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.
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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
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STRATEGIES ADDRESSED:
Annotating
Close Reading
Predicting
Visualizing
Paraphrasing
Text Features
Process of Elimination
Mental Reading Strategies
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UPCOMING COURSE SCHEDULE - start date: FALL 2024
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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
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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:
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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.
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.
Are you planning to use state funding, such as an Education Savings Account (ESA), Micro-grant or scholarship to help pay for your learner’s education?