Ms. Colleen's Guided Reading and Guided Writing Class - Grade 3 - Small Class

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Learners can join this class anytime. 
A small group will help give your child more opportunity to practice the concepts from this class. Please take a look at the following list of book examples below to see if this class is a fit for your child.  Your child does not have to be in this grade to take this class. Your child is welcome to take this class if he or she is reading at a grade 3 level. 
Let's have fun reading together!


Here is a reference to Grade 3 level books:
Level O: The World According To Humphrey, By Betty Birney  
Level P: A Bad Case Of Stripes, By David Shannon 
Level Q:  Henry's Freedom Box, By Ellen Levine

     Guided Reading will help your child develop reading proficiency, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. We will be using digital stories in this lesson. In my Guided Reading lesson we will learn reading strategies and how to implement these strategies to support your child's learning. This small group class will allow your child more opportunity to engage in literacy skills. I choose engaging and meaningful activities to help support your child's literacy development, fostering a joy for reading.

We will be reading a grade 3 level story O, P, Q. Each short story is different in every lesson. These are digital stories, there is no need to purchase anything. Students can join in any time, in any order. Please see below the following list of stories that we will be reading each week. Each class will follow the same format using a different story:

* Your child will be introduced to reading strategies: breaking words into parts, stretching sounds out, looking for smaller words within a word, finding the base word, adding endings and beginning and using pictures to help solve tricky words.
* Your child will be introduced to a new story. We will do a book walk. This happens before reading. We look at the book title, cover and pictures in the story and make predictions about what the book will be about.
* I will go over some of the challenging words that will be in the story to help make the text more familiar for your child. 
* I will model how to read a sentence with a challenging word from the story, using a reading strategy.  
* Your child will take turns reading the story aloud, implementing reading strategies when needed with support from me.
* Your child will answer several comprehension questions. Please see the list of example questions. Each set of questions will be unique and based on the story.
* We will write a written summary of the story. I will model writing, using paragraph formation.  As a class we will write part of the summary together. I will then add some vocabulary words onto the screen to help students add some descriptive words to their writing. Students are then encouraged to add a couple more sentences on their own to the summary. Please have a piece of paper on hand.  
* We will end class with a vocabulary digital game.


In each class, I will ask your child several comprehension questions to help support his or her learning.  Each class will have different comprehension questions.  Here is a list of some examples:
* How does the character feel? What words or descriptions does the author give to support your answers?
* What are you wondering? What questions do you have?
* Predict what will happen next.
* What caused (character in this chapter) to .....? What was the effect of ....?
* What was important on this page? Why?
* Summarize what you read. What's the most important part?
* How do Jack & Annie feel about their adventure?
* How does each character react to....?
* What do you think this word means?
* Why did the character say....?
* How are ____ & ____ similar? How are they different?
* Did the character change? Why?

The Digital Books we will be reading were written by Aylin Claashen.
Book levels will be adjusted based on class needs. The following is a guideline.
* Week of September 5th - Treasure From the Basement
* Week of September 12th - A Responsible Kid
* Week of September 22nd - Time To Focus
* Week of September 29th - The Best Pet
* Week of October 5th - The Big Mistake
* Week of October 12th - Making The Most Of It
* Week of October 17 - A Useful Truck
*Week of October 24th - When Is Lunch?
* Week of October 31st - The Difference A Day Makes
*Week of November 7th - Observing Chimpanzees
*Week of November 14th - New Trends
* Week of November 21st - Someday
* Week of November 28th - Gravity and Motion
*Week of December 5th - Best One Yet
* Week of December 12th - Fascinated
*Week of December 19th - The Picnic Basket
*Week of December 26th - Hungry As A Hippo
*Week of January 2nd - Patience
*Week of January 9th - Teacher Leader
*Week of January 16th - A Little Distracted
*Week of January 23rd - In The Pod
*Week of January 30th - Absolute Disaster
*Week of February 6th - Camping Trip Gone Wrong
*Week of February 13th - Everyone Loves Deliveries
*Week of February 20th - Useful Claws
*Week of February 27th - The Agreement
*Week of March 6th - A Day At The Cabin
*Week of March 13th - Dedication
* Week of March 20th - The Best Flowers
* Week of March 27th - Science Laboratory
* Week of April 3rd - A Great Feeling
* Week of April 10th - A Tough Decision
* Week of April 17th - Different Species
* Week of April 24th - First Time Tutors
* Week of May 1st - A Powerful Force
* Week of May 8th - The Sudden Wake Up
* Week of May 15th - Just Like My Dad
* Week of May 22nd - A Fake Smile
* Week of May 29th - Opportunity 
* Week of June 5th - An Apple For The Teacher
* Week of June 12th - Say Cheese
* Week of June 19th - Excellent Eye Sight
* Week of June 26th - Mismatch Day Success