Reading

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 For students who are ready to learn to read. Discovery uses multi sensory methods to learn letter sounds, phonograms, blending, syllables, sight words, and spelling. While learning to read your student will learn to decode words, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. This curriculum is fun and very hands-on.

Price:  $1550 and a $100 class fee 

Course Material: All About Reading 1 with a combination of Horizon Discovery Reading

Location: LWG

Tutor: Kelly Blackman

For students who are ready to learn to read or are having some difficulty reading. In All About Reading children use multi-sensory methods to learn letter sounds, phonograms, consonant teams, blending, syllables, sight words, plurals, etc. Aspects of reading taught are decoding,  vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.  

Screening for readiness is required. Both 1 and 1 EX are geared toward children with learning difficulties, however, 1 EX is for those who need a slower pace and more individualized instruction.  A combination of All About Reading workbooks will be used.

Price:  $1550 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Optional software component is available for $100 for a full year access.

Class size: 2-4 students

Location: LWG

Discovery Reading Level 2 is a continuation of skills learned in level 1.  Students will continue to build their knowledge of reading skills in decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Students should have already begun to read in order to be successful at this level.

Spelling will be taught using explicit, Orton-Gillingham based instruction that is multi-sensory and logical in its approach to spelling. Students will learn the rules of spelling rather than simply memorizing a list of words. 

Screening for readiness is available.

Price:  $1550 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

 Optional software component is available for $100 for a full year access.

Class size: 2-4 students 

Location: LWG

Continuation of Discovery Level 2. Students will build on skills learned in  Level 2 including learning more phonograms and syllable types. Students will learn to identify base words and read words with suffixes and prefixes. Students will develop new vocabulary including synonyms,  antonyms, similes, idioms and more. Students will continue to develop fluency and comprehension skills including making predictions, compare and contrast and skim for specific information.  

This class also includes instruction in spelling ,utilizing All About Spelling. 

Placement screening is required.

Price:  $1550 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Optional software component is available for $100 for a full year access.

Class size: 4 students 

Location: LWG

 Students will learn the remaining phonograms used in English. They will learn to decode multisyllabic words and read words containing multiple suffixes.  Students will continue to develop their fluency while reading and expand their vocabulary.  Comprehension skills include making predictions and inferences, compare and contrast, summarizing, connecting to one’s own experiences and skimming for specific information.

This class also includes instruction in spelling.  

Placement screening is available.

Price:  $1550 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Optional software component is available for $100 for a full year access. 

Class size: 2-4 students  

Location: LWG

This class will focus on learning comprehension strategies that will help students better understand the texts they read. We will spend the first part of the year learning several comprehension strategies as we read texts that specifically focus on those skills. In the second part of the year we will improve our application of the strategies and skills learned through reading a novel.  This class will also include instruction in vocabulary and building understanding and use of vocabulary that is encountered in the texts we read and will support students in their daily lives.

Price:  $1550 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Class size: Max 5 students  

Tudor:  Kelly Blackman

Location: LWG 

When older learners have reading difficulties it is often because they have gaps in the foundational decoding skills needed for fluent reading. The Reading Horizons Elevate® program helps older learners fill these gaps with assessment-driven explicit phonics instruction based on the principles of reading science.  Students will engage in multi-sensory activities to build phonological skills, word building and decoding, reading, and spelling. 

Placement screening will need to be completed prior to enrolling in this class.

Price:  $1550 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Optional software component is available for $100 for a full year access. 

Class Size: 2-4 students

Location: LWG and LWGC 

This  class will focus on learning comprehension strategies that will help  students better understand their reading selections. We will be using an  anthology of excellent classic and contemporary fiction, nonfiction,  poetry, drama, novellas, and novel selections that are engaging and  moral.    Literary components will be discussed as we read assignments that focus on specific skills. We will utilize graphic organizers, vocabulary exercises and writing activities to helps students improve their ability to analyze and construct meaning from the texts they read.  

Price:  $1550 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Class size: Max 5 students  

Tudor Heather  Loewenheim

Location:  LWGC

In this course we will read and analyze a variety of classic literature.  Students will study and discuss literature themes and utilize various comprehension strategies to understand and appreciate literature, poetry and Bible passages.

This class will also include writing and vocabulary instruction. 

Students will need to be assessed for this class.

Price:  $1550 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Class size: Max 5 students  

Location: LWGC and LWG