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Pete the Cat Mini Book Club~Developing a Love of Literature

Your child will listen to a story and interact with a Pete The Cat story by Kimberly and James Dean read by an experienced educator. They will make predictions and text to self connections to strengthen their reading comprehension skills.

Betty Nilssen

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5.0

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(300)

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What's included

4 live meetings

2 in-class hours

Grading

personalized feedback

Class Experience

US Grade Pre-Kindergarten - 1

Beginner Level

In this 4 time book club, the learners will actively listen to a fiction Pete The Cat story by Kimberly and James Dean.  The stories will be read with fluency and expression with chances for the students to interact with the text and make predictions about what will happen next. We will talk about the author and illustrator. The students will be encouraged to discuss characters and identify the problem in the story.   We will discuss reading the words as well as reading the pictures to gain a better understanding.   The students will learn why it is important to retell a story in the correct order.  They will  sequence the story using the words:  first, next, then, last/finally to strengthen comprehension skills. The students will be encouraged to make text to self connections.  Each class will feature a new fiction Pete The Cat story so learners are welcome to join the class at any time~the lessons do not build on each other.  

Week One:  Pete The Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie
Week Two:  Pete The Cat and the Missing Cupcakes
Week Three:  Pete The Cat and the Bedtime Blues
Week Four:  Pete The Cat Scuba Cat

Learning Goals

~Learners will use listening skills while having a story fluently read to them.
~Learners will further develop a reading/speaking vocabulary.
~Learners will use language skills when retelling the sequence of the story.
~Learners will practice using the pictures to tell more about the story.
~Learners will learn to tell the author's purpose.  
~Learners will make predictions while listening to a story. 
~Learners will learn parts of a book.
~Learners will make text to self connections.

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External Resources

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Betty Nilssen

Joined May, 2020

5.0

300reviews

Rising Star

Profile

Teacher expertise and credentials

Hi!  Welcome to my Outschool classroom.  My name is Betty Nilssen.  I have a BS in Elementary Education with a minor in Spanish from UW-Milwaukee.  I am a first grade teacher, but I have also taught second, third and fourth grade.  My passion for teaching reading while incorporating phonics, phonemic awareness, rhyming, comprehension, fluency, science, social studies, math, drawing and writing helps children strengthen their academic skills while they gain academic confidence and a love of learning.  Teaching reading is my super power.  
However, I incorporate math, writing, social studies and science into all of my lessons, as well.  
I have three adult daughters and two of them are teachers, as well.  
There are so many books to read, words and sentences to write, math equations to solve and fiction and non fiction pictures to draw. Let's get started! Use code:  BettyNi2020 at checkout to try your first class and get $20 off.  Enroll your Early Childhood Education student and your child will further develop their academic skills and gain academic confidence.  Feel free to reach out to me with any questions or if you are looking for different times or dates for classes.  
I can't wait to work with you and your child!  Mrs. Nilssen