3rd Grade Close Fiction and Nonfiction Reading to Master Comprehension Skills!
In this weekly class students read passages and do activities that target standards-based reading comprehension skills, such as analyzing characters, identifying main idea and details, and summarizing in their own words.
Teacher Sara
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:(46)
What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per weekHomework
After each class each book used in class will be posted in the classroom along with reading comprehension questions. Learners are welcome to reread the book at home and answer the questions (answers provided).Class Experience
US Grade 3
During each class a text is divided up into parts, and students take turns reading. We start the class with learning key vocabulary words, thinking about the title and making a prediction about what might happen in the story or what we might learn in an information passage. Students are given decoding strategies, such as breaking up long words into parts and trying vowel sounds both ways. After we complete reading, we do activities with close reading tasks. The reading comprehension tasks are specifically aligned to the standards-based learning target for that day. The text and activites are posted in the classroom before each class to be printed at home. Week of Sept. 2: Fiction: Story structure Week of Sept. 9 : Nonfiction: Text features Week of Sept. 16: Fiction: Ask and answer questions Week of Sept. 23: Nonfiction: Main idea and details Week of Sept. 30: Fiction: Message, lesson, moral Week of Oct. 7: Nonfiction: Author's reasons Week of Oct. 14: Fiction: Theme Week of Oct. 21: Nonfiction: Word meanings Week of Oct. 28: Fiction: Characters, setting, plot Week of Nov. 4 : Nonfiction: Connections Week of Nov. 11: Fiction: Point of view Week of Nov. 18: Nonfiction: Ask and answer questions Week of Nov. 25: Fiction: Compare and contrast Week of Dec. 2: Nonfiction: Compare and contrast
Other Details
Supply List
Students will need to be bring a pen or pencil, and a yellow, blue, and orange crayon or highlighter.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined August, 2021
4.8
46reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I love teaching reading and writing skills at the primary level! As a result, I have delved into the research about best practices of literacy instruction, and began my own afterschool literacy program for children. I have a bachelor’s degree in French, a credential to teach English as a foreign language from Georgetown University, and a master’s degree from the School of Education at Northwestern University. I have more than 15 years of teaching experience in international primary schools, and am passionate about encouraging and supporting children to believe in their abilities and reach their full potential. Reviews
Live Group Class
$14
weekly1x per week
30 min
Completed by 12 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-10
2-6 learners per class
