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Book Discussion: Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar

In this 4 week course, students will learn new comprehension strategies through reading and discussing the book, Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar
Erika Mandel
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:
(216)
Class

What's included

8 live meetings
7 hrs 20 mins in-class hours
Homework
1 hour per week. Students will have reading to do for homework and a discussion question to answer after every class.
Assessment
Students will be assessed by discussion questions, end of the book writing prompt, and a short quiz.

Class Experience

US Grade 4 - 7
In this class, students will video chat as well as discuss in the Outschool classroom weekly. We will read 1-3 chapters together, but students will also have homework of reading on their own. We will use different graphic organizers to help students comprehend the story. They will learn the squares organizer, web organizer, powerpoint organizer, and word document organizer. Every week after our video chat, there will be a discussion question posted for learners to answer. We will interact by chatting in discussions on the Outschool site before the next video chat. This is how students will be assessed if they have read the assigned chapters for homework. Students can also ask me questions at anytime! Each session will start by going over a way to organize thoughts, facts, and go over any questions on chapters they have read for homework. We will set up our graphic organizers together so that we are keeping track of the knowledge we learn from the reading. Throughout our video chat, I will stop our reading to ask a questions or spark a conversation about the reading to see where learners are at in their comprehension of the story. We will spend session time reading about 1-3 chapters together. Then, we will discuss for 15 minutes. In the last five minutes, I will go over the homework. After every session, I will post the homework and discussion question for the week that they will complete before our next session. The end of the class, we will have an assessment question that we will discuss to see how well they are able to comprehend the book as well as a short quiz on specific details from the story.
Learning Goals
Students will learn comprehension strategies through graphic organizers. Students will also be able to make connections to the story.
learning goal

Other Details

Supply List
A copy of the book, Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar which can be found on Amazon
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined December, 2019
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216reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
New Jersey Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
New Jersey Teaching Certificate
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Rider University
I have taught this book in the classroom as well as in private tutoring sessions. I have a variety of book clubs on Outschool and own a tutoring center in New Jersey where we have a variety of book clubs as well! I love helping the children to engage in reading and learn to love reading. Its a valuable lesson to learn how to get lost in a book!

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$50

for 8 classes
2x per week, 4 weeks
55 min

Completed by 30 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-13
1-12 learners per class

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