Read Like a Detective: Boost Reading Comprehension & Confidence (8 Weeks)
In an 8-week self-paced class, learners will deep dive into comprehending fiction and nonfiction passages. Students will predict, reorganise ideas, make inferences, evaluate, build vocabulary, question, compare and contrast, and visualise.
Miss T - M.Teach, BA.SLEd., Cert. ESOL
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What's included
8 pre-recorded lessons
8 weeks
of teacher support1 year access
to the contentHomework
1 hour per week. Follow-up activities are provided as optional homework. To receive weekly feedback from the teacher during this self-paced class, learners must submit their work each week for review. Please note that the optional homework is additional to the lesson notes that are needed to complete the interactive lessons.Certificate of Completion
I can create a certificate of completion upon request.Grading
I will assess the submitted follow-up work from the learners and give feedback on how well they have understood that week's reading comprehension skill. The homework will need to be submitted in order to receive feedback.Class Experience
Once students have learned HOW to read, they need to learn more about WHAT they read! In this engaging 8-week self-paced class, learners will dive deep into understanding how to comprehend unfamiliar fiction and nonfiction passages. As an experienced teacher, I understand how important reading comprehension is for success in all academic areas. I am passionate about supporting young learners in becoming critical, creative, and confident readers! What to expect: ✅ Each week, a pre-recorded video is sent out with a carefully scaffolded lesson to support the topic of the week. I use my own Canva presentations to make the lessons visually engaging. These lessons will begin at the sentence level to reduce cognitive load and then gradually progress to paragraphs and whole texts. ✅ Notes will be provided with an activity that learners can interactively complete as they watch the lesson. There are visual reminders to pause the pre-recorded videos to answer questions using their notes. ✅ Follow-up activities are provided as optional homework. Students also have the option to book 1:1 tutoring with me to work on a specific skill and topic interests (see 'Next Class' for the tutoring option. This would be additional to the cost of this self-paced class). ✅ Weekly feedback will be given to learners who submit their work (learners can choose whether they would like me to provide this in written or video format). Throughout these lessons, learners will be encouraged to use other essential strategies such as visualising and identifying the author's purpose to deepen their understanding of a text. Practising these strategies will help your learners improve their comprehension of unfamiliar texts and boost their confidence in reading. I also have a range of reading tutoring options available, for both native English speakers and ESL/EFL learners. Please feel free to send me a message if you have any questions about this class or tutoring options. See you in the classroom! Miss T 👩🏻🏫
Learning Goals
🎯 to develop reading comprehension skills of unfamiliar fiction and nonfiction texts.🎯 to build confidence as a fluent reader.
Syllabus
Curriculum
Follows Teacher-Created Curriculum8 Lessons
over 8 WeeksLesson 1:
The Power of Prediction & Prior Knowledge
Predictions are guesses we can make using clues in the text, illustrations, or photos. We can make predictions using our prior knowledge, which are things we have already heard, read, or seen. When we make these connections with the text, we are more interested in learning from what the author is writing. 10 mins of video lessons
Lesson 2:
Keywords & Reorganisation
Reorganising is when we find key points and words in a text and put them together to understand more about what the text is saying. We use it to join ideas and words together to understand more about what we are reading. 14 mins of video lessons
Lesson 3:
Reading Between The Lines: Inferencing
Inferencing is a skill we use when reading. It is when we use clues in the text and our prior knowledge to get a deeper meaning from what the author has written. The answer is not always clear, so we must be detectives and read between the lines! When we read, we look for clues to help us create a picture in our mind, and add the clues to our prior knowledge. There can sometimes be more than one right answer. 16 mins of video lessons
Lesson 4:
Read Around A Word: Understanding New Vocabulary
Vocabulary skills are when we determine the meaning of words we do not know so we can make sense of what we read or hear. A skilled reader can skip over the unknown word and read the rest of the sentence to work out the unknown word. They also begin to learn new words through listening and talking (prior knowledge). 14 mins of video lessons
Other Details
Learning Needs
This class is designed to help learners who struggle to answer comprehension questions about a text, or for when their classroom teacher suggests tutoring to boost their comprehension.
Pre-Requisites
Students who enroll are beyond the 'learning to read' phase where they have built word recognition skills (e.g. no longer need phonics) and are now shifting to 'reading to learn' where they're building meaning in what they read.
Supply List
- printed notes prior to each lesson, or ready to be annotated on a digital PDF reader - pen/pencil - a folder or notebook to keep follow-up activities organised (optional, but very helpful!)
Joined April, 2024
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Teacher expertise and credentials
2 Degrees
Master's Degree from University of Auckland
Bachelor's Degree from Victoria University of Wellington
- Certified & experienced primary school teacher
- Master of Teaching (First Class Honours)
- Bachelor of Arts majoring in Second Language Education
- Certificate in ESOL Home Tutoring
I love teaching literacy. I have worked alongside literacy experts in my educational leadership roles and am very experienced in extending gifted learners beyond the scope of their current grade level as well as accelerating those who need a boost. I thoroughly enjoy broadening their horizons even further through reading!
I have several years of classroom experience delivering carefully planned, targeted curriculum to children aged 5 to 13. My other specialties are literature, ESOL, mathematics, visual arts, and social-emotional skills. I also have experience teaching the Montessori Method, reflected in my calm and caring teaching persona. Reviews
Self-Paced Course
$18
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Ages: 8-11
