Reading Fluency With Blends, Digraphs, Diphthongs, and More!

Completed by 17 learners

Ages 5-8

Live Group Class

In this on going class, we will practice reading short passages that all have similar sounds throughout the passage. This class is ESL friendly.

Erin Purdie (B.A Elementary and Special Education)

Average rating:

4.9

Number of reviews:

(871 reviews)

Live video meetings

1x per week

2-6 learners per class

25 min

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What's included

1 live meeting

25 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

US Grade Kindergarten - 2

This on going class is perfect for beginner readers who are ready to start reading sentences! This class is for learners who are pretty good with their beginner sight words and know (or have been introduced to) many blends, digraphs, and diphthongs. We will go off of that knowledge to start reading short passages. This class is only about reading fluency and not about reading comprehension, although we may go over some questions just for fun if there is time. 
Each week we will focus on a different group of sounds, blends, etc involved in the passages. For example, one week might have an abundance of words all including the "ch" digraph and the next week may have the /oy/ sound in many words of the passage. We will use our knowledge of the sounds and the other sight words to help us read longer sentences and put together a passage. Using the same sound over and over will help the learners to better remember and understand the sounds, but also give them practice with the sight words and reading multiple words together. 

 Schedule: 
4/23- sc blend
4/30- ck digraph
5/07- aw diphthong 
5/14- br blend
5/21- kn digraph
5/28- oo diphthong


**Prerequisite for this class is knowing sight words and having an ability to sound out words or read single words on their own. We will work off that to be able to read multiple words in a sentence. 
This class is ESL friendly.

Other Details

Supply List

The learner will be supplied with a printout of the reading each class.

External Resources

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

Meet the teacher

Erin Purdie (B.A Elementary and Special Education)

Joined June, 2020

4.9

871reviews

Profile

Teacher expertise and credentials

Hello new friends! I am so excited to meet you and have you in my classroom! :) My name is Erin Purdie and I am a mother of three (Burton 8, Poppy 7, and Penelope 5) from Richmond, VA.  I was an elementary and special education teacher for 5 years before leaving the classroom to stay at home with my babies. I taught self contained autism (in a 6th/7th grade setting), 6th, 4th, and kindergarten special education, and 4th grade general education. 

I love being at home with my children and teaching them through play, movement, and games. We try to make "learning" as fun as possible, without even realizing we're learning :). I am excited to bring this into the outschool classroom by learning with toys, movement, and play in an energetic and fun way.  Through teaching in the public school and playing with my own kids, I have developed a lot of fun ways to learn! 

Being a librarian, I also love to read on my free time. My favorite book is "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" by Mo Willems. My kids love anything by Sandra Boynton and the Pout Pout Fish books. I also enjoy following Jenna Bush Hager's book club and reading her suggested books, when I have time ;).



Class Policies:

1) If a class is small or has especially talkative students, we may end a little earlier or later, but I will always try to end on time. 

2) If a scheduled class does not meet the minimum enrollment, I will contact the parent before class time to offer to transfer their learner to a new day and time. If requested, I may choose to teach the class at the original time. 

3) Classes will begin on time, even if all learners are not yet present in the classroom. To respect the time of the learners in the class, I will contact absent learners after class to see if they had technical issues or other challenges. 

4) If no learners are present in the classroom, I will wait 10 minutes into the scheduled time before exiting the classroom. 

5) If I am late because of having technical challenges myself, I will offer to stay late or transfer learners to a new session.

6) I expect for learners to treat each other kindly in class and to show respect for everyone present. I treat others the way I want to be treated, and I expect the same in return.