What's included
57 live meetings
42 hrs 45 mins in-class hoursHomework
2-4 hours per week. There will be homework assigned each night. Students MUST complete the tasks in order to move the class forward. The homework will consist of having students read short passages and respond to related comprehension questions to demonstrate their understanding of the skills and strategies taught.Assessment
Progress will be assessed by students demonstrating their ability to apply the skills and strategies when reading short passages and when responding to aligned answers.Class Experience
US Grade 4 - 7
GUIDED READING BASICS is a class that has been designed to teach, review and practice Reading Skills that are embedded within reading passages that students read on a daily basis. Students will find this course a useful addition and great help towards reaching common core guidelines. This course is a must for students to understand the rudimentary concepts of reading which will ultimately move them in the direction of understanding standardized tests better. This is a SEMESTER COURSE. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE NOTE: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A $100 DISCOUNT IF this is your FIRST course taken with me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` COURSE OBJECTIVES: ```Achieve mastery of 12-15 Standard Reading Skills and 7 Reading Strategies. ```Each class will last for 45- minutes. ```Instruction will be driven by using a PP Slide Presentation. `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` SOME SKILLS & STRATEGIES TAUGHT: Main Idea Details Author's Purpose Drawing Conclusions Cause & Effect Compare & Contrast Context Clues Fact & Opinion Inferring Sequence Summarizing Figurative Language Annotate Close Read Chunking Predicting Paraphrasing Prior Knowledge Visualization Process of Elimination ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````` UPCOMING COURSE SCHEDULE START DATES: T B A ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````` MONTH 1 FOCUS: Main Idea, Details, Fact & Opinion, Author's Purpose MONTH 2 FOCUS: Compare & Contrast, Sequence MONTH 3 FOCUS: Character Traits, Cause & Effect MONTH 4 FOCUS: Point-Of-View, Context Clues, Predicting MONTHS 5 - 6 FOCUS: Summarizing, Inference, Drawing Conclusions, Textual Evidence `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Learning Goals
Students will learn, study and practice approximately 10 + Reading Strategies and Reading Skills by using 6 workbooks that parents must purchase.
Other Details
Supply List
PLEASE NOTE: STUDENTS NEED A HARD COPY OF BOOKS. 1st BOOK LIST BELOW FOR GRADES 3RD - 5TH THIS COURSE WILL LAST FOR APPROX. 6 MONTHS. Start date: FALL 2024 ============================================== 1. MAIN IDEAS & DETAILS -SCHOLASTIC - GRADES 2-3 2. COMPARE & CONTRAST - SCHOLASTIC - GRADES 2-3 3. CAUSE & EFFECT - SPOTLIGHT ON READING - GRADES 3-4 4. CONTEXT CLUES - SCHOLASTIC - GRADES 2-3 5. INFERENCES - SCHOLASTIC - GRADES 2-3 6. FACT & OPINION - SCHOLASTIC - GRADES 2-3 7. PREDICTING - SCHOLASTIC - GRADES 2-3 8. SUMMARIZING - SPOTLIGHT ON READING - GRADES 3-4 9. PROVE IT - SHELL EDUCATION - GRADES 3-5 ============================================== HERE ARE ISBN NUMBERS FOR ABOVE WORKBOOKS. ISBN - 043955425X ISBN - 9780439554275 ISBN - 9781609964849 ISBN - 0439554268 ISBN - 0439554241 ISBN - 0439554225 ISBN - 0439554233 ISBN - 1609964969 ISBN - 1425817009
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Teacher expertise and credentials
New Jersey Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education
I have had more than 20 years of classroom and tutorial experience teaching Writing Skills to various age groups. I have extensive coursework and professional development training in the academic area of Writing. I have taught writing skills and strategies with English Language Arts Courses and with the READ 180 program which contains a writing component.
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Live Group Class
$750
for 57 classes3x per week, 19 weeks
45 min
Completed by 10 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-12
3-5 learners per class