Reading Power: Riddles and Jokes
We will meet 2 times a week for 6 weeks. Students will learn about figurative language, inferencing, predicting, and analyzing text to solve riddles and to understand why a joke is funny. We will laugh as we learn and exercise our brains!
Allyce Zimmer
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:(358)
What's included
4 live meetings
2 hrs 40 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
In this multiple-day class, students will laugh, giggle, and think. We will look at, read, and tell riddles and jokes to increase reading comprehension. Students will use clues in the text to figure out why a joke is funny or to solve a riddle. They will use similes, metaphors, personification, homophones, idioms, oxymorons, and word meanings. Students will also analyze text, read closely, infer, and make predictions. All these skills increase reading comprehension. The last class will have a combination of all the skills as we celebrate with games. The most loved games include Stump the Teacher and Students vs Teacher Laugh Challenge! Students will interact with each other. They will share riddles and jokes that they love. They will solve riddles together. They will also understand why a joke is funny as they laugh together. As they are laughing through class, they are learning key figurative language skills. Students will also read closely, analyze text, infer, and make predictions to further increase their reading comprehension. What a fun way to increase reading comprehension and brainpower! This class meets 4 times over 2 weeks.
Learning Goals
Students will be exposed to similes, metaphors, personification, homophones, idioms, and oxymorons. They will increase their reading comprehension by analyzing words, inferring, and predicting.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
This class is rated G. G means general audience in the movie industry. We will not have mature jokes or riddles.
Supply List
We will use Kahoot.it and possibly another website during some of the classes. I will make announcements a week before the class. Any websites are optional. Students do not need to use other sites. I use differentiated lessons to meet all learners' needs and resources.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined March, 2020
4.8
358reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Teaching Certification: Preschool (age 3 and 4) - 9th grade (age 15-16)
Lifelong Teaching Certification
Master of Education
15 years as a public school teacher
Online Instructor for VIPKid, teaching English-2 years
Presently an Outschool Teacher since March of 2020
I have facilitated summer camps and coached soccer for many age levels including ages 3-5.
I am also the mom of a 7-year-old. We have an active homeschool environment and excel at storytelling together. Reviews
Live Group Class
$44
for 4 classes2x per week, 2 weeks
40 min
Completed by 5 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-11
1-6 learners per class
