 30 minutes
Focused live help when a student is stuck on one concept, assignment or upcoming quiz.
- ✓ One appropriately matched tutor on Zoom
- ✓ One focused Grade 3–12 skill
- ✓ Guided practice—not answer giving
- ✓ Parent progress report by email
- ✓ Saturday or Sunday appointment
$50/ 60 minutes
A complete live lesson with teaching, a worked example, guided practice and time to check understanding.
- ✓ One appropriately matched tutor on Zoom
- ✓ Full step-by-step lesson within tutor grade range
- ✓ Student practice and questions
- ✓ Detailed parent progress report
- ✓ Digital learning already included for members
- ✓ Saturday or Sunday appointment
FREE/ included with membership
Anytime learning support that explains the process, shows examples and helps students practice without simply handing over answers.
- ✓ VPK–Grade 12 across five core subjects
- ✓ Sia Learning Intelligence Assistant
- ✓ Spark visual and step-by-step lessons
- ✓ Voice, read-aloud, practice and hints
- ✓ Parent-controlled student profile