Navigating Nonfiction Passages

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In this 8-week flex course, students will read informational texts and focus on vocabulary and reading comprehension skills.

Class Experience

US Grade 4 - 7

Navigating Nonfiction 

As students get older, they increase their amount of nonfiction reading. Classes like social studies, science, and math, rely on informational texts to teach students new information. Students must use different reading strategies when tackling nonfiction works. 

In this flex course, students will practice reading and analyzing nonfiction texts written by the course instructor. Meant for struggling readers, or those who need some additional support (dyslexia,...

*Students will view nonfiction reading strategies by watching instructor model different methods (highlighting, labeling)
*Students will improve their reading comprehension skills by answering questions 
*Students will gain knowledge of new vocabulary words by completing a graphic organizer 
*Students will locate text evidence to support ideas.

A certified Teacher of English (K-12) and Reading Specialist (P-12) with over ten years of teaching experience with students in grades 6-12.

Homework Offered
Each week will follow the same schedule:
Monday- New informational text posted. Students should read and highlight the text. 
Tuesday- A video review of highlighting the text will be posted. Students should watch the video and make corrections to their highlighting. Students will respond to a discussion question in the classroom. 
Wednesday- Students will complete the vocabulary and reading comprehension questions.
Thursday- A video review of the vocabulary and reading comprehension answers will be posted. Students should watch the video and make corrections. 
Friday- Students will complete a Blooket based on the text. Students will respond to a discussion question in the classroom. 1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Each week students will complete a Blooket based on the text read. This will allow the teacher to gauge student learning with reading comprehension and vocabulary. The teacher will reach out to parents/guardians/learners if a Blooket earns less than a 70% with suggestions on how to improve. 
Grades Offered

Highlighters
Pen/Pencil
Teacher will supply informational texts, vocabulary and reading comprehension questions

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:Blooket

The Titanic informational text does include drowning and death.

Online dictionary (kid friendly)- https://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/

Informational texts are written by the course instructor. Texts that will be used in this class include: 

*The Titanic: The "Unsinkable" Ship
*Going Viral
*Life in the Middle Ages
*Evolution of Gaming
*William Shakespeare
*Daylight Saving Time
*Types of Dogs
*Taylor Swift

The information for these texts were found from a variety of sources including:
1.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/21/daylight-saving-time-purpose-explained/11275474002/
2.https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/history-of-video-games
3.https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/william-shakespeare/william-shakespeare-biography/
4.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Taylor-Swift
5.https://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/
6.https://nutrisourcepetfoods.com/blog/pet-parents/what-are-the-7-major-dog-groups-your-dogs-core-traits revealed/#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20physical%20and,sporting%2C%20terrier%2C%20and%20toy.
7.https://studiopigeon.com/blog/how-many-views-is-viral-what-makes-a-video-viral/
8. What Was the Titanic? by Stephanie Sabol

Available times

Pacific

Table of available sections

Meet the teacher

Christine- Little Reading Coach

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Hi everyone! 
I teach mostly middle school (grades 6-8) reading and writing classes, including ones for learners with dyslexia and dysgraphia. 

I’m a certified English teacher and Reading Specialist with over fifteen years of teaching experience...