Ms. Colleen's Guided Reading and Guided Writing Grade 2 - Small Class Size

Please note that you can join this class at any time, you do not have to take any other previous classes. 
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 they are reading at a grade 2 level. 
Let's have fun reading together!

Here is a reference to Grade 2 level books:
Level K: Clifford The Small Red Puppy, By Norman Birdwell  (Grade 2)
Level L:  Llama Llama And The Bully Goat, By Anna Dewdney (Grade 2)
Level M:  The Biggest Apple Ever, By Steven Kroll (Grade 2)

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 2 level story K, L or M. 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 book.  Levels can be adjusted based on class needs.

* Your child will be introduce 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, 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.  For example,  breaking the tricky words into parts.
* Your child will take turns reading from 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 play a digital game using a vocabulary word from the story.


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?
* Is the title a good title for the story? Why or why not?
* Do you have any connections to the story?
* What was the problem in the story? What was the solution to the problem?
* What is the main idea of the story?
* What is the setting of the story?

Please note, reading levels and short stories will be adjusted based on class needs.  The following is a guideline. 
Level K:
Week of October 5th - A Visit To The Pet Store
Week of October 10th - A Special Project
Week of October 19th - Best Zoo Trip Ever
Week of October 24th - Baseball Practice
Week of October 31st - The Camping Surprise
Week of November 7th - A Pet For A Week
Week of November 15th - Facts About Penguins
Week of November 21st - Our First Garden
Week of November 28th - Road Trip
Week of December 5th - Bowling Party
Week of December 12th - A Very Noisy Forest
Week of December 19th - The Tallest Flower
Week of December 26th - A Day At the Pond
Week of January 2nd - Facts About Animals in Winter
Week of January 9th - Pet Store Helper
Week of January 16th - The Best Backyard
Week of January 22nd - Perfect Trip
Week of January 30th - The Right Sport For Me
Week of February 6th - Facts About Rhinos
Week of February 13th - Rex's First Camping Trip
Week of February 20th - The Pet Store At Night
Week of February 27th - The Neighbor's Yard
Week of March 6th - After School Sports
Week of March 13th - Animals With Stripes
Week of March 20th - A Nearby Campground
Week of March 27th - Tractor Ride At Night
Week of April 1 - Facts About Birds
Week of April 8 - Garden Friends
Week of April 15 - Moving To The Mountains
Week of April 22 - A Little More Practice
Week of April 29 - The Howling Wind
Week of May 6 - Sea Explores
Week of May 13 - Fishing Friends
Week of May 20 - Facts About Hippos
Week of May 27 - Pet Store At Night
Week of June 3 - Hot Air Balloon
Week of June 10 - Best Scuba Class Ever
Week of June 17 - Facts About Kolas
Week of June 24 - The Notebook