What's included
Meets on Demand
schedule meetings as needed50 mins
per sessionTeacher support
Class Experience
US Grade 5 - 9
Personalized reading and writing instruction in fiction and nonfiction by certified teacher. One-on-one instruction is determined by the following criteria: (1) concerns of caregivers and learner, (2) issues that may present themselves in the sessions, and (3) skills needed to be developed by learner to advance to the next level. These classes are scheduled by request; notify teacher to arrange a time for on-going and individual class sessions. Reading Strategy Lesson Topics: Pre-Emergent and Emergent Readers; Teaching Reading Engagement (Focus, Stamina, and Building a Reading Life); Supporting Print Work (Increasing Accuracy and Integrating Source of Information); Reading Fluently (Reading with Phrasing, Intonation, and Automaticity); Supporting Comprehension in Fiction (Plot, Setting, Characters, Theme, and Ideas); Supporting Comprehension in Nonfiction (Determining Main Idea(s), Idea(s), and Key Details and Getting the Most from Text Features); Improving Comprehension in Fiction and Nonfiction (Understanding Vocabulary and Figurative Language). Writing Strategy Lesson Topics: Composing with Pictures; Engagement: Independence, Increasing Volume, and Developing a Writing Identify; Generating and Collecting Ideas; Focus/Meaning; Organization and Structure; Elaboration; Word Choice; Conventions: Spelling, Grammar, and Punctuation **** The above picture was download from Unsplash and accredited to Johnny McClung.
Learning Goals
Personalized reading and writing instruction by certified teacher to address: (1) concerns of caregivers and learner, (2) issues that may present themselves in the sessions, and (3) skills needed to be developed by learner to advance to the next level.
Other Details
Supply List
Reading Strategy Sessions: book of interest; suggested but not required are post-it-notes, pencils, and a notebook Writing Strategy Sessions: paper/pencil though a writing notebook to keep brainstorming notes, word choice, etc. is recommended.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
The Reading Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Readers by Jennifer Serravallo. Heinemann, 2015.
The Writing Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Writers by Jennifer Serravallo. Heinemann, 2017.
Teacher expertise and credentials
I am a graduate of Charleston Southern University with a Bachelors in Elementary Education and History and currently am certificated in Elementary, Early Childhood, and Early Childhood Special Education. As a member of Learning for Justice, I am up-to-date on current issues and best teaching practices in order to align my classroom for the goal of to inform accurate details in a fun learning environment where children and youth feel respected, valued and welcome participants.
Reviews
Live 1-on-1 Lessons
$50
per sessionMeets on demand
50 min
Completed by 9 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-15