1:1 Reading Comprehension + Writing Practice : Fourth Grade

A fun way to help your kids reading and comprehension is to give them interesting subjects to read about.  Students will read 3 fun short stories from topics in science and history. This helps students learn to love reading, all the while they are practicing and building their skills. This 1:1 class will provide your student an opportunity to read aloud in class, allowing the teacher to help them  as needed.  Students will answer 5 comprehension questions about the story they read. 

Next, the student will write 1-2 paragraphs about their favorite story from class using the writing prompt. We will use the a google doc, (students will be provided a link to) to have the student type up their answer to the writing prompt question. The teacher helps give guidance on their writing, including grammar, punctuation, spelling. These would be considered short essay type writing assignments. (NOTE: typing is preferred as I can offer more feedback in students writing and better able to see their writing, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and so on in typed essays than in written essays.)

This class is meant to be 1:1 to provide the help that students need in both reading and writing.
NOTE: This class is set as 45 minutes, but not all student need the whole time to complete the three stories and writing assignment. But I have this set as 45 minutes for those student who do need this much time to not feel rushed in completing the class assignments. This makes it manageable for all students. 

There are 15 weeks of stories at this level, and will repeat every 15 weeks. Students will be provided a copy of the story and questions in the classroom weekly.

Week 1: 
How did the Olympic Games begin?
How do crocodiles clean their teeth? 
What is the Statue of Liberty? 
Week 2: 
Why do leaves change color in the fall? 
Why does a jumping bean jump?
Week 3: 
What is Earth Day? 
What is a mongoose? 
How do people know what time it is? 
Week 4: 
What is the praying mantis? 
Who was Anne Frank? 
How is paper made? 
Week 5: 
What was the Titanic? 
What is the powder on a butterfly’s wings? 
Why is Mt. Rushmore famous? 
Week 6: 
What plant eats meat?
What was a victory garden? 
Where does chocolate come from? 
Week 7: 
Where does the trap-door spider live? 
What is recycling? 
Week 8: 
What is a shooting star? 
Where was the first subway started? 
Why is the lionfish left alone? 
Week 9: 
How has the potato changed history? 
How do dolphins sleep without drowning? 
What is the birthday of the United States of America? 
Week 10: 
How does gravity affect the tides? 
What bugs us every 17 years? 
Week 11: 
Why did the dinosaurs die out? 
What colorful art form began in America? 
Week 12: 
What happens underground during winter? 
Why don’t people ride zebras? 
Week 13
Who holds the record for staying alive at sea the longest? 
Why do you look upside down in a spoon? 
What is Carnegie Hall? 
Week 14
What is ball lightning? 
Who was Calbraith Rodgers? 
Where did the first magnets come from?
Week 15
What animal makes bubbles on leaves? 
What was so special about climbing Half Dome? 
What unique things do bowerbirds do?