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Strategies for Successful Reading: Improve Your Reading Comprehension Skills
Mary Probst
Average rating:4.8Number of reviews:(81)
In this 8-week course, middle school aged learners will develop reading comprehension skills through guided activities, discussion, and independent practice. Learn to summarize, visualize, decode unknown words, make inferences, and more!
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Many learners face the same problem when reading. They can read each individual word, but when they've finished a paragraph or a page, they can't remember what they read. The secret is that "good readers" aren't born, they're made. Readers use a variety of strategies while they're reading to stay focused and remember what they read, even if they don't realize they're doing it! In this class, we'll learn eight different strategies that can help any learner improve their reading comprehension...
Learners will be able to use various strategies to improve reading comprehension Learners will be able to identify and define unknown words in a text Learners will be able to summarize what they have read and make predictions Learners will be able to visualize their reading Learners will be able to make inferences based on textual evidence
I graduated from Brigham Young University in 2015 with a degree in English Education and have been teaching English/Language Arts in the classroom or online ever since, including a year specifically teaching reading classes.
Learners will need to choose a book to read during the course of this class. If they are having difficulty choosing a book, they can contact me for recommendations based on their interests. Learners will need to bring a second device such as a phone or tablet to class each week to access Nearpod. Handouts and other materials will be provided to learners each week as necessary.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
- Nearpod
Average rating:4.8Number of reviews:(81)
Hello! My name is Mary Probst and I am so excited to be teaching on the Outschool platform. I studied English Education at Brigham Young University. I graduated in 2015 after taking courses in a wide variety of literature, literary analysis,...
Group Class
$110
for 8 classes1x per week, 8 weeks
55 min
Completed by 15 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-14
3-8 learners per class
This class is no longer offered
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