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BOOK CLUB~Preparing for Reading Success~Reading Comprehension, Literacy, ESL

Completed by 32 learners
Ages 4-8
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Early Childhood Education classroom with an experienced, licensed educator. Fiction Story for the joy of literacy while discussing the story events and further developing reading comprehension.
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:
(310 reviews)
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Live video meetings
1x per week, 16 weeks
1-5 learners per class
30 min

What's included

16 live meetings
8 in-class hours
Homework
1 hour per week. Read a good book, just for fun! :)
Grading
Personalized feedback

Class Experience

US Grade Pre-Kindergarten - 1
Beginner Level
In this ongoing class, the students will listen to a fiction story. The stories will be read with fluency and expression with chances for the students to interact with the text and make predictions about what will happen next. We will talk about the author and illustrator. The students will be encouraged to discuss characters and identify the problem in the story.   We will discuss reading the words as well as reading the pictures to gain a better understanding.   The students will learn why it is important to retell a story in the correct order.  They will  sequence the story using the words:  first, next, then, last/finally to strengthen comprehension skills. The students will be encouraged to make text to self connections.  


*Each class will feature a new fiction story so students are welcome to join the class at any time~the lessons do not build on each other.  

Class Syllabus:

Meeting 1:  No Jumping On The Bed by Tedd Arnold
Meeting 2:  Two Of Everything By Lily Toy Young
Meeting 3:  Life On Mars By Jon Agee
Meeting 4: The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra and Sal Barracca
Meeting 5:  Joe On Sunday By Tony Blundell or Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon by Pat Cummings~You pick!
Meeting 6:  The Merry Chase By Clement Hurd or Who's Got The Apple by Jan Loof~You pick! 
Meeting 7:  Don't Be Silly, Mrs. Millie!  By Judy Cox
Meeting 8:  Ruby The Copycat By Peggy Rathmann
Meeting 9:  How Joe The Bear and Sam The Mouse Got Together by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
Meeting 10:  The Very Sleepy Sloth By Andrew Murray or Sassafras by Audrey Penn~You pick!
Meeting 11:  Mr. Grumpy's Outing by John Burningham
Meeting 12: Eggbert The Slightly Cracked Egg by Tom Ross
Meeting 13:  What If?  By A.H. Benjamin
Meeting 14:  The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn or Show and Tell by Robert Munsch~You pick! 
Meeting 15:  I've Got Music By Cathy Molitoris
Meeting 16:  Who Sank The Boat?  By Pamela Allen



Reading is fun!  Have you read a good book today?

Learning Goals

~Students will use listening skills while having a story fluently read to them.
~Students will further develop a reading/speaking vocabulary.
~Students will use language skills when retelling the sequence of the story.
~Students will practice using the pictures to tell more about the story.
~Students will learn to tell the author's purpose.  
~Students will make predictions while listening to a story. 
~Students will learn parts of a book.
~Students will make text to self connections.

Syllabus

16 Lessons
over 16 Weeks
Lesson 1:
Reading words and pictures for better understanding
 No Jumping On The Bed by Tedd Arnold 
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Making Text to Self Connections
 Two Of Everything By Lily Toy Young 
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Reading the words as well as the pictures to gain more information
 Life On Mars By Jon Agee 
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Retelling events in a story in order
 The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra and Sal Barracca 
30 mins online live lesson

Other Details

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External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Joined May, 2020
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New to Outschool? Use code: BettyNi2020 and get $20 off your child’s first class. This code can be applied to any class with any educator, not just me and for any age child. What a deal! 😀



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Hi!  Welcome to my Outschool classroom. 

My name is Betty Nilssen.  💕

I have a BS in Elementary Education with a minor in Spanish from UW-Milwaukee.  I am a first grade teacher, but I have also taught second, third and fourth grade, full inclusive classrooms.  My teaching license certifies me to teach grades 1~6. My passion for teaching reading while incorporating phonics, phonemic awareness, rhyming, comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, science, social studies, math, drawing and writing helps children strengthen their academic skills while they gain academic confidence and a love of learning.  Teaching reading is my super power.  I can support your young learner. 

I have three adult daughters and two of them are teachers.  My mom was also an educator.

There are so many books to read, words and sentences to write, math equations to solve and fiction and non fiction pictures to draw and label. Let's get started!  

Enroll your Early Childhood Education student and your child will further develop an academic foundation and gain academic confidence with a love of learning. Your child will be a life long reader! 

Feel free to reach out to me with any questions or if you are looking for different times or dates for classes.  
I can't wait to work with you and your child and further a passion for learning!  
Betty Nilssen

New To Outschool?   GET $20 off your first Outschool class. CODE:  RYjcp6Ac

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