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Reading Nonfiction to Improve Comprehension (Level 5)

Completed by 13 learners
Ages 9-13
Live Group Class
This is a five-day, one-hour per-day reading comprehension course for students reading at a fifth-grade reading level.
Average rating:
4.6
Number of reviews:
(363 reviews)

Live video meetings
5x per week, 1 week
3-6 learners per class
60 min

What's included

5 live meetings
5 in-class hours
Homework
1 hour per week. The writing response activity is an assignment the students complete outside of the classroom as homework. When students complete the writing response activity, they will post it in the classroom to receive teacher feedback.
Assessment
Learner progress assessment occurs through student responses to comprehension questions, vocabulary matching activities, and student completion of the writing response assignments.

Class Experience

US Grade 4 - 7
The course is a five-day reading comprehension course for students with a fifth-grade reading level. Each session is one hour long and will cover one In the Know nonfiction article, comprehension questions, vocabulary activity, and a writing response activity. The writing response activity is an assignment the students complete outside of the classroom. When the writing response activity is completed, the student will post for teacher feedback.
Activities for each session:
1.	Before reading: 
•	Students share the writing response activity from the previous lesson (10 minutes).
•	Survey the text by numbering the paragraphs of the biography then discussing photographs or other visual aids presented in the text. Students also review the comprehension questions to become familiar with the information they should identify while reading.
(5 minutes).

2.	During reading: 
•	First reading – identify vocabulary and clarify the meaning of unknown words and unclear contextual information.
•	Second reading – identify the main topics of each paragraph, sequence the events of the biography (20 minutes).

3.	After reading: 
•	Answer comprehension questions explaining how they found the answer--in the text or using inference skills (10 minutes).
•	Vocabulary matching activity (5 minutes).
•	Writing response assignment (10 minutes).


Evaluation
1.	Student responses to comprehension questions and vocabulary matching activities.
2.	Students work in completing the writing response assignment after each session.

Learning Goals

Students will improve their reading comprehension by practicing skills of identifying main ideas and details, making inferences, using compare and contrast skills, using summarizing skills, and writing responses to assignments designed to reflect their understanding of specific concepts presented in each nonfiction article.

Other Details

Supply List
The teacher will post articles before each session for the students to print for class use. The titles of the articles used are: 1) What is the Constitution? (U.S.), 2) Let's Understand The Bill of Rights (U.S.), 3) Fly Into Action (about skydiving), 4) The Clever Octopus, and 5) Types of Rocks.
 1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Joined December, 2018
4.6
363reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
California Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
California Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Texas Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Doctoral Degree in Education from University of Phoenix
As a reading specialist, I am offering this class to provide students with assistance to improve reading comprehension skills. 

Reviews

25 total ratings, 18 with reviews

Great teacher
Trista C.on Feb 6
Niki has been doing online cello lessons with my son for awhile, and... 
Shelli P.on Jan 13
Such a great teacher. My son loves her classes. 
Trista C.on Jan 9
So far Niki has been a great teacher for my son who has already been... 
Shelli P.on Aug 26, 2024
Very good teacher. Will be back 
Bailey G.on Jul 28, 2024
Patient and took time to learn my daughters ability level. 
Marc R.on Jun 12, 2024
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