A small group will help give your child more opportunity to practice the concepts from this class. Please take a look at the following list of book examples below to see if this class is a fit for your child.  Your child does not have to be in this grade to take this class. Your child is welcome to take this class if he or she is reading at a grade 6 level.  Please note, book levels will be adjusted based on class needs.  


Here is a reference to Grade 6 level book:
Level X+: The City Of Ember

     Guided Reading will help your child develop reading proficiency, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. We will be using digital stories in this lesson. In my Guided Reading lesson we will learn reading strategies and how to implement these strategies to support your child's learning. This small group class will allow your child more opportunity to engage in literacy skills. I choose engaging and meaningful activities to help support your child's literacy development, fostering a joy for reading.

We will be reading a grade 6 level book X, Y, or Z. Each book is different in every lesson. These are digital stories, there is no need to purchase anything. Students can join in any time, in any order. Please see below the following list of stories that we will be reading each week. Each class will follow the same format using a different short story:

* Your child will be introduced to reading strategies: breaking words into parts, stretching sounds out, looking for smaller words within a word, finding the base word, adding ending and beginning sounds to help solve tricky words.
* Your child will be introduced to a new story. We will do a book walk. This happens before reading. We look at the book title, cover and pictures in the story and make predictions about what the book will be about.
* I will go over some of the challenging words that will be in the story to help make the text more familiar for your child. 
* I will model how to read a sentence with a challenging word from the story, using a reading strategy.  
* Your child will take turns reading the story aloud, implementing reading strategies when needed with support from me.
* Your child will answer several comprehension questions. Please see the list of example questions. Each set of questions will be unique and based on the story.
* We will write a written response of a summary of the story. I will model writing, using paragraph formation.  As a class we will write part of the summary together. I will then add some vocabulary words onto the screen to help students add some descriptive words to their writing. Students are then encouraged to add a couple more sentences on their own to the summary.   Please have a piece of paper on hand for writing.


In each class, I will ask your child several comprehension questions to help support his or her learning.  Each class will have different comprehension questions.  Here is a list of some examples:
* How does the character feel? What words or descriptions does the author give to support your answers?
* What are you wondering? What questions do you have?
* Predict what will happen next.
* What caused (character in this chapter) to .....? What was the effect of ....?
* What was important on this page? Why?
* Summarize what you read. What's the most important part?
* How do Jack & Annie feel about their adventure?
* How does each character react to....?
* What do you think this word means?
* Why did the character say....?
* How are ____ & ____ similar? How are they different?
* Did the character change? Why?

The Digital Books we will be reading were written by Aylin Claashen. 
Book levels will be adjusted based on class needs.  The following is a guideline:
* Week of September 5th - Everyone Is An Outsider
* Week of September 12th - Comedic Timing
* Week of September 22nd - Making An Impact
* Week of September 29th -Discriminatory Act
* Week of October 5th - Indoor Perspective
* Week of October  10th - Injectable Treatment
* Week of October 17 - A Robotic Solution
*Week of October 24th - Repetitive 
* Week of October 31st - Plants Of The Tundra
*Week of November 7th - Real Friends
*Week of November 14th - Interesting Amphibians 
* Week of November 21st - Help Me Out
* Week of November 28th - An Introvert Hero
*Week of December 5th - Amphibians 
* Week of December 12th-  No Small Feat
* Week of December 19th - The Investigative Crew
* Week of December 26th - The Big Reveal
* Week of January 2nd - Close, But Not Quite
* Week of January 9th - People Pleasers
* Week of January 16th - Trail Blazing Scientist
* Week of January 23rd - The Only One
* Week of January 30th - Beetle With Horns
* Week of February 6th - Outdated
* Week of February 13th - Upgrade
* Week of February 20th - Capable Insect
* Week of February 27th - It's Electric
* Week of March 6th - Starting From Scratch
* Week of March 13th - Successful Comedian
* Week of March 20th - Turning Dreams Into Reality
* Week of March 27th - Colorful Bird
* Week of April 3rd - The Guilty Party
* Week of April 10th - More Than A Prick
* Week of April 17th - Making A Difference
* Week of April 24th - Interior Exterior
*Week of May 1st - A Devious Plan
* Week of May 6 - A Looming Tree
* Week of May 13 - A New Me
* Week of May 20 - Frogs Of The Rainforest
* Week of May 27 - Apology Accepted
* Week of June 3 - Special Adaptations
*week of June 10 - Crippling Fears
*week of June 17 - Make Amends