In this English Flex course, learners will read a National Geographic non-fiction book each week developing their phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and much more! Come on adventures together. Suitable for A1 learners.

Learners will develop their reading fluency, comprehension skills including knowledge of phonics, vocabulary, guessing meaning of words from context, sharing ideas and developing communication skills. 

Which books will be covered?

🔹 Week 1 - Pyramids
🔹 Week 2 - Cats
🔹 Week 3 - Farm Animals
🔹 Week 4 - Red Pandas
🔹 Week 5- Ants
🔹 Week 6 - Caterpillar to Butterfly

Each week will include vocabulary, comprehension and input. Learners will be encouraged to share their ideas in a variety of ways in class. 

This course uses books from the National Geographic Kids Level 1 Series.

A flex course allows learners to cover material during a time that is convenient for them each week.  Students are encouraged to check in with the teacher weekly via the Outschool classroom, which will allow for more engagement between the teacher and learner.  After weekly lessons, students can collaborate with their peers by replying to the announcements and lesson postings in the Outschool classroom.

Participation will include the Introduction post, discussion posts, assignments, and projects in the Classroom. This allows students to process what they are learning by collaborating with peers and the teacher.  Participation in assignments allows students to practise and reinforce learning.  This also provides opportunities for the teacher to gauge student learning and provide interventions if necessary.  Private messages or classroom comments are usually responded to within 24 hours with the exception of Saturdays and Sundays.

All materials are posted in the classroom by the end of Monday (UK time) each week. Learners are expected to interact in the classroom each week on the various posts in the required ways and complete the necessary tasks by Sunday each week. This is important as educational research shows that consistent interaction and feedback is necessary in order to create a quality learning experience. I want to ensure that students are given a rich learning experience, and not left to learn content on their own. 

This course is taught by Teacher John.

Please do contact me with any questions. I look forward to being part of your learning journey!