Reading Comprehension Summer Camp With a Certified Educator! Grades 3-5
This is a 6 week biweekly summer course to help prevent the "summer slide" and refresh or improve reading comprehension skills. Taught by a veteran elementary educator, each class will approach a Language Arts skill.
Whitley Gogel, B. Ed.
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(3)
What's included
12 live meetings
8 in-class hoursClass Experience
US Grade 3 - 5
A more recent study of children in 3rd to 5th grade showed that students lost, on average, about 20 percent of their school-year gains in reading and 27 percent of their school-year gains in math during summer break. This course can help your learner continue to read and practice formally and informally taught comprehension skills to prevent the summer slide AND help cultivate a deeper love of reading! This is a 6 week course meeting biweekly that will follow the same general format each time. At the beginning of each class we will introduce ourselves and the topic of the day. Students will have an opportunity to share prior knowledge of the skill, then we will begin our lesson. Lessons will include one or more reading passages, discussion, and comprehension questions. Students will be informally assessed of their knowledge of the topic in a variety of ways. I have a deep love of reading. It is my favorite hobby and my favorite subject to teach. My goal for this course is to grow your learner's understanding of reading through teaching comprehension strategies and topics that they will carry into the rest of their school career and beyond through showcasing the beauty and adventure in reading.
Learning Goals
This course is a refresher that will cover comprehension skills taught throughout the skill year while keeping your child reading and practicing those strategies to prevent the "summer slide".
Syllabus
12 Lessons
over 6 WeeksLesson 1:
Author's Purpose
Understanding why the author wrote the story or text helps the reader have a better understanding. 40 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Main Idea
Determining the main idea of a text is understanding what the text is mostly about - the big picture. 40 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Making Inferences
Students will use what they read and their background knowledge to make inferences about a text. 40 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Making Predictions
Based on initial reading of a text and prior knowledge, learners will make a prediction of what is to come in the reading. 40 mins online live lesson
Other Details
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined November, 2023
5.0
3reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Kentucky Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
I have been a certified elementary educator for 7 years! I hold a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Elementary Education and am currently and fully certified. I have been a self-contained fifth grade teacher covering all subject areas, a departmentalized fifth grade teacher, and a self-contained third grade teacher covering all disciplines. I have also been a substitute teacher where I have experience teaching classes K-5. Reviews
Live Group Class
$30
weekly or $180 for 12 classes2x per week, 6 weeks
40 min
Completed by 4 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-11
1-10 learners per class
