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Book Club: English Through Reading - Level 8

In this English Reading course, learners will read an Oxford Reading Tree book each week developing their phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and much more! Come on adventures with Biff, Chip and Kipper together.
Orchard Academy
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1 live meeting
25 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

US Grade 1 - 4
This is an English Reading Book Club for students who are developing their love of reading, writing, thinking and sharing their ideas. This class is aimed at beginner readers to broaden their vocabulary, improve recognition of words, develop phonics and handwriting too.

 Learners will develop their reading fluency, comprehension skills including knowledge of phonics, vocabulary, guessing meaning of words from context, sharing ideas and developing communication skills.

Which books will be covered?

Week Beginning 3/2/25 – Awesome Skies
Week Beginning 10/2/25 – Meeting Mozart
Week Beginning 17/2/25 – Sandcastle
Week Beginning 24/2/25 – A Lucky Find
Week Beginning 3/3/25 – Mr Gleam
Week Beginning 10/3/25 – Tall and Tiny
Week Beginning 17/3/25 – Cool Buildings
Week Beginning 24/3/25 – The Rainbow Machine
Week Beginning 31/3/25 – Viking Adventure
Week Beginning 7/4/25 – Escape of the Giant Chicken
Week Beginning 14/4/25 – Dinosaur Safari
Week Beginning 21/4/25 – Finn MacCool
Week Beginning 28/4/25 – Flood
Week Beginning 5/5/25 – What Was It Like?
Week Beginning 12/5/25 – Minibeast Poems
Week Beginning 19/5/25 – Space Poems
Week Beginning 26/5/25 – Into The Pyramid
Week Beginning 2/6/25 – Jess and the Bean Root
Week Beginning 9/6/25 – The Water Cycle
Week Beginning 16/6/25 – Dangerous Creatures
Week Beginning 23/6/25 – Meet a Genius
Week Beginning 30/6/25 – Senses Poems
Week Beginning 7/7/25 – The Ogre’s Dinner
Week Beginning 14/7/25 – The Strange Old House

Learners will be encouraged to move to Level 9 after completing these books. We will return to the beginning and repeat these books when we have completed all of them.

Each week will include vocabulary, comprehension and input. Learners will be encouraged to share their ideas in a variety of ways in class. 

Please do check your learner’s level before enrolling here: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/which-reading-level-stage/

Please do contact me with any questions. I look forward to being part of your learning journey!

Other Details

Parental Guidance
Please note, this is an English language class. Our own material are used to teach learners language including, phonics, vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, fluency and writing skills.
Supply List
Learners will also need a notebook, pencil and crayons for each class.
The books are required for this class.  Students may use e-books, hardcopy and paperbacks, or audiobooks to read and comprehend the text.
 3 files available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Please do check your learner’s level before enrolling here: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/which-reading-level-stage/ Learners are encouraged to have their own copy of each book for this course. Some can be found as eBooks on https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ You need to register for your own free account.
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Non-US Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Teacher Ashleigh B.A. (Hons) B.A. DEd TEFL
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Teacher Ashleigh B.A. (Hons) B.A. DEd TEFL
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Health/PE
Teacher Ron PGCE BA TESOL
Non-US Teaching Certificate in English to Speakers of Other Languages
Teacher Ron PGCE BA TESOL
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Teacher Shaunah B.A., B.Ed., TEFL
Kentucky Teaching Certificate in Science
Teacher Haley BS MA
Master's Degree from Texas Tech University
Teacher Julia BBA MA TEFL TESOL
Bachelor's Degree in Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences from University of South Africa
Teacher Ashleigh B.A. (Hons) B.A. DEd TEFL
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from University of South Africa
Teacher Ashleigh B.A. (Hons) B.A. DEd TEFL
Bachelor's Degree in English Language and Literature from University of Westminster
Teacher Dory BA(Hons) CELTA TEFL
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Messiah University
Teacher Deborah BS CertECEd TEFL TESOL
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Bowie State University
Teacher Sarah BS
Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from University of Maine at Fort Kent
Teacher Shaunah B.A., B.Ed., TEFL
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Government from University College of Cape Breton - now Cape Breton University
Teacher Shaunah B.A., B.Ed., TEFL
Bachelor's Degree in Religious Studies from Alpha Crucis
Teacher Kaitlin BTh TEFL
We are a team of qualified and experienced teachers with a wealth of experience across a range of ages and subjects. Most of our teachers are also TEFL/TESL qualified. You can find out more about each teacher in our profile. We are all passionate about teaching and learning and seeing our learners succeed. We look forward to meeting you in class soon.

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weekly
1x per week
25 min

Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-10
1-5 learners per class

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