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Guided Reading will help your learner practice reading proficiency, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. We will be using digital books. Let's have fun reading together!!

*Learners will be introduced to a new story. Your child will do a book walk. This happens before reading. We look at the story title, cover, pictures in the story and make predictions about what the story will be about. 
*I will go over some of the challenging words that will be in the story to help make the text more familiar for learners. I will model a reading strategy for learners. For example, using letter sounds, or blends, breaking words into parts, using pictures to help solve tricky words.
*Learners will take turns reading aloud from a digital story, implementing reading strategies when needed with support from me. *After reading, learners will work on comprehension skills by answering questions about the story. 
*We will write a sentence about the story.  I will model writing on screen.  Your learner be asked to copy the sentence down.  
 *We will play a digital vocabulary game.

A small group will help give your learner more opportunity to practice the concepts from this class. Please take a look at the following list of book examples below this listing to see if this class is a good fit for your learner.  Your learner does not have to be in this grade to take this class. Your learner is welcome to take this class if they are reading at a grade 1 level. I choose engaging and meaningful activities to help support your learner's literacy development, fostering a joy for reading.

In each class, I will ask your learner several comprehension questions to help support his or her learning.  Each class will have different comprehension questions.  Here is a list of some examples:
* How does the character feel? What words or descriptions does the author give to support your answers?
* What are you wondering? What questions do you have?
* Predict what will happen next.
* What caused (character in this chapter) to .....? What was the effect of ....?
* What is the main feeling of the story?
* Summarize what you read. What's the most important part?
* How do Jack & Annie feel about their adventure?
* How does each character react to....?
* What do you think this word means?
* Why did the character say....?
* How are ____ & ____ similar? How are they different?
* Did the character change? Why?
* Is the title a good title for the story? Why or why not?
* Do you have any connections to the story?
* What was the problem in the story? What was the solution to the problem?
* What is the main idea of the story?
* What is the setting of the story?


Please note book levels will be adjusted based on class needs. Digital books are written by Aylin Claahsen

I am so excited to help support your child's reading!  I can not wait to meet them.  See you in the classroom! Ms. Colleen

Here are some examples of books to use as a reference for reading level/grade. The following is just a guide.  Children read at a variety of levels, even if a level is recommended for a certain grade.  

Level A-C: These types of books use basic sight words. There are usually about 4 words on a page. (Grade Primary)
Level D: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? By Eric Carle.  (Grade 1)
Level E: Today is Monday, By Eric Carle.  All By Myself - Little Critter, By Mercer Mayer  (Grade 1)
Level F:  Fly High, Fly Guy, By Tedd Arnold.  No David, By David Shannon. (Grade 1)
Level G:  No David, David Goes to School, By David Shannon.  Little Critter: I Just Forgot, By Mercer Mayer.  (Grade 1)
Level H:  Little Critter: I Am Sharing, By Mercer Mayer.  Elephant & Piggie: Can I Play Too? By Mo Willems  (Grade1)
Level I:  It's Ok To Be Different, By Todd Parr (Grade 1)
Level J: Splat The Cat Sings Flat, By Rob Scotton (Grade 1/2)
Level K: Clifford The Small Red Puppy, By Norman Birdwell  (Grade 2)
Level L:  Llama Llama And The Bully Goat, By Anna Dewdney (Grade 2)
Level M:  The Biggest Apple Ever, By Steven Kroll (Grade 2)
Level N:  Narwhal By Ben Clanton (Grade 2/3)
Level O: The World According To Humphrey, By Betty Birney  (Grade 3)
Level P: A Bad Case Of Stripes, By David Shannon (Grade 3)
Level Q:  Henry's Freedom Box, By Ellen Levine (Grade3/4)
Level R: Charlotte's Webb, By EB White, Because of Winne Dixie By Katie DiCamillo (Grade 4)
Level S: Jame's And The Giant Peach, By Ronald Dahl (Grade 4)
Level T+: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Grade 5+)
Level V+: Wonder, By RJ Palacio (Grade 5+)


Book levels will be adjusted based on learners needs. The following is a guideline, students may be reading a different book title bases on class needs:
* Week of October 12 - Surfing Teacher
* Week of October 19- I'm The Catcher
* Week of October 26th - Facts About Fish
* Week of October 31st- Campground At Night
* Week of November 7th- Fish In The Pond
*Week of November 14th - The Best Day At The Farm
* Week of November 21st - All Kinds Of Jobs
* There is no class on November 25th
* Week of November 28th - Taking Care Of Your Teeth
*Week of December 5th - Science Class
* Week of December 12th - A Special Trip
* Week of December 19th - Weekend Forest Walks

* Week of June 5 - A Fish Please
* Week of June 12 - Scuba Diving Adventure
* Week of June 19 - Vacation
* Week of June 26 - Baseball Meeting