Ms. Colleen's Guided Reading and Guided Writing Class - Grade 4 - Small Class

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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 4 level. 
Let's have fun reading together!

Please note that your child can join in this class anytime.  Your child does not have to take the first class in order to join.

 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. I choose engaging and meaningful activities to help support your child's literacy development, fostering a joy for reading.

Here are some examples of grade 4 level books:
Level R: Charlotte's Webb, By EB White, Because of Winne Dixie By Katie DiCamillo (Grade 4)
Level S/T: Jame's And The Giant Peach, By Ronald Dahl (Grade 4)

We will be reading a grade 4 level story S or T. Each 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 ending and/or beginning sounds to 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 story 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 for writing.
* After writing, we will practice vocabulary from the story that we have read through a 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?
*What is the setting of the story?
*Is the title a good title for the story? Why or why not?
*Do you have any connections to the story?
*What is the main idea of the story?

The Digital Stories we will be reading were written by Aylin Claashen. Here is a list of the dates and stories. Books will be adjusted based on students needs. The following is a guideline.
* Week of September 5th - Pointers For Peter
* Week of September 12th - The Book Seller
* Week of September 22nd - The Mysterious Sound
* Week of September 29th - The Fog
* Week of October 5th - Best Bros
* Week of October 12th - A Strong Sense Of Smell
* Week of October 17 - A Long Process
*Week of October 24th - Prefect Compromise
* Week of October 31st - Body Parts Of A Camel
*Week of November 7th - Clever
*Week of November 14th - Ms. Madison
* Week of November 21st - Impactful Role
* Week of November 28th - A Typical Saturday
* Week of December 5th - Mistakes Happen
* Week of December 12 -Sweaty Palms
* Week of December 19th - Incredible
* Week of December 26th - Cool As A Cucumber
* Week of January 2nd - Worry Wart
* Week of January 9th - Incentives
* Week of January 16th - Uplifting
* Week of January 23rd - The Beach Life
* Week of January 30th - Party Of the Century
* Week of February 6th - Peninsula
* Week of February 13th - An Astronaut
* Week of February 20th - Never Again
* Week of February 27th - Waterspouts
* Week of March 6th - Female Dr.
* Week of March  13th - The Boss
* Week of March 20th - The Kindness Club
* Week of March 27th - Fifteen Minutes
* Week of April 3rd - Tower Of Iron
* Week of April  10th - Yes
* Week of April 17th - Technology Rocks
* Week of April 24th - A Big Impact
* Week of May 1st - Glaciers
* Week of May 8th - Interested
* Week of May 15th - More Than A Baseball Player
* Week of May 22nd - Interested
* Week of May 29th - Comic Book Writer
* Week of June 5th - Suggestion
* Week of June 12th - Hallway Safety
* Week of June 19th - Juniper
* Week of June 26th - Seal The Deal



One of our games is by Rhody Girl Resources.