By taking this course your little leader will learn how to successfully summarize a fiction story.

Our class will begin with me reading a fiction story for each class. We will discuss main character, setting, and any skills that are needed to have a better understanding of that book. Next, we will review what a summary is (Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then). The students will then help me develop what they feel is the best summary for that story. Each week we will dive deep into what a problem and a solution are to help us better figure out our summary. After we have written our five sentence summary we will complete a directed drawing that is an illustration from an element of our story. At the end of each class your little learner should be able to more confidently write a summary without needing as much guidance and great listening and leadership skills from following the directions on the directed drawings.

First: I will read our book for the week to the class so they can get a better understanding of our story and who our characters are.
Next: I will guide them through how to write a summary and each student will write a 5 sentence summary.
Last: I will guide them through a directed drawing so they will have an illustration to pair with each summary that they can also color if they would like!

By the end of each class they will have a 5 sentence summary and a directed drawing to pair with it.

Some examples of books we will use are Visitor for Bear, Edward the Emu, The Leaf Thief, and more!

Our class will be welcoming and open to all levels as long as each student is willing to try! This class is to build confidence and leadership for each student to take charge after reading a fiction story. Comprehension is so important for young learners and by being able to successfully summarize a story, without retelling the entire thing is a wonderful skill.

Learners will interact by showing their drawings or reading their summaries if they would like to at the end of each class. My hope is that by the end they will independently be able to write a summary as I am reading the story. 

I look forward to working with each and every one of my students!