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Scholastic News 2nd 3rd Grade | Language Arts, Reading, Writing, & Vocabulary

Completed by 546 learners
Ages 6-9
Live Group Class
This class is jam packed with additional resources for your learner upon enrollment: access to your own DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTON😊, Skill Builder worksheets, real world videos, text to speech support & more! Taught by a licensed reading teacher.
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:
(916 reviews)
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Live video meetings
1x per week
1-7 learners per class
45 min

What's included

1 live meeting
45 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

US Grade 2 - 4
Welcome to our unique Scholastic News class. There is no other class similar to this on Outschool that provides you with as many resources as you will receive while your learner is enrolled in this class. Once enrolled, you will receive:

✔️one live small group class per week with a licensed, certified reading teacher
✔️access to a digital subscription to Scholastic News
✔️additional printables/Skill Builder worksheets to support the articles in each issue
✔️access to interactive, online games and quizzes on the Scholastic News site
✔️access to the "read to me" portion of Scholastic News, where a learner can choose to have an article read aloud to them as they follow along (text to speech)
✔️real world videos that introduce and enhance lessons while growing background knowledge
✔️opportunity to complete and return the printables/Skill Builders to the teacher for feedback at any time



Join our weekly Scholastic News reading and writing class where we'll dive into an article from a recent Scholastic News magazine. Articles will be shared digitally on the screen. This class is designed specifically for 2nd and 3rd grade readers and writers. 

🎉Small Class Size🎉

*This class is designed for learners reading at a second grade reading level. This class is ideal for advanced first graders, all second graders and third graders who need additional reading support. I also have a 3rd/4th grade level and 5th/6th grade level of this class if your learner is ready for more challenging texts.*

English and Language Arts curriculum standards have shifted to create a strong emphasis on exposing students to informational texts and non-fiction texts. Informational texts include literary non-fiction, historical documents, scientific journals, technical manuals, biographies, autobiographies, essays, speeches, and information displayed in charts graphs, or maps digitally or in print.  We will explore many of these types of informational texts in Scholastic News magazine.


Take a look at the wide range of English Language Arts skills that we'll focus on while reading Scholastic News :
🎯Main Idea and Key Details
🎯Compare and Contrast
🎯Author’s Purpose
🎯Cite Text Evidence
🎯Determine Word Meaning
🎯Context Clues
🎯Parts of Speech
🎯Cause and Effect
🎯Make Inferences
🎯Problem and Solution
🎯Summarize Texts
🎯Text Features
🎯Vocabulary Acquisition
🎯Integrate Multimedia


Our time together will be as follows:
5 minutes:  Welcome and Community Building
5 minutes: Introduction to the Article for the Day; Vocabulary Study (slides, picture, short video clip, discussion)
20 minutes: Read the Article Together
15 minutes: Written Response to the Article; Summarize the Article; Game/Comprehension 

Sample lessons:
 📖 "The Coolest Inventions"  Children will identify several Black inventors and explain how their inventions solved problems. 
Vocabulary: inventors, inventions, bristles
Featured Skill: read a timeline
Featured Strategy: read, stop, write

 📖 "Can a Dog Run a Town?" Children will examine what a mayor does by reading about an animal mayor.
Vocabulary: mayor, election, votes, communities
Featured Skill: read a map
Featured Strategy: read/stop/think

📖 "Monkey in the Snow"  Children will examine how snow monkeys stay warm in the cold.
Vocabulary: hot springs, groom, insulate
Featured Skill: supporting responses to text with text evidence
Featured Strategy: setting a purpose for reading

📖"Life Under the Water" Children will identify different aspects of life on a US Navy submarine.
Vocabulary: veterans, submarines, Navy, mess 
Featured Skill: main idea and details
Featured Strategy: using headings to guide our reading and summarize text

📖 "Little Owls Big Trip" Children will follow the story of an owl that was rescued from the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
 Vocabulary: rescue
Featured Skill: read a chart
Featured Strategy: chunking text



*I have obtained permission from Scholastic to use Scholastic News in this Outschool class.


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🌟Meet our All Star teaching team!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Uj-ioFqc4jWD3fbWlF7LhUzsyhm5eX6P6Imuzvai7og/edit?usp=sharing

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*Leaves of Learning Academy is an organization on Outschool with about 18 teachers. Occasionally, the teacher for this class may not be able to teach and a substitute teacher from the organization will take her place. Only teachers trained to teach this class will serve as a possible substitute for the class. A message will be posted in the Outschool classroom before the class takes place in the event a substitute will be teaching. I am happy to offer a refund to any learner who prefers not to attend the class with a substitute. Please send a message through Outschool in that event and I will issue a refund. Thank you!

Learning Goals

Main Idea and Key Details
Compare and Contrast
Author’s Purpose
Cite Text Evidence
Determine Word Meaning
Context Clues
Parts of Speech
Cause and Effect
Make Inferences
Problem and Solution
Summarize Texts
Text Features
Vocabulary Acquisition

Other Details

Supply List
Pencil
Printout of any sheets posted in the Outschool classroom for that week's lesson
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Scholastic News 2 (Digital Magazine) (I have permission from Scholastic News to use their materials in my Outschool class.)

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Teacher expertise and credentials
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Leslie Yinger
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Stephanie Webster
Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Amber Reardon
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Kelly Hall
Alabama Teaching Certificate in Special Education
Sara Wade
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Jenny Newman B.S.Ed.; M.Ed.
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Jessica Petelle
Master's Degree in Education from Xavier University
Stephanie Webster
Master's Degree in Education from Wright State University
Audrey Scarbriel
Master's Degree in Education from Marygrove College
Kelly Hall
Master's Degree in Education from Concordia University
Julie Herring
Master's Degree in Education from Xavier University
Bev Gfroerer
Master's Degree in Special Education from University of West Alabama
Sara Wade
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Ohio University
Leslie Yinger
Bachelor's Degree from Miami University
Stephanie Webster
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Ohio University
Kelly Hall
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Elena Meneses
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Miami University
Bev Gfroerer
Meet our ⭐All Star⭐ teaching team!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Uj-ioFqc4jWD3fbWlF7LhUzsyhm5eX6P6Imuzvai7og/edit?usp=sharing

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We are a team of dedicated teachers committed to engaging your learner in our online classrooms to support them in participating to their fullest level of comfort, taking risks, reaching their fullest potential, finding success, and SHINING!

Leaves of Learning Academy has served over 6,500 learners to date on Outschool! The teachers with Leaves of Learning Academy are licensed and degreed professional educators with over 100 years of combined experience educating learners in a variety of settings. We are passionate about bringing the highest quality educational experiences to our learners. We strive to provide a welcoming, inclusive online classroom community where all learners' needs are met through a personalized approach to teaching and learning. We use research based instructional strategies to provide the highest quality and most effective learning opportunities for learners ages 5 through 12. Join a class and "come grow with us!"

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