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Beginning Second Grade Reading, Ongoing

In this ongoing Reading class, the students are introduced to second grade guided reading skills and strategies to build comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary. We will read a new text each class and apply a different reading strategy.
Hedy Dowstra-Cox, M.Ed.
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:
(106)
Class

What's included

2 live meetings
1 in-class hours per week
Assessment
As an introduction to Reading, I will assess and complete informal assessments throughout the lessons. First, during the beginning of the lesson while introducing related vocabulary and giving background knowledge. Then, during the middle of the lesson within small group instruction, and at the end assessing the students completed assignments and tasks.

Class Experience

US Grade 2
In this ongoing guided reading class, the class will meet twice a week for thirty minutes.  The students will be presented one leveled reading passage/text. The text will be on varied types of Genres each class from such as: Realistic Friction, Fiction, and Informational Texts.
  The Guided Reading Lessons will be presented through the skills-based model of instruction. The lessons reflect a range of the Reading Literature, common core state standards for second grade level. The components of each lesson include a preview of the text and review of specific vocabulary related to text and phonemic awareness. A specific reading skill such as questioning and inferring and a reading strategy or ways to help the reader achieve the reading goal. After the reading is completed, the students will respond to specific questions about the new skills.  The students are guided to ask and respond to questions as they read to develop skills in key ideas and details to synthesize, process, and comprehend their text.
  I have outlined the Reading Curriculum below with the skills and passages/texts we will be reading.  The following meeting titles and skills will be presented through power point presentation and our bitmoji classroom where students will meet to conduct their reading and complete their assignments. 

Current up and coming classes: January 2025/ February 2025

  Week of 1/6/25
           Day 1, The Picnic Ants, By: Kevin Carlisle, Fiction
                  Vocabulary
                   Previewing
                   Beginning, Middle, & End
          Day 2, We Camp, By: Rich Rizzo, Informational Text
                  Vocabulary
                 Previewing text
                 Identifying Text and Sequence of Events 

  Week of 1/13/25
          Day 1, Bud, Ben, and Roz by: Melissa Rothman, Real. Fiction
                  Vocabulary
                   Predicting         
                  Ask & Answering Questions
           Day 2, The Funny Hat Contest, By: Lissie Stuart, Real. Fiction
                   Vocabulary
                   Analyze/ Evaluate 
                  Make a Connection  

 Week of 1/20/2025
          Day 1, The Funny Hat Contest, By: Lissie Stuart, Real. Fiction
                   Vocabulary
                   Analyze/ Evaluate 
                  Make a Connection
 
        Day 2, Mice Can Race, By: Tatiana Rom, Fiction
                    Vocabulary
                 Preview/ Predict
                 Connections: Text to Self 

  Week of 1/27/2025
           Day 1, A Bed of Roses, Fiction
                 Vocabulary
                 Story Structure 
                 Beginning, Middle, and End. 
            Day 2, Swim Like a Frog, By: Chenille Evans, Inform. Text
                 Vocabulary
                 Previewing text
                 Identifying Text and Sequence of Events

     Week of 2/3/25
             Day 1, The Shop and Spend Sale, By: Tyler Martin, Fiction 
                 Vocabulary
                 Previewing text
                 Identifying Text and Sequence of Events
             Day 2 A Job for Bob Fiction text
                  Vocabulary
                   Previewing
                   Context Clues

Week of 2/10/25
            Day 1, Jill and Mack, Fiction text
                   Vocabulary
                   Analyze/ Evaluate 
                   Beginning, Middle, and End 
           Day 2, Rabbit’s Muffins 
                      Vocabulary
                      Preview/ Predicting
                     Beginning, Middle, and Ending

Learning Goals

The students will be introduced and begin to develops skills in reading comprehension and fluency on the second grade reading level.
learning goal

Other Details

Supply List
pencil and paper
 1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined July, 2020
4.8
106reviews
Profile
Teacher expertise and credentials
New Jersey Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Master's Degree in Education from Georgian Court University
  As an elementary classroom teacher, I have taught reading through guided reading for many years and worked throughout the year in enrichment programs. Each type of genre offers new and explicit reading skills and strategies that students are able to apply, use and retain the information that they are presented and have read. Along the way they are building fluency and gaining in their reading abilities.  I have seen young readers grow and develop newly found literacy skills in both reading and writing about reading that fosters their independence. I have seen students achieve success and growth with starting a new beginning in guided reading.

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$25

weekly ($13 per class)
2x per week
30 min

Completed by 33 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-8
3-6 learners per class

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