What's included
96 live meetings
72 in-class hoursHomework
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 passages and respond to related comprehension questions to demonstrate their understanding of the skills and strategies taught.Class Experience
US Grade 5 - 8
Intermediate Level
GUIDED READING BASICS TWO 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. This is a continuation of the Guided Reading Basics One course, and the foci will be placed upon skills whereby the student must deconstruct and then reconstruct text to derive their answers. This will afford the student an opportunity to delve deeper into practicing the necessary and most needed reading skills that they will use for life. Students will find this PP Slide presentation and workbook course is a useful addition and great help towards achieving and meeting common core standards. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` SOME SKILLS ADDRESSED: Main Idea Supporting Details Context Clues: via Vocabulary Drawing Conclusions Summarizing Inferencing Skim, Scan Author's Purpose Close Read & Annotate Text Organization Cause & Eff., Chronological Order, Comp./Contrast Narrative Elements Plot Diagram, Types of Characters, Point of View, Tone Literary Devices Irony, Pun, Idioms, Motifs, Alliteration, Understatement Connotation Denotation Claims Predicting ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` STRATEGIES ADDRESSED: Annotating Close Reading Predicting Visualizing Paraphrasing Text Features Process of Elimination Mental Reading Strategies ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` UPCOMING COURSE SCHEDULE - start date: FALL 2024 ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` MONTH 1 FOCI: Context Clues, Predictions, Drawing Conclusions MONTH 2 FOCI: Context Clues, Inference, Summarizing MONTH 3 FOCI: Context Clues, Figurative Language, Text Organization MONTH 4 FOCI: Narrative Elements, Plot Diagram, Context Clues, Figurative Language, Summarizing, all skills taught "Reading Comprehension" - grade 5 by Scholastic MONTH 5 FOCI: Narrative Elements, Plot Diagram, Context Clues, Figurative Language, Summarizing, all skills taught "Reading Comprehension" - grade 5 by Adam Free MONTH 6 FOCI: Narrative Elements, Plot Diagram, Context Clues, Figurative Language, Summarizing, all skills taught "Prove It" - grades 5-8 by Melissa Smith MONTH 7 FOCI: Narrative Elements, Plot Diagram, Context Clues, Figurative Language, Summarizing, all skills taught "Reading Comprehension" - grade 8 by Lumos Learning MONTH 8 FOCI: Narrative Elements, Plot Diagram, Context Clues, Figurative Language, Summarizing, all skills taught "Reading Comprehension" - grade 8 by Lumos Learning ================================================ PLEASE NOTE: "100 Task Cards: Figurative Language" and "Vocabulary Words in Context" will be used throughout the duration of the course
Learning Goals
Students will learn, study and practice approximately more than 20 Reading Strategies and Reading Skills by using 6 workbooks that parents must purchase.
Other Details
Learning Needs
N/A
Supply List
REQUIRED BOOKS for FALL 2024 course: ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` TITLE: "SCHOLASTIC SUCCESS with READING COMPREHENSION" ISBN: 978-0-7439-3366-7 BY: Scholastic GRADE: 5 TITLE: "5th GRADE READING COMPREHENSION SUCCESS" ISBN: 979-8878593007 BY: Adam Free GRADE: 5 TITLE: "100 TASK CARDS: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: Reproducible Mini-Passages" ISBN: 978-1338603156 BY: Scholastic GRADE: 4-6 TITLE: "PROVE IT" ISBN: 978-1425817015 BY: Melissa Smith GRADE: 6-8 TITLE: "VOCABULARY WORDS in CONTEXT" ISBN: 978-14206681437 BY: Teacher Created Resources GRADE: 6-8 TITLE: "READING COMPREHENSION" ISBN: 9781940484976 BY: Lumos Learning GRADE: 8
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
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
$800
for 96 classes3x per week, 32 weeks
45 min
Completed by 4 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-14
2-5 learners per class