Improving Reading Comprehension Part 2: Weekly Class (7-9 Years)

This 6-session class is a follow-up to the popular 'Improving Reading Comprehension Part 1'. Students will continue to develop their reading comprehension skills which can be applied to all their future reading.

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55 minutes

per class

Once per week

over 6 weeks

7-9

year olds

3-6

learners per class

per learner - per class

How does a “Multi-Day” course work?

Meets multiple times at scheduled times

Live video chats, recorded and monitored for safety and quality

Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher

Great for engaging projects and interacting with diverse classmates from other states and countries

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Description

Class Experience

Throughout the course, we will be using extracts from the following texts:
'The Demon Headmaster' by Gillian Cross
'A Mouse Called Wolf' by Dick King-Smith
'Boy' by Roald Dahl
'The Black Queen' by Michael Morpurgo 
'Wind in The Willows' by Kenneth Grahame
'The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog' by Jeremy Strong

Session 1: Making Connections 
Making connections between the text and the students' own experiences, previous reading, and knowledge of the world in order to gain a greater understanding of...

Students will improve their ability to make personal connections with a text, retrieve information, explain their answers, summarize, make predictions and infer meaning. Students will increase their vocabulary knowledge.

I am an English Specialist with 37 years' teaching experience.

Work not completed in class will be given as homework.

All reading material will be uploaded to the classroom by the teacher, prior to each class.

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

Ongoing informal assessment.

55 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 0 - 1 hours per week outside of class.

Teacher

Sue Steer BEd

🇬🇧

Lives in the United Kingdom

Reading, Writing and English Grammar Specialist

311 total reviews

316 completed classes

About Me

Hello! My name is Sue Steer and I am a part-time primary school teacher in the UK. I am just as passionate about educating children now as I was 38 years ago when I started out on my teaching journey. By educating, I mean inspiring, supporting and...