Welcome Families – Are you looking for an interactive engaging fun reading class for your –7-8year-old? If so, then you have found it! The goal of this class is to strengthen phonemic awareness, phonics, and sight word skills. We will also work to increase vocabulary and decoding skills, reading fluency, and comprehension strategies. A certified teacher will guide learners through building confidence and improving important skills necessary to be a successful independent reader.    

During each session learners will engage in fun interactive activities that may include: phonemic awareness & phonics games, sight words, vocabulary and fun stories to read & discuss. We will use interactive slides during the session. I will also screen share any activities or materials needed to participate and have fun.  Please have a dry erase board & marker nearby should we need to use it.  Paper and pencil/markers work too. These materials of course are optional, but will make learning more meaningful & fun.      

Typical Class Routine:

~Greeting & Introductions
~Phonemic awareness and/or phonics activity
~Review sight words to increase fluency & reading accuracy 
~Introduction of vocabulary words prior to reading story selection of the day
~Q & A to activate prior knowledge before reading story selection of the day
~Read & discuss story selection of the day
~Review session activities

Sessions:

Week of 11/11 1.  Lizzie Little, The Sky is Falling by Robin Koontz
Week of 11/18   Brownielocks and the Three Bowls of Cornflakes by Enid Richemont

(No class 11/25 - Thanksgiving Break - Remain enrolled to keep your spot for the following week. You will not be charged since a class is not scheduled). 

Week of 12/2    The Gingerbread Man by Louise Martin
Week of 12/9   The Ugly Troll retold by Pam Holden
Week of 12/16 Dinosaur’s Christmas by Liza Donnelly

Week of 12/23 & 12/30 Winter Break / No Class (You will not be charged - remain enrolled so you do not lose your spot).

Week of 1/6    The Rockabilly Goats Gruff by Jeff Crosby
Week of 1/13  The Princess & the Frozen Pea by Laura Nort
Week 1/20      The Ant and the Grasshopper by Diane Marwood
Week of 1/27  Perfect Pets by Julie Ellis

(More sessions will be listed as dates approach.)

Class Expectations for Learners: 

~Have fun!
~Follow directions (Use your listening ears.) 
~Be respectful to everyone in class. (Use kind words.) 
~Be patient (wait patiently while others are talking.) 

Class Notes: 

~Class duration is 25 minutes (class could end a few minutes early or go over by a few minutes due to the number of learners and the overall pace of the class depending on varying skill levels.)
~Please have a small dry erase board, eraser, and marker available to use during class time (paper and marker, pencil, or crayons work too!) These items are optional and are meant to enhance your child’s learning experience. 

Class Policies:  

~Learners will be moved from the waiting room into the class at the scheduled start time.  If no learners are present, I will log out of the classroom after waiting for ten minutes.  
~Each class session will begin at the scheduled time even if learners are not present.   
~Parent/Caregivers are encouraged to be nearby off camera (to the side of the screen/camera as this is an Outschool policy.) to assist your learner with technical operations of the live session (sign-in, making sure camera is turned on, muting/unmuting if needed, and sign-off at the end) I usually do not mute learners, however, if there is a feedback noise or noise in the background such as a tv or someone talking on a phone then I will use the mute feature so that all can hear throughout the class. 
~Due to the number of learners and their pace moving through the planned activities, it is possible that we may end a few minutes early or go over by a few minutes. 
~I will follow the refund policy outlined on the Outschool website. 


I look forward to working with you and your child. I thank you for the opportunity to teach your learner. 



(Advanced First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Intervention, Reading Support, Decoding, Vocabulary, Sight Words, Phonemic Awareness, Blending & Decoding, Rhyming, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies)