In this ongoing reading comprehension course, students will engage in weekly small group reading fluency and comprehension practice for fiction and nonfiction texts. Students will use evidence-based reading comprehension strategies that allow them to comprehend texts in a deeper way. We will connect the ideas in the text to students' background knowledge throughout class through our discussions and note-taking. 

Reading passages are at a 4th-5th grade reading level. 

Structure: 
⭐Introduce the genre and topic of the article and discuss background knowledge/make predictions about the text
⭐Discuss and model the week's reading strategy
⭐Participate in a group reading of the text
⭐Comprehension check 

We will read one text each week. Students will learn a reading strategy and will practice using that strategy with the text of the week. 

Some strategies that we will learn include: 
⭐finding text features
⭐skimming/scanning 
⭐identifying unknown vocabulary words
⭐questioning
⭐annotating
⭐making connections
⭐drawing inferences 
⭐and many more!

 While reading, students will practice the comprehension strategy, practice vocabulary and grammar skills, and discuss the text with their classmates. At the end of each reading, they will work together to answer questions about the text. 

Each week, they will be provided with worksheets and graphic organizers to help them with the week's passage. 


Week of 8/14: Nonfiction - Finding Text Features 
Week of 8/21: Fiction - Drawing Inferences 
Week of 8/28: Nonfiction - Annotating 
Week of 9/4 (no class on Labor Day): Fiction - Making Connections