Guided Test Prep

Completed by 2 learners

Ages 10-13

Live Group Class

Review pertinent reading skills in preparation for raising test scores.

Ms. Nori

Average rating:

4.9

Number of reviews:

(159 reviews)

Live video meetings

3x per week

3-3 learners per class

60 min

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What's included

3 live meetings

3 in-class hours per week

Homework

Homework might be assigned during the week, if assigned tasks are not completed during the class session.

Assessment

No formal assessment will be given.

Class Experience

US Grade 5 - 7

Guided Test Prep is designed to assist students in reviewing pertinent reading skills that are found on state standardized yearly tests and to specifically increase their scores.   During this eight-week course, students will be fully immersed and engaged in completing aligned and specific exercises that will be helpful in passing the reading portion of a standardized test.  

The course is driven by REVIEWING standard reading skills and strategies found on current reading assessments for elementary and middle school students and will be delivered by using a Power Point Presentation.   Additionally,  students will use a Texas STAAR Practice workbook which will provide the necessary exemplars for student practice.  In this ongoing course, you are at liberty to take as many or as few classes as you would like.  

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SOME READING SKILLS ADDRESSED:

`GRAMMAR:
`Mechanics & Parts of Speech

`READING:
`Drawing Conclusions
`Evaluating Arguments
`Citing Evidence
`Text Organization/Structure
`Word Recognition - context clues, multiple & technical  meanings
                                  - connotative & denotation meanings

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COURSE AGENDA
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WEEK  1
DATES:  TBA
FOCUS: chapter 2 - determining correct word usage
                                   multiple meanings, figures of speech
                                   context clues, roots, affixes, style & tone

WEEK  2
DATES:  TBA
FOCUS: chapter 2 - determining correct word usage 
                                   subject & verb agreement, pronouns, 
                                   adjectives & adverbs, mechanics

WEEK  3
DATES: TBA
FOCUS: chapter 3 - comprehension skills - word knowledge
                                   technical meanings, connotative & denotative

WEEK  4
DATES:  TBA
FOCUS: chapter 3 - comprehension skills - word knowledge
                                   development of ideas, analyze  people, places, things
                                   central ideas of text, summarize
                                   
WEEK  5
DATES: TBA
FOCUS: chapter 3 - evaluating arguments, setting, analysis of key events,
                                   drawing conclusions

WEEK  6
DATES:  TBA 
FOCUS: chapter 3 - textual evidence, author's purpose, point of view,
                                   figurative language
               chapter 4 - author's purpose & craft

WEEK  7
DATES: TBA
FOCUS: chapter 5 - sentence variety, headings, descriptive details
                                   sensory language, revising, editing

WEEK  8
DATES:  TBA
FOCUS: chapter 5 - descriptive details, sensory language, revise & edit
               chapter 6 - information from multiple sources

Learning Goals

Students will practice reading skills in order to reach their objective of increasing their reading score on the reading portion of standardized testing.

Other Details

Supply List

Parents must purchase the following text.
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TITLE:  Texas English Language Arts Literacy
             STAAR Practice - GRADE 6
BY:       Lumos Learning
ISBN:   978-1-949855-35-7

External Resources

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

Meet the teacher

Ms. Nori

Joined April, 2020

4.9

159reviews

Profile

Teacher expertise and credentials

New Jersey Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education

English, Literature, Reading, Writing, and Grammar are the subject areas that my baccalaureate and master's degree training encompasses. I have more than twenty-five years of teaching  Language Arts ranging from Kindergarten to College level courses.  A multiple of those years were spent with successfully helping students to achieve reading test scores in the 80% percentile or more on a consistent basis.