Jump-Start or Fill in the Gaps for Better Reading - Reading Specialist 1:1
Class experience
US Grade Kindergarten - 5
NOTE: This class REQUIRES a 3 day per week commitment in order to ensure student progress. Please register for Tuesdays, Wednesdays, AND Thursdays at the same time slot in an ongoing fashion. This will reserve your learners' spot for ongoing tutoring. Each session incorporates the most effective brain based reading strategies that I used during my 34 years of teaching children to read in schools and tutoring 1:1 on Outschool since 2020. Learners will be assessed for their entry level...
To ensure effective tutoring, the teacher suggests meeting 3x per week. Book additional recurring meetings after the initial purchase.
Students will learn and progress at their own level in the following foundational reading skills: phonological awareness spelling-letter sounds sight words phonics / syllables / morphemes reading connected text spelling/writing instruction (letter formation if needed; sentence formation and mechanics; encoding words)
I am a certified reading specialist with a Masters Degree in reading. I have a strong interest in "how the BRAIN actually learns to read", and I base my instruction on teaching this to children. (Most people don't know that our brain is actually NOT wired to read!) I have taught in a variety of capacities in public schools and universities. These roles include teaching kindergarten/first/or second grade classrooms, and work as a K-5 school Reading Specialist; teaching undergraduate reading courses at the university level; assisting new teachers in the role of Mentor Teacher; and training teachers in reading programs through school staff development sessions throughout California. I am now retired from public school teaching and enjoy bringing the joys of reading success to learners through Outschool!
Homework Offered
Students will practice their connected reading skills and sight words by practicing the stories or word lists taught during each session.0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Assessment is embedded into the SIPPS program and is used to determine next steps in instruction.Grades Offered
This class includes multi-sensory learning activities and is personalized to support and meet the individual needs of learners with the kinds of language processing problems associated with dyslexia.
Supply list: * dry erase marker (the thin, but not extremely fine point, kind) * eraser for dry erase marker (this can be a rolled up old sock) * several sheet protector pockets that you can slip an 8x11 paper into (this will serve as an erasable "white board" substitute to place the daily lined writing paper into as well as a pocket for resource sheets). * Access to a printer for printing writing pages and story sheets that I will send you. If you don't have a printer, please let me know and we will figure out something. * A notebook or folder to keep story sheets in * Index sized cards (for Beginning Level flash cards only)
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All material will be virtual and sent as print downloads. Beginners will also want to make flash cards of the words I send you to practice.
I am a certified reading specialist with a Masters Degree in reading, and have taught in a variety of capacities in public schools and universities. These roles include teaching in kindergarten/first/or second grade classrooms, and as a K-5...
1-on-1 Tutoring
$33
per sessionMeets on demand
30 min
Completed by 6 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 5-11