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1St Grade ELA, Reading, and Writing Summer Boost: Get Ready for 2nd Grade!
Completed by 95 learners
Ages 6-8
Live Group Class
Live video meetings
2x per week
3-6 learners per class
30 min
What’s included
2 live meetings
1 in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade 1 - 2
Beginner - Intermediate Level
This summer class is designed to help rising 2nd graders solidify their 1st-grade English Language Arts (ELA) skills in reading, writing, and language arts. Meeting twice a week, students will engage in fun and interactive activities to reinforce key concepts and prevent the "summer slide," ensuring a confident transition to 2nd grade. 🌟What is Included?🌟 👩🏫🏫A certified teacher with over 20 years experience in public, private, and online schools that is passionate about helping children succeed. 📰Worksheets for your child to better understand the material 🧾A Monthly newsletter sent out the last week of each month for the upcoming month that will have the latest news of the classroom, ways to support your child at home, and upcoming skills that we will be covering in class. 📹For those that do not understand the concepts being taught in class, I will create a video for those children to watch at their convenience. 🌟This is a subscription class which means that you can join any week and suspend your enrollment on weeks that your child cannot attend.🌟 📚 Weekly Breakdown 📆Week of 7/14/25: Back to Basics ☀️Day 1: Reading: Review short vowel sounds with simple CVC words ELA: Capitalization rules (names, start of sentences) Writing: Write 3 complete sentences about their summer ☀️Day 2: Reading: Read a Level D-E story (decodable reader) ELA: Punctuation (periods, question marks) Writing: Draw & label a picture, write 2-3 sentences using punctuation 📆Week of 7/21/25: Phonics & Sentences ☀️Day 1: Reading: Long vowels with silent e (a_e, i_e) ELA: Nouns – people, places, things Writing: Write a list of nouns from a picture book ☀️Day 2: Reading: Read a story with long vowel words (level E-F) ELA: Verbs – action words Writing: Write 3 sentences using different verbs 📆Week of 7/28/25: Story Elements Day 1: Reading: Identify characters and setting ELA: Adjectives – describing words Writing: Describe a character from a story with 3 sentences ☀️Day 2: Reading: Sequencing events (first, next, last) ELA: Compound words Writing: Write 4 sentences retelling a story in order 📆Week of 8/4/25: Blends & Digraphs ☀️Day 1: Reading: Blends (bl, cl, st, gr) ELA: Matching blends to pictures Writing: Use 3 blend words in sentences ☀️Day 2: Reading: Digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh) ELA: Word sort (digraphs) Writing: Short story using 2 digraph words 📆Week of 8/11/25: Nonfiction Texts ☀️Day 1: Reading: Read a nonfiction passage ELA: Text features (headings, photos, captions) Writing: Write 3 facts learned ☀️Day 2: Reading: Main idea and 2 details ELA: Matching facts to topics Writing: Create a mini-poster with one topic and 3 facts 📆Week of 8/18/25: Sentence Writing ☀️Day 1: Reading: Focus on fluency with reader's theater ELA: Review sentence structure (subject + predicate) Writing: Write 4 complete sentences with correct grammar ☀️Day 2: Reading: Partner read a level G-H story ELA: Fix the sentence (editing practice) Writing: Write and revise their own 3-sentence paragraph 🌟This schedule is subject to change🌟
Learning Goals
Identify and match alphabet letters with the sounds.
Identify punctuation marks in sentences.
Other Details
Supply List
Children will need to bring a white board to class each day and if a white board is not available, then they may bring some paper. Pencil Crayons Paper
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Meet the teacher
Teacher expertise and credentials
Tennessee Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Middle Tennessee State University
I am a certified teacher with over 20 years experience teaching young learners phonics
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