Read With Me, Learn With Me: Thanksgiving

Completed by 7 learners

Ages 5-8

Live Group Class

Strengthen reading and reading comprehension with a different books each class in a fun and relaxed environment.

Sarah Born

Average rating:

4.9

Number of reviews:

(127 reviews)

Live video meetings

4x per week, 1 week

3-8 learners per class

30 min

About Learning Overview Teacher Reviews

What's included

4 live meetings

2 in-class hours

Class Experience

This 4-day course is the perfect supplement for early elementary school students (grades K-2) to practice and strengthen their reading and comprehension skills. For this installment of Read With Me, Learn With Me, the theme will be Thanksgiving! We will go over the sight words used in each book, phonics sounds, read the book together and discuss what we read. Each student will have the opportunity to read with support or independently based on their reading level. We will answer comprehension questions and discuss each story. These courses are also a great way for young students to build confidence speaking in remote learning classes. My classes are always full of fun and laughter as we learn together while making new friends across the country and even the world!

Class 1: We are Thankful by Margaret McNamara
Class 2: Happy Thanksgiving, Tiny by Cari Meister
Class 3: How to Catch a Turkey by Adam Wallace & Andy Elkerton
Class 4: I am Thankful by Suzy Capozzi

Learning Goals

Students will practice sight words, blending and reading in each class. We will discuss each book and students will answer reading comprehension questions. Students will also build more confidence speaking and participating in an online classroom.

Other Details

External Resources

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

Meet the teacher

Sarah Born

Joined June, 2020

4.9

127reviews

Profile

Teacher expertise and credentials

Hello! My name is Sarah Born. I have been teaching live, online classes to children, ages 3 to 16, for over two and a half years. I love the connections made between students and teachers that would otherwise be impossible without the technological advancement of education. I primarily teach elementary aged children in all subject areas with a focus on ELA. As a former litigation attorney, I have a love for writing and, yes, even grammar. 

I started my undergraduate education as an early childhood education minor but switched my major to history halfway through my junior year. I went on to attend law school at Syracuse University College of Law and graduated with a Juris Doctorate in 2008. I was an employment law litigation attorney until deciding to stay home with my young children in 2015. When they both reached elementary school age, I started subbing at their school. Since October 2017 I have been teaching online to allow myself the freedom to be available for my children, including volunteering as the Vice President of the PTA.

Online teaching requires a certain level of energy, especially when teaching less than exciting topics like grammar! I keep my classroom upbeat and interactive to maintain not only student engagement but to facilitate learning and retention. We have fun in my online classroom! There is nothing better than a child who is excited for class and ready to learn. 

I live in North Carolina with my husband, son and daughter, along with a small zoo of pets. We have 2 standard poodles, a cat, a leopard gecko and 2 poison dart frogs! My family moved to North Carolina 2 years ago from Rochester, New York. Although I have taken a break from professional photography, capturing babies, children and families is one of my favorite ways to spend free time!