Weekly Root Word Explorers: Nature’s Adventure With Games (Certified Teacher)
Your child will discover the building blocks of words through an engaging journey into nature. Each week, students will explore three new root words and practice them with interactive games, all while building their virtual plot of land.
Ashlynn Wierbonics: Certified K-5 Teacher/ESOL
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(12)
New on Outschool
What's included
1 live meeting
25 mins in-class hours per weekHomework
includedAssessment
1-2 throughout the classClass Experience
US Grade 3 - 5
Beginner - Advanced Level
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🌱 Welcome to Root Word Explorers: Nature’s Language Adventure with Games! 🌟
Get ready for an exciting weekly journey where words come to life through nature! 🐓🍎 This is an ongoing, drop-in class—you can join anytime without worrying about missing key material. Each week, we focus on three new root words and practice them with interactive games, activities, and challenges.
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🏡 Build Your Own Virtual Plot of Land!
As we learn root words, you’ll earn points to design and expand your own virtual farm, garden, or nature sanctuary! 🌳🌻 Use your points to "purchase" fun virtual items like animals 🐄, plants 🌷, tools 🛠️, and even buildings like barns or greenhouses. The more classes you attend, the bigger and better your virtual land grows!
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🎉 What’s Included Each Week?
Explore 3 root words with a fun, nature-inspired theme. 🌾
Play engaging games, solve puzzles, and participate in interactive challenges. 🧩
Create silly sentences and use your creativity to master new words. ✍️
Watch your virtual farm grow with each class! 🚜
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📚 Why Join?
This class makes learning vocabulary fun and engaging, all while strengthening reading and comprehension skills! 🎯 Whether your child joins for one session or many, each class is designed to stand alone so they’ll never feel behind.
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📝 Important Details:
Drop-in format: Join any week without missing critical content. (But sign-up is required!) ✅
Perfect for grades 3–5 who love words, games, and all things nature. 🌎
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Let’s dig into the roots of words and grow a world of learning together! 🌟
Week 1: (Week of December 9) Growth & Life (bio, viv, terr)
Week 2: (Week of December 16) Plants & Farming (agri, hydr, cult)
Week 3: (Week of December 23) Animal Life (mater, aqua, herb)
(Week of December 30) **Game Review week
Week 4: (Week of January 6) Observation & Study (logy, scope, vis)
Week 5: (Week of January 13) Natural Cycles (photo, chron, cycl)
Week 6: (Week of January 20) Measurement & Machines (meter, micro, auto)
Week 7: (Week of January 27) Energy & Tools (sol, graph, port)
Week 8: (Week of February 3) Communication & Study (aud, scrib/scribe, spect)
Week 9: (Week of February 10) Strength & Action (fort, ject, rupt)
Week 10: (Week of February 17) Shapes & Structure (form, sect/sec, struct)
Week 11: (Week of February 24) Direction & Movement (port, duct/duc, mono)
Week 12: (Week of March 3) Helping & Opposites (bene, mal, multi)Learning Goals
Understand and recognize common root words, prefixes, and suffixesUse these word parts to form new words and understand their meanings
Other Details
Learning Needs
Everything is thoughtfully designed to support ALL learners. Students with Dyslexia and Autism will benefit from abundant multisensory activities. Skills are taught systematically and explicitly to ensure that every student is successful.
Pre-Requisites
This class is designed for beginners, so there are no formal prerequisites. However, students should be able to:
Recognize and read basic sight words.
Be familiar with basic prefixes and suffixes.
Supply List
Headphones with a microphone White board and dry erase marker
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined October, 2024
5.0
12reviews
New on Outschool
Teacher expertise and credentials
Florida Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Hi! I'm Ashlynn and I am a licensed elementary educator with over 14 years of experience teaching both in the classroom and virtually. I also have years of experience supporting families with tutoring/homeschool services. In addition to my teaching license, I have endorsements in Reading K-12 and ESOL (language learners). Most of my career I have worked in Title I schools, supporting struggling learners (Dyslexic, Autistic, ADHD) and students new to learning the English language (ESOL). Starting January 2025, I will be working toward my Dyslexic certification with Orton Gillingham.
Both sets of my grandparents had farms, so I grew up learning to grow vegetables, can my own food, sew, and make most of my meals from scratch. I take pride in continuing these traditions and promote these valuable skills.
A few fun facts about me: I can watch the movie "Beauty and the Beast" over and over again! My husband and I are huge Disney fans (2 of our dogs have Disney names). My husband even asked me to marry him inside Cinderella's castle.
In my free time, I enjoy baking bread, going for walks with my 2 boys, and spending time in my garden.
I look forward to seeing you in my upcoming classes!Reviews
Live Group Class
$8
weekly1x per week
25 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-11
2-9 learners per class
