Kindergarten / First Grade One on One Guided Reading - Phonics, Sight Words, SOR
In this ongoing class, your learner will practice phonics-based reading with an elementary teacher with 20 years of experience! In a patient and fun environment, I will meet your learner right where they're at. No guessing or memorizing!
Jen M., B.A, B.Ed - Reading Teacher, Math Teacher
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(17)
What's included
Meets on Demand
schedule meetings as needed30 mins
per sessionTeacher support
Homework
1 hour per week. Homework will gladly be provided upon request.Assessment
I will provide informal assessments and updates to the parent as necessary, or as requested, through the Outschool messaging inbox.Class Experience
US Grade Kindergarten
This ongoing class is for young Kindergarten and First Grade learners who would benefit from one on one practice with reading. Your learner will be met where they're at, and learners will practice letter sounds, phonics, pronunciation, word families, sight words, reading fluency, and reading comprehension. Learners will have opportunities to read decodable readers independently and chorally and engage their senses in literacy activities. Science of Reading (SOR) is the new standard for teaching reading. It's back to basics phonics with added multi-sensory activities to help student crack the code of reading! (Orton Gillingham) This class is suitable for students still working on letter recognition, or who have good letter recognition, know some, most or all common letter sounds, and can or cannot read some small words (yet). The lessons will be focusing heavily on the sounds we hear in words. We will practice segmenting, blending using various techniques, and decodable readers. Learners will also work with the teacher to decode sight words instead of memorizing sight words. We will break down the sounds of the sight words and "learn by heart" the small parts of the word that are spelled differently than they sound. I will assess your learner's level of phonological awareness (compound words, syllables, rhyming) and will provide multi-sensory activities to practice phonemic awareness. (adding sounds (change lip to slip), deleting sounds (change cup to up), replacing sounds (change cap to slap) The teacher often uses education.com for learning games and activities, as well as other fun and interactive games/brain breaks in her vast repertoire. I'm happy to provide activities in between classes. Send me a message if this is something you'd like for your learner.
Learning Goals
Students will learn how to DECODE words, not memorize them or guess at them. They will practice how to use their knowledge of letter sounds (phonemes) to figure out what each word is. They will be explicitly taught when letters and letter combinations are used to represent sounds (for example, au and aw are often used to represent the short o sound. (August, saw, hot) and how sometimes letters are sneaky like y, who often can be found disguised as a long i (dry) , long e, (January) or even short i (gym) sound. It even teams up with other vowels (Sunday)!
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Supply List
Paper and a marker (pencil and pen is difficult to see on camera) or a whiteboard and dry erase marker would be helpful to have on hand if the student is unable to annotate (draw) well on the screen. The teacher may send printable worksheets or reading materials at the request of parents or for ease of use during class time.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined June, 2020
5.0
17reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
2 Degrees
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from McMaster University
Bachelor's Degree in Education from University of Windsor
20 years of experience teaching literacy in various grades and at various reading levels and abilities. I've seen it all!Reviews
Live 1-on-1 Lessons
$43
per sessionMeets on demand
30 min
Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-7
