In this class, students will:
-Draw upon a variety of strategies to comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate what he/she reads.
-Make predictions, infer, draw conclusions, analyze, synthesize, provide evidence, and investigate multiple interpretations.
-Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
-Provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
-Apply strategies to determine known, unknown, and multiple-meaning words, phrases. 

I have enjoyed 25 years in the public school system and have the following experience:

Middle school English Language Arts teacher
Elementary Education--certified (with preschool, elementary, and middle school teaching experience)
Preschool Special Education--certified
Gifted and Talented Endorsement
Reading Endorsement
Education Administration

Homework Offered
Students are asked to complete their assignment if they do not finish before class is over.  Students/parents are welcome and encouraged to send me the student's work through Outschool if they would like it proofread and/or would like some additional feedback on the student's writing.  

Parents can also practice reading comprehension strategies at home:
1. Be sure you have your child's attention.
2.  Minimize distractions.
3. As you read, have students repeat phrases back to you.
4. Ask yourself questions while you read…”I wonder why…”
5.  Use “wait time.” Give students a minute to think before repeating your question.
6.  Check for understanding. Ask them to repeat the question back to you.
7.  Help students make connections between the book and their own experiences!
8.  For emergent writers, always pair writing and drawing together!  Draw and write with the story in mind!
Assessments Offered
Students will be assessed informally through participation, questioning, and by completing a written response and drawing based on the book we read.  (Note: We will review pre-writing strategies for young writers who do not yet write words.)  Students are asked to complete their assignment if they do not finish before class is over.  Students/parents are welcome and encouraged to send the student's work to me through Outschool if they would like it proofread and/or would like some additional feedback on the student's writing.  

Students are asked to complete their assignment if they do not finish before class is over.  Students/parents are welcome and encouraged to send me the student's work through Outschool if they would like it proofread and/or would like some additional feedback on the student's writing.  
Grades Offered

The following books will be used in our weekly camp.  Because the excerpts from the books are posted for students to read during class, students will still benefit, even if they have not read the book.  However, students will gain the most benefit from reading the book independently prior to class.

Week 1: Where is Antarctica? 
Week  2:  Where is the Grand Canyon? 
Week  3: Where is the Amazon?? 
Week 4: What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? 
Week 5:  What Was Pompeii? 
Week 6:  Where is the Bermuda Triangle? 
Week 7:  What Was the Titanic? 
Week 8: Where is Mount Everest? 
Week 9:  What is the Declaration of Independence? 
Week  10:  Where is Area 51? 
Week 11:  What Was the Alamo? 
Week 12:  What Was the Boston Tea Party? 
Week 13:  What is the World Cup? 
Week 14:  What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
Week 15:  What is the Women's Rights Movement?