Montessori Reading & Writing Tutoring: Vocabulary Enrichment - Emerging Readers

💜This tutorial is designed for readers who are learning to write long words such as 'monarch butterfly' and 'parallelogram.' They've memorized many digraphs (letter pairs that make a new sound) and they know many sight words. Each session aims to encourage additional fact-finding and writing after class. 

💜 CLASS CONTENT: Each 45-minute session includes
via screen-sharing: 
1️⃣ 🎶 I sing a children's song with live autoharp accompaniment. The lyrics are provided in dotted font, the song introduces the topic of study for the session. 

2️⃣ 🖼️ I introduce 8 colorful photos for a topic such as "jungle mammals" (see list below) focusing on names, spellings and descriptions.

3️⃣ 📝 Using the dotted-font word list provided, I demonstrate writing each word twice while spelling the letter names.

4️⃣ 📖 I encourage the learner to read each label, describe and discuss each picture, and observe as I match the label with a picture. 

5️⃣ 🖼️ 📝 📖 We repeat the same process with another 8 photos: introduction, writing, reading and discussion. 

6️⃣ 🎉 I guide a fun cooperative BINGO game, emphasizing picture description, conversation and correct spelling. 

😊 My teaching style is warm, attentive and patient. This tutorial is similar to a Montessori classroom experience; an individual lesson with shared enthusiasm for vocabulary, letter sounds, spelling, conversation, and learning to read fluently! 

💜 Each session focuses on reading and writing 16 words in one category
📅 Lessons in 2024 
📃 Days of the Week 
📃Months of the Year 
📃 Naming Feelings 
📃 Popular Pets 
📃 Relatives  
📃 Four Seasons 
📃 Number Names
📃 Sports
📃 Colors 
📃 Shapes - 2D & 3D Names
📃 Yummy Fruits 
📃 Delicious Vegetables 
📃 Vertebrates & Invertebrates 
📃 Honeybees & Other Pollinators
📃 Butterflies & Moths 
📃 Mammals of North America
📃 Mammals‌ ‌of‌ ‌Jungles‌ ‌
📃 Grasslands‌ ‌& Mountain‌ ‌Mammals‌ ‌
📃 Ocean‌ ‌Mammals‌ ‌
📃 Fish‌ ‌- oceanic and fresh water
📃 Aquatic‌ ‌Birds‌ ‌- from penguins to puffins 
📃 Birds‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌Forest‌ ‌&‌ ‌Jungle‌
📃 Birds‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌Mountains‌ ‌and‌ ‌Ground-Dwelling Birds ‌
📃 Dogs - real breeds in history & fiction
📃 ‌Reptiles‌ ‌
📃 Amphibians‌ ‌
📃 Air ‌&‌ ‌Water‌ ‌Transportation‌ ‌- from blimps to sailboats 
📃 Land ‌Vehicles‌ ‌- from unicycles to freight trains
📃 ‌Construction‌ ‌Vehicles‌ - road building ‌and more 
📃 Simple Machines - the wheel & axle and more!
📃 Famous Places - USA 
📃 Famous Places - Global

💜 Enroll any time - the content is not cumulative

Also taught by Rachael Gerhard - Montessori Specialist
🧑🏽‍💻 Montessori Reading & Writing Tutorial Series
🤍 Intro Level: Montessori Writing Tutorial: Letter Sounds & Handwriting for Beginners
🩷 Level 1: Phonics – CVC Words for Beginners (Ages 3–6)
❤️ Level 2: Phonics Fun – Blends for Beginners (Ages 3–6)
🧡 Level 3: Phonics & Intro to Digraphs (Ages 4–6)
💛 Read Books Aloud & Memorize Sight Words (Ages 5–7)
💚 Level 4: Mastering Digraphs for Emerging Readers (Ages 5–7)
💙 Level 5: Word Study for Emerging Readers (Ages 5–7)
💜 This Tutorial: Level 6: Vocabulary Enrichment for Emerging Writers (Ages 5–7)