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1st grade Literacy Skill Builder

An energetic classroom to help children build the reading skills necessary to be successful in 1st Grade.
Brandi Looney
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(75)
Class

What's included

2 live meetings
1 in-class hours

Class Experience

Reading is a fundamental building block for a successful education.  It is imperative to teach children how to read in an engaging and stimulating way so that they foster a love for reading that will last a lifetime.  This course will help identify learning gaps your child may have, and help fill them with an individualized high energy class.

Through a fun, engaging learning environment we will learn to decode words using phonics. We will build confidence and reading fluency. This class is ideal for both emergent and struggling readers. Students should be able to identify all letters in the alphabet to successfully take class. If your learner is struggling with a few letters in the alphabet, please contact me prior to enrolling so that I may assist in preparing your learner for this class.  

Over our classtime, we will focus on phonics and fluency  through an energetic and fun  learning environment.  Our class will meet once a week and cover the following lesson objectives: phonemic awareness (both blending and segmenting of words), phonological awareness, phonics instruction (CVC/CCVC/CVCC blends as well as digraphs), and numerous phonics rules. Mixed media is  incorporated in class while implementing a multi-sensory learning approach to engage visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic learners.  For example, visual reasoning and learning consists of visual teaching methods, student created art and images, PowerPoint slides, posters and flashcards.  Auditory techniques include use of YouTube videos, rhymes, language games, peer assisted reading and paired reading.  Tactile techniques consists of using various materials to manipulate letters/words.  Kinesthetic methods consists of gross motor movements such as singing, clapping or other movements paired with phonic activities.

Supplemental documents are provided at no additional costs to assist with weekly learning objectives.  This includes, but is not limited to, detailed lesson objectives, materials to reinforce lesson objectives and materials to continue reinforcing each lesson objective throughout the entire semester.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions and I hope to see you in the classroom soon!

Other Details

Supply List
Student should have paper, pencil, and their imagination in class.  We will be doing a scavenger hunt, so don't be surprised if your student runs away from the iPad/computer   :-D
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined July, 2020
4.9
75reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials

Hello! I am Brandi Looney. Your students may call me Mrs. Brandi. I am very excited to meet you! I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Education with an emphasis on grades K-8th from the University of Lynchburg in Lynchburg, Virginia. I have 7 years of teaching experience, 3 of those years have been teaching students online from all over the world.  Some of my passions in life are spending time with my family, teaching, traveling, and reading. I love meeting new students each day and enjoy watching my students grow in their language and math development. I am an energetic teacher and I love to make learning English and Mathematics  fun! I look forward to seeing you in my classroom!

Until then,
-Mrs. Brandi

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$15

for 2 classes

1x per week, 2 weeks
30 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 5-7
1-6 learners per class

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