Super Star ELA! Kindergarten Reading, Writing, Literature, Phonics (3x/Week)
Shoot for the stars! Focus on developing reading, writing, phonics, and literature to get your child ready for first grade ELA! Your child can master their social skills while having fun learning.
Shooting Star Academy by Daniela Pray
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4.9
Number of reviews:(397)
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What's included
3 live meetings
2 hrs 15 mins in-class hours per weekAssessment
In December and June we provide written report cards to track student’s current level.Class Experience
WELCOME SHOOTING STARS! 💫 Shooting Star Academy’s full curriculum Kindergarten class gives learners a complete classroom experience with handwriting, storytime, and English Language Arts. Our teachers work hard to ensure each student’s needs are met, and these courses are designed so that a learner can come and go each week as needed. We do not build upon previous content, so it isn’t necessary to attend every week consecutively. Each lesson begins with calendar time, charting the weather, sharing time, and warm-up songs. English days consist of Montessori handwriting with worksheets, Montessori grammar symbols, Animal Alphabet Phonics, and/or story time. All manipulatives will be provided weekly to the student and parents in the classroom tab by the assigned teacher the Sunday before scheduled classes to give families time to prepare. The monthly themes are: January - Birthdays/Human Body February - Friendship/States of Matter March - Farm/All About Plants April - Weather/Types of Weather May - Rainforest Exploration/Insects June - Beach Vacation/In the Ocean July - Travel the World/Climate Types August - Dinosaurs/Geology September - Camping/Forest October - Professions/The Five Senses November - Space/Outer Space December - Winter!/Arctic and Polar Animals One scheduled week is taught as follows: Monday: Story time, phonics Wednesday: phonics, handwriting practice, beginning reading, Friday: Handwriting practice, basic grammar, and story retelling Here are samples of the curriculum for the first four weeks: Week of August 22: Rocks and Volcanoes! Monday: Storytime “Vladimir the Volcano”,** Nouns-people Wednesday: Animal Alphabet Phonics, Handwriting, CVC words Friday: Handwriting practice Aa, Ee, Ii, Spanish - weather Week of August 29: Dinosaur Fossils! Monday: Storytime “Fossil Hunt”, Nouns-places Wednesday: Animal Alphabet Phonics, Handwriting, CVC words Friday: Handwriting practice Oo, Uu, Spanish - Day of the week Week of September 5: All About Air Monday: Storytime “Let’s Go On A Hike”, Nouns-things Wednesday: handwriting Ff and Tt, and Alphabet review Friday: Handwriting practice Hh, Ll, and story retelling, Spanish - primary colors Week of September 12: Animal Houses Monday: Storytime “Little Kid’s first Big Book of Dinosaurs”, Nouns-animals Wednesday: handwriting Gg and Jj, and Animal Alphabet Phonics Friday: Handwriting practice Oo and Qq and story retelling, Spanish-day of the week *A full book schedule is included in the Supply list section. **TEACHERS WILL BE READING THESE BOOKS IN CLASS, YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE THEM.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Since these classes do include crafts and science projects, there are potential hazards for young learners. Example: using scissors in class. It may be necessary for a parent to supervise cutting, pasting, or other hands-on activities.
Supply List
Every Sunday parent’s are given a weekly resource packet in the classroom tab. There are materials that will need to be printed out, so a printer is required to participate in these classes. Students should also general school supplies like glue sticks, colored pencils/crayons/markers, scissors, and a wipe board with dry erase markers. Book Schedule: **TEACHERS WILL BE READING THESE BOOKS IN CLASS, YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE THEM. We don't have class during major US Holidays, so the book schedule is planned accordingly. January: 1. Do Not Wish for a Birthday Unicorn! - Sarina Siebenaler 2. The Everything Kids’ Human Body Book - Sheri Amsel 3. Help Hungry Henry Deal with Anger - Esther Pia Cordova 4. My Body Sends a Signal: Helping kids recognize emotions - Natalia Maguire February: 1. Friends Forever - Sandra Morrison 2. The Little Book of Kindness - Zack Bush and Laurie Friedman 3. All Different and Beautiful - Belle Belrose 4. Jake the Growling Dog Shares His Trail - Samantha Shannon March: 1. Animals and Plant Life Cycles - Kimberely Perigard 2. Poop On the Potato Farm - Kelly Lee Culbreth 3. The Apple Seed - Tamar Ariel Cohen 4. Kitty the Cat Plants A Flower Garden - Adele Woodward April: 1. Greta and the Dark Cloud - Lana Simkins 2. Everything Kids’ Weather Book 3. Stormy Weather - MaryLou Quillen May: 1. David of the Bees Gathers Honey - Francie Farmer 2. Where Is My Family? - Skye Wade 3. The Backyard Bug Book for Kids - Lauren Davidson June: 1. My First Book of Ocean Animals - Ginger L. Clarke 2. Pete the Cat and the Treasure Map - James Dean 3. Saving Tally - Serena Lane Ferrari July: 1. Little Kids First Big Book of the World - National Geographic & Elizabeth Carney 2. There’s a Map on My Lap! - Tish Rabe and Aristides Ruiz 3. Wally the Wandering Wallaby’s Around the World Adventure - Mae Pelkey 4. A Ticket Around The World - Natalia Diaz August: 1. My First Book of Earth - Stephanie Manka Schuttler PhD 2. The Street Beneath My Feet - Charlotte Guillain September: 1. Pete the Cat Goes Camping - James Dean 2. Good Night Campsite - Loretta Sponsler 3. Llama Llama Loves Camping 4. Tall Tall Tree - Anthony D. Fredericks October: 1. What Can I Be? - Tiffany Teachey 2. Who’s Hat Is This? - Amy Bailey Huehlenhardt 3. My Five Senses - Aliki 4. Look, Listen, Taste, Touch, and Smell: Learning About Your Five Senses November: 1. Little Kids First Big Books of Space - National Geographic Kids 2. My First Book of Planets - Bruce Betts PhD 3. I Am the Moon - Rebecca and James McDonald December: 1. The Arctic Fox’s Journey - Morgan Huff 2. Who Lives Here? Polar Animals - Deborah Hodge
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined March, 2020
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397reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
1 teacher has a Graduate degree
Master's Degree in Education from Marywood University
Welcome to Shooting Star Academy! 💫
✨MISSION STATEMENT✨
Our mission is to empower young through Montessori-inspired Curriculum, to build lasting bonds, establish a firm foundation in all core subjects, and build confidence.
We are dedicated to supporting parents and families with their Homeschooler's learning journeys while creating lasting bonds.
We all value our students and make sure to communicate closely with parents about their learner needs!
✨OUR TEACHERS✨
We are a group of seven teachers: Ms. Daniela, Ms. Theresa, Ms. Victoria, Ms. Teri, Ms. Natalie, and Ms. Jennifer.
We all have experience and training in Montessori and Reggio Emilia teaching techniques. All of us have had formal teaching positions in various capacities such as children programs or local school districts. We all have vast experience teaching online, have professional home office online classrooms, and are dedicated and hard working. Shooting Star Academy Teachers are required to have 5+ years of teaching experience.
We all have experience and certification teaching Montessori Math and Grammar, English Language Arts, STEM Science, and basic Spanish learning.
✨COURSES WE OFFER✨
We specialize in interactive, exciting online learning for primary school-aged children. We focus on ages 3-8, and we teach a full year curriculum with educational techniques and resources inspired by Montessori and Reggio Emilia from preschool to second grade. The ones that we have had the privilege to work with so far are all homeschoolers, and they primarily live in the USA.
Our star classes include American Sign-Language, English Language Arts, Spanish Language Arts, Science, and Math. These classes are modeled with Montessori techniques that have been developed and tested over hundreds of students over the past year.
We offer a few fun and interactive specialized Spanish courses, like Minecraft Spanish and weekly build and talk with legos. Everything we work on incorporates hands-on learning and student-driven discussions while maintaining small class sizes.
Ms. Natalie is a certified American Sign Language teacher, and she has over 16 years experience in learning and teaching ASL with both children and adults.
Grant Pray is a mechanical engineer for BAE Systems (British Aerospace Engineering), and he works on ICBM projects. In his undergraduate degree, he spent 5 years private tutoring ages 16-40 to help put himself through college. He has extensive knowledge in Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus.
Kendal Smith graduated from BYU-Idaho where he help pay for his BS in Mechanical Engineering by tutoring all the core math classes for engineering. HIs first job after collage was a mechanical designer for a MEP consulting firm where he optimized the HVAC system in all types of buildings in Southern California. Kendal is currently a sales engineer and has become a fluid hydronic specialist for the HVAC engineers designing with his equipment.
It is our goal to have long term, ongoing classes that give students freedom to come and go as necessary, while still covering topics that will set them up with a firm foundation in all core subjects.
We hope to see you in class soon!Reviews
Live Group Class
$50
weekly ($17 per class)3x per week
45 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-6
3-6 learners per class
