Prevent the Summer Slide: Summer Review 3rd Grade-ELA/Reading

Come join this interactive, fun class to brush up on your reading and writing skills to help get prepared for fourth grade! 

Class Content:
  Each week we will meet to review third grade skills. During class we will use a variety of methods and learning styles including hands-on projects, paper assignments, sorts, visuals, books, and other activities to help all learners engage and make the most of this class and reinforce skills and help prepare for fourth grade. We will play games, complete projects and work on listening skills. 

Why This Class:
I have been a brick and mortar teacher for ten years working with all elementary levels. I have seen through experience that summer is a critical time to keep those skills sharp and prevent the summer slide which can set a learner back up to two months in their education. 

Class Materials:
Each week learners will be sent all print outs prior to class. These print outs will include a variety of activities for class including a book that all learners can print and keep. Learners will also need basic supplies available for class. These will include pencils, coloring materials, scissors, and glue. 

Special Considerations:
Class dynamics may adjust time requirements up to 5 minutes.  

Tech usage:
During class we may play online games utlizing kahoot. Please ensure you’re student either knows how to split their screen or is fine with pairing up with someone or with me depending on class dynamics. 

Class Schedule:
Each day we will start with cursive handwriting practice as bell work for the first 5-10 minutes of class. 
Day 1: Phonics and Sight Words (sight words will be pulled from the third grade dolch sight word list and will cover 4-5 words each time we meet.  
Day 2: Reading Skills and Comprehension Activities (books will come from the website reading a-z)
Day 3: Grammar and Writing Skills

Week 1/Week of 6/2: 
word families-short vowels
fiction-text evidence/ask and answer questions, key details
Overview of Parts of Speech: noun, verb, adjective, pronouns, adverbs
Personal Narrative Writing
Planning and first draft of narrative writing

Week 2/Week of 6/9:
short vs. long vowels
nonfiction-text evidence/ask and answer questions, key details
Plural nouns
Personal Narrative Writing
Editing and final draft of narrative writing

Week 3/Week of 6/16: 
silent letters
fiction-fables, folktales, myths, compare and contrast 
Irregular verbs, verb tenses
Opinion Writing:
Introduction of opinion writing-what you need

Week 4/Week of 6/23:
homophones
nonfiction-main ideas and details, compare and contrast
subject-verb agreement
Opinion Writing:
Planning and first draft of opinion writing

No Class week of June 30

Week 5/Week of 7/7:
final e
fiction-character traits, sequence
conjunctions
Opinion Writing:
Editing and final draft of opinion writing

Week 6/Week of 7/14:
prefixes
nonfiction-connections
Types of sentences
Persuasive Writing:
Introduction of persuasive writing-what you need

Week 7/Week of 7/21:
suffixes
fiction-Point of View
Commas, quotation marks
Persuasive Writing:
Planning and first draft of persuasive writing

Week 8/Week of 7/28:
syllables
nonfiction-point of view
Titles, commas
Persuasive Writing:
Editing and final draft of persuasive writing

**Taught throughout course: 
context clues, parts of literature, illustrations, text/graphic features, theme, plot, characters and setting, poetry