IEW Instructor

An IEW Experienced Instructor, Mrs. Grubbs believes it is vital to help students find their voices as authors as they build confidence and skill in this essential art. She strives to create a safe and encouraging class environment that welcomes all students. With care and planning, she strives to meet the needs of bilingual students and those with a variety of "neurospicy" learning needs, such as ADHD, dyslexia, autism, and giftedness. 

Inspired by Andrew Pudewa’s sessions at a 2001 homeschool convention, she immediately found value in the IEW Structure and Style method. In 2002, she attended Mr. Pudewa’s live TWSS training seminar and implemented IEW with her five children. For five years, she taught IEW for a weekly local co-op in Fort Wayne. Since 2019, Mrs. Grubbs has offered small-group online discussion-based IEW classes and private tutoring via Zoom and Google Classroom. 

Writing and speaking extensively in their chosen professions, her three oldest children are college graduates, while in the fall of 2026, one other will be a senior at Purdue Fort Wayne and her youngest will start his freshman year in engineering at Purdue in West Lafayette. Her four grandchildren have now fallen in love with stories, much to her delight. When not at her computer, Mrs. Grubbs loves to read, soak up sunshine, and eat chocolate!

IEW's Fix It! Grammar and vocabulary are integrated into her IEW writing classes. A unique feature of Mrs. Grubbs' classes is the quarterly book discussions using the Center for Lit’s Teaching the Classics Socratic discussion method. These literary discussions emphasize thinking skills while gently introducing literary analysis to prepare students for the TRIAC argumentative essays of IEW’s Unit 9. Additionally, they strategically provide an extra week for students to complete some writing assignments. 

2026-2027 IEW Classes (Levels A, B, and C): Class registration for 2026-2027 is open. ALL CLASSES have openings.

Level A (grades 3-5) WEDNESDAYS 2-3 Eastern

IEW Texts include: 1A Structure and Style for Students with Fix It! Grammar Book 1: Nose Tree and book discussions. I teach the content, so only the student binder, not the video set, and other materials are recommended.

Level B (grades 6-8) WEDNESDAYS 11-12:15 Eastern

IEW Texts include: Wonders of Science with Fix It! Grammar Book 3: Robin Hood and book discussions

Level C, HONORS (Choose from two options.)

Windows to the World: Literary Analysis TUESDAYS 11-1 Eastern 

Fix It! Grammar, Book 5: Nose Tree

Literature discussions and argumentative essays utilizing the TRIAC model.

OR

Structure and Style for Students 1C (grades 9-12) MONDAYS 11-1 Eastern

Fix It! Grammar, Book 5: Nose Tree

NOTE: Prior IEW experience is important. I teach the content, so only the student binder is needed from the SSS.

Registration for SUMMER and FALL 2026 private tutoring is OPEN.

Class registration for 2026-2027 is OPEN. ALL CLASSES have openings.

Please email mrsgrubbsteacher@gmail.com to request more information or to schedule a Zoom consultation/phone call or schedule instantly through Calendly: https://calendly.com/mrsgrubbs/parentconference. 

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