After an assessment, we will work on literacy goals related to your learner's current levels. For early readers, we will work on sight words, decoding strategies, and comprehension strategies such as making predictions, retelling important events, problem/solution, discussing the lesson, and discussing how characters feel in the story or how their feelings have changed throughout the story. For more advanced readers, we will work on more complex decoding strategies such as decoding multisyllable words and vocabulary work. Our focus will shift to more complex comprehension such as main idea and details, comparing and contrasting, cause and effect, determining why a character made a certain choice, and summarizing texts. 

All lessons, regardless of the level, will be individualized based on your learner's current level and needs.  For instance, if your learner is great at decoding, but needs more support with comprehension, we can focus more on those types of strategies. Other times, students may be great at comprehension but need more support with decoding. Our focus will be to help your learner be able to be strategic as they are decoding and to demonstrate comprehension of the story. 

I have been teaching elementary aged students literacy for over 16 years. I have experience with neurotypical and neurodiverse learners, along with gifted students. I believe that we must meet students where they are and help to foster independence and confidence in their abilities, while allowing their interest to help with book selection when possible. I make my lessons engaging and take the time to connect with them on a personal level so they feel comfortable during our time together. 

Week of 1/9  skill: main idea and details
Week of 1/16 skill: comparing and contrasting
Week of 1/23  skill: multiple choice questions
Week of 1/30 skill: summarizing