Reading Comprehension Skills - Grades 2-3 Level up Your Reading Success!

WELCOME to The Nowlin Academy with Mrs. Brooke Nowlin at Outschool, where the focus is on building student confidence for a foundation of lifelong learning with an early jumpstart 🦘!  

🚨If you're NEW to the Outschool platform, enjoy a $20💵 off  a class discount to be redeemed in your first 30 days from signing up.  This code is valid for ANY CLASS ON OUTSCHOOL.  Use code: Lwdw97QS

☑️ ESA and CHARTER FUNDS accepted in my classes! 💵 
I am ESL & Special Education CERTIFIED so all learners are welcome! 

☑️ I hold a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education with specialization in Special Education (K-12) w/ Learning Disabilities.  I am a certified TESOL teacher for speakers of other languages. 

☑️ I have a Master's Degree in Educational Administration as well. I bring over 8 years of 🖥️online teaching experience to my platform with Outschool as an online teacher! I am a homeschooling mother of 7 kids who lives in eastern Kansas 🌻 who loves cats, frogs and spending time in our pool! 

☑️ My classes are NEWLY REVISED in 2025 and are designed to focus on developing strong 💪 and confident learners with outstanding academic & reading foundations 📚  and strong speaking skills 🎤for lifelong educational and occupational success.  

☑️ Each class is kept small in size and is intentionally designed to be highly INTERACTIVE and very encouraging for the online learner. 

☑️ My classes and materials align completely with the Common Core State Standards for English and Language Arts to prepare students for all they need to know in any school setting🏫: private, public and/or homeschool.

☑️ In EVERY class, my goal is to make each learner feel like a💵 MILLION BUCKS💲for every effort and contribution that a student makes in my class! I strongly believe that THE WAY A LEARNER FEELS is just as important as the academic results they attain.

☑️ WHAT YOU CAN BE CONFIDENT YOU WILL RECEIVE IN MY CLASS:
     
     🍎  warm, encouraging coaching for the designated time period 
     🍎  a student who personally feels noticed, appreciated and confident interacting in class
     🍎  skilled instruction that covers the content in the description
     🍎  an optional practice homework sheet with answer key provided.
     🍎  excellent and prompt communication responses from teacher (within 24 hours, often sooner)
     🍎  regular monthly written or video feedback with personalized progress concerning your student 

☑️ As a 20-Year Veteran Homeschool Teacher and mom, I HIGHLY VALUE THE SOCIALIZATION PIECE 🎤 that needs to be a vital part of any homeschool or remote learning experience. 

☑️ Teaching is my passion and calling, as I have taught in many forums:  public school, Christian school ✝️, homeschool🏠, special education, ESL learning, and in online👨🏼‍💻 education as well.  As a home-educator of over 18 years, I taught all 7 of my children how to read with fluency starting at 4 years old and homeschooled them from preschool into college!

☑️ The last 25 years of my life have been spent teaching children of all ages in a wide variety of  subject areas.   I believe that we are always learning, and that learning needs to be engaging with the goal of retaining as much knowledge as we can while growing in our ability to apply new information to our daily lives.

☑️ I bring lots of energy and enthusiasm to the classroom, and specialize in encouraging individual critical thinking skills AND HIGH LEVELS OF CONFIDENCE 💪🏼, which just means your student will love engaging with me!  

☑️ The pillar of my teaching is definitely my upbeat environment and the positive encouragement.  Your student will feel confident and supported in all of my classes no matter what skill level he or she is currently working at.  I invite you to delve into my public reviews to see how parents have shared their students' experiences in my classroom. 

I look forward to meeting NEW students in my classes very soon!

Mrs. Brooke Nowlin