Reading for the Advanced Kindergartener

Students are welcome to class if they have knowledge of letter sounds and basic CVC words. We will build class on reading techniques that move beyond the typical Kindergarten level reading instruction.

 Each class is contained entirely in itself so readers may enter class any date and leave class on any date. Each class will focus on a specific reading pattern and strategy. Students are encouraged to read 15 minutes a day outside of class but this is not required to attend class.

The course is focused on creating a solid understanding of reading patterns, word recognition, and to apply new skills to advance Kindergarten readers to independent reading. Reading level improvement and advanced academic success is our goal of class. We will cover ideas in spelling and punctuation and parts of speech. These are to aid in reading advancement but these are not covered in a style where students could count this as a true course in spelling or grammar. These concepts are referred to and covered lightly in class so that we can address reading from an overall blended picture. You can not fully achieve high advanced results as a reader without these ideas and skills developing as well. 

 Students will work with the teacher in a lecture based setting. Readings and skills will be presented in each class on the screen using canva. Students are encouraged to participate and/or volunteer to practice reading passages in class for help and skill building. Students are never "forced" to read or answer out loud if they are feeling unsure or uncomfortable. If students want to try reading outloud it would be most beneficial for them and will help to grow their advanced reading skills. Students will be free to ask questions, make comments, and are highly encourage to interact with the teacher and other students as often as possible. 

Students are never scolded for giving wrong answers or not understanding materials. This course is to grow the love of learning and advance students skill set through encouragement, practice, and patience! 

Class schedule :
3 minutes of greetings and introductions
7-10 minutes of Skill introduction for the class day
15 minutes of readings with the new skills added
3-5 minutes of questions/concerns/reading suggestions for the week

Class will talk about the following reading concepts:

compound words
• consonant blends
• decoding difficult words, mul􏰀-syllable words
• dropping the E when adding ING
• endings: ED and ING
• learning and reviewing 124 phonics patterns
• open and closed syllables
• phonograms: OO, AR, EA, OW, OU, SH, TH, CH, WH, WR, EE, OR, ER, UR, IR, EW, OA, OE, AI, AY, OY, OI
• prefixes and suffixes
• root words
• short and long vowels
• Silent E jobs 1–2
•􏰂 C and G
• sounds of Y
• vowels and consonants
• a sentence needs three things: a subject, a verb, and a complete thought
• alphabe􏰀cal order
• capitalizing proper nouns
• capitalizing the word “I”
• commas in a series
• commas in dates
• common and proper nouns
• commonly confused words
• edtii􏰀ng
• helping verbs
• homophones
• irregular past tense
• parts of speech: nouns, verbs, ar􏰀cles, adjec􏰀ves
• plural nouns
• possessive nouns and apostrophes
• preposition􏰀s
• regular past, present, and future tenses • sentencetypes
• sentences and fragments
• starti􏰀ng sentences with a capital 
• syllables
• the subject of a sentence
• using appropriate ar􏰀cles: A or AN
• using appropriate end punctuati􏰀on
• identi􏰀fying main ideas
• nonfic􏰀tion reading and wri􏰀ting
• oral narrati􏰀on
• order of events
• parables
• poetry memoriza􏰀on
• poetry reading practi􏰀ce
• poetry writi􏰀ng
• sensory language
• spelling rules 1 and 4
• spelling high frequency and irregular words 

course schedule:
week of: 
 September 1- using a or an, phonogram oo
 September 8- identifying main ideas, reading ar words
September 15- order of events, prefixes
September 22- order of events, suffixes
September 29- common and proper nouns, reading titles, reading ur words
October 6-  reading ai,ay, sensory words