Mastering Reading Comprehension (5th & 6th Grades)

Improve reading comprehension skills while learning test taking strategies and gain confidence on standardized reading tests.  This ongoing course will prepare your child for standardized reading tests by learning test taking tips, while focusing on a Common Core Reading Comprehension skill each week. Students will learn and strengthen reading comprehension skills by using them in authentic ways, and then integrating those comprehension and test taking skills together, so students not only become better test takers, but better life long readers.  

We will use a variety of materials in weekly classes, such as high interest reading passages, visuals, or short films to apply the reading skill of the week.  The format of the class will vary based on the skill for that week.  Later in the course we will apply the comprehension strategies learned while completing practice reading test passages.  At the end of each day's class we will practice the skill we learned that day with a fun game of Blooket or Gimkit to solidify skills in an engaging way.

*Note: Classes do not build upon the prior class each week; students may join class at any time.*

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SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2024-SPRING 2025 MONDAY CLASS:
NO CLASS DECEMBER 16-JAN 3
January 6 - Nonfiction Central Idea
January 13 - Nonfiction Summarizing
January 20- Author's Purpose
January 27 - Author's Reasons and Evidence
February 3 - Test taking strategies with nonfiction passages
February 10 - Figurative Language
NO CLASS FEBRUARY 17
February 24 - Figurative Language
March 3- Poetry
March 10 - Poetry
NO CLASS MARCH 17
March 24 - Poetry
March 31 - Test taking strategies with poetry passages

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Each weekly class will be structured as follows:
Introductions/Ice Breaker
Review of skill 
Modeling of skill as we begin to read the text/short story/short film of the day
Guided and Independent Practice of skill while reading the text of the day
Blooket or Gimkit game to review skill to end the class (As time permits/if applicable to skill)