Students will learn proven reading comprehension strategies in this comprehension club as we read the CKCC stories and comics together. Students do not need copies of the books. They may read along as I will display the pages on my screen using my Wacom digital tablet. Learners will love learning and practicing comprehension techniques through these hilarious stories. They will answer questions on characters, settings, problems, and solutions while making inferences and sharing their opinions in new and engaging ways. I am a certified elementary school teacher with ten years of experience teaching reading grades 1-5.  

I will provide custom comic-making activities, templates, and my created comics to the students, but this is a reading comprehension class first and foremost. We will spend time on the creative writing and illustrating techniques learned in the Cat Kid Comic Club series, but this is not a comic-making class. 

I love stories and creating lessons around characters students love, and I know the students will learn better when engaged. I have experience teaching students with degrees of disabilities and am very good at modifying lessons and activities as need be. 

We read 2-4 chapters a class week, and every MONDAY, we begin a new lesson for the week. The class repeats at different times throughout the week, but the material continues until Sunday. 

PREDICTED SCHEDULE:

Book 1:
Sept. 5th - Sept. 25th

Book 2: Perspectives
Sept. 26th - Oct. 24th

Book 3: On Purpose
Oct: 25th - Dec. 4th

Book 4: Collaborations 
Dec. 5th- Jan. 2nd

Book 1: 
Jan 3rd- 
etc.

The Cat Kid Comprehension Club is a one-time class, so students sign up weekly and have flexibility on am/pm and the day of the week. Most students attend once a week, but some choose to repeat classes. 

We will answer questions before, during, and after each story, and I will demonstrate how to solve each reading problem step by step using my Wacom digital tablet and SmartBoard program. These professional tools allow me to highlight, underline, and annotate along with the students, giving a perfect example of problem-solving. I will model how to work through each comprehension question using the I do, we do, you do strategy.

I have used Dog Man stories to teach story elements and reading comprehension skills to students worldwide, native English speakers, and those learning English as a second language. Students learn better when they are engaged and have fun!