Reading Can Be Puzzling: 1st Grade is a cumulative course for learners reading at a 1st grade level to help them scale all the way through 1st grade reading and into a quarter 1 2nd grade reading level.


I N  T H I S  C O U R S E:
We will cover all of 1st grade reading concepts including:

Review:
✅CVC Blending
✅Sight Words/High Frequency Words
✅Fluency

We will Learn:
✅Consonant Digraphs, 
✅Silent Letters 
✅Long Vowel Rules, 
✅Inflectional and Plural Endings
✅Diphthongs
✅R-Controlled Sounds.

Learners will also work on fluency and comprehension by reading and practicing both decodables and leveled readers in an attempt to scale into a 2nd grade level by the end of the 16 weeks.



T E A C H I N G  S T Y L E:

⭐Our teaching style at Shields Scholars is light-hearted and fun. 
⭐We use Nearpod for this course, which is an interactive app for the lesson content. 
This way, kids not only learn via visual and auditory learning, they get to learn kinesthetically as well since they are physically involved in the lesson with simple games such as matching, drawing, memory tests, drag & drop features, and everyone's favorite - Time to Climb. Time to Climb is an interactive quiz where each child chooses a character for the game and as they answer questions correctly, their character races other students to the top of a mountain. First one to the top wins. 
⭐You can find a parent demo Nearpod lesson below under the "Materials" section to use for free to see if this would be something your child would like.



R E A D I N G  A S S E S S M E N T S:

Students do NOT have to be in 1st grade to attend this course, but their reading level should be at a minimum of a C level or quarter 4 of kindergarten to begin this course.

If you do not know your child's current reading level, you can schedule a 1:1 reading assessment with Ms. Cassie here: 

📅https://outschool.com/classes/11-student-assessment-xxqyURdf?usid=eTXGXV4M&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link