4th-5th Grade Reading Comprehension

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This is an ongoing class for for 4th-5th grade students. This class is suitable for students in 4th-5th grade as well as for younger students who are looking for a challenge and older students who need extra practice. 

 In this class, students will read a mixture of fiction and nonfiction texts as they practice reading comprehension, test taking skills, and build their vocabulary. 

Class Structure:
📚 Introductions and greetings
📚 Brief overview of the passage
📚 Vocabulary preview and brief discussion
📚 The teacher will go over the reading comprehension strategy. Each class will use a specific reading strategy that students will apply to the reading.
📚 The teacher will model using the reading strategy for a paragraph
📚 Students will read sections of the text. We will stop after each section to briefly discuss
📚 Students and teacher will engage in a discussion about the text. Students will be challenged to think critically and analyze the text deeply using evidence as support.
📚 Students will answer multiple choice questions independently and privately. There will be a discussion about each question to clarify any misunderstandings
📚 We will play a review game using multiple choice questions and vocabulary from our discussion (time permitting). This will be either Kahoot, Blooket, or Gimkit and totally optional for students

Text Selection
Week of October 23: Lost in a Corn Maze (nonfiction)
Week of October 30th: Danger at Scituate Lighthouse (fiction)
Week of November 6th: American Revolution (nonfiction - historical)
Week of November 13th: Midnight and the Night Watchman (fiction)
Week of November 20th: Vampire of the Deep (nonfiction)
Week of November 27th: Stop the Hungry Giant Fish (fiction - folktale)