Please keep in mind that not every class listed will be available every year. Please see our current schedule for the classes that will be offered in the upcoming school year. Please note that classes for our younger students will be located at LWG and for our older students LWGC.
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
This class is geared for the first-time grammar student around grades 3-4. Pacing, material comprehension, and confidence-building is set up for student success in this fun and interactive class. The focus is on making sure firm foundations are set so the speed of material will be less important. Students will learn
grammar rules through chants, dictations, copying, and editing. In addition, students will become familiar with the 8 parts of speech, prepositional phrases, basic punctuation, indents, quotations, capitals, and homophones. Vocabulary and basic style techniques are also covered.
Tutor: Karol Logan
Price: $650
Course Material:
-Fix It Grammar!
Student Book 1
-3 Ring binder with pocket
folder
-Spiral notebook
Class Size: 8 students
Location: LWG
The 5/6 Grade English/Language Arts class is designed to give children a strong foundation in reading, spelling, writing and grammar structure. This class is designed for students in grades 5-6.
With the Shurley Grammar curriculum students’ learn foundational grammar skills as they learn how to identify and apply different parts of speech. Students will continuing to use the Excellence in Writing program (IEW), which builds exceptional writing skills through focusing on both the style and structure of writing. Throughout the year, students will work on various writing pieces through the writing process as they practice organizing, drafting, editing and revising, and finalizing their writing assignments. Their writing will focus on specific areas from the IEW curriculum in order to help them become more developed and expressive writers.
Grade appropriate spelling words and tests are given weekly and can be easily catered to each individual student’s needs. Additionally, the students will explore various genres of literature including fiction, nonfiction, historical, folk tales/ fantasy and poetry. Through the different literature pieces offered students will build comprehension, fluency, real word connections, as well as other strategies to help better develop comprehension and response to text. At the completion of each literary work students will have a chance to display their knowledge through a literature project.
If your student is new to Shurley Grammar, it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that your student participate in Mrs. Kang’s Shurley Grammar prep class prior to the start of this class in the fall. Also, please purchase the teacher’s guide for home use and extra support.
Tutor: Becky Kang
Price: $650
Location: LWG
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