読解力コース 個人指導

This is a 6-week reading comprehension course and will have the added benefit of being one-on-one. We we will practice a skill to improve your child's understanding of what they read each session. Your learner will be practicing the skills of reading comprehension by reading a variety of short stories from around the world and many different topics of interest. The schedule for the course will be as follows: 

Week 1:
-a native American myth titled "Coyote and the River," where they will study cause and effect
-a historical biography titled "The Pharaoh Queen," where we answer comprehension questions

Week 2:
-a rhyming poem titled "How the Little Kite Learned to Fly," where we will discuss different poetry elements and answer comprehension questions
-an African folktale titled "The Honeybird," where we will answer comprehension questions and identify the moral of the story

Week 3:
-a biography on Thomas Alva Edison where we will discuss and answer comprehension questions while forming opinions 
-a pancake recipe where will will practice identifying and finding important information in the text. They can make it at home afterwards, too. Yum!

Week 4:
-a Greek myth titled "Baucis and Philemon," where we will answer analytical comprehension questions about the characters.
-an Aesop fable titled "A Farmer, His Son, and Their Donkey," where we will put pictures in the correct sequence and write a sentence describing the event.

Week 5:
-a Medieval tale titled "The Sword in the Stone," where we will identify what was important about the story through comprehension questions.
-a fairy tale titled "The Emperor's New Clothes," where we will answer comprehension questions that the lessons learned. 

Week 6:
-a science essay titled "Jupiter, the Giant Planet," where we will list facts learned and ask inquisitive questions about scientists' actions.
-an animal essay titled "Emperor Penguins," where we will consider important facts and draw conclusions about why penguins do certain actions. 

There is no need to have these texts as I will share each reading material on the screen. At the end of each day's lesson, I will also have your child choose a topic they are interested in reading to further their reading skill taught that day and ensure they have the opportunity of choice in their reading.