Reading

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 For students who are ready to learn to read. All About Reading 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. Class size will be about 4 students.

Tutor: Brie Hawkins

Price: $750 and a $100 class fee 

Course Material: All About Reading 1 

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 available. This is a class geared toward children with learning difficulties who need a slower pace and more individualized instruction.

Tutor: Ang Wolf

Price:  $1500 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Class size: 4 students

All  About 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.

All About Spelling provides 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.

Tutor: Ang Wolf

Price:  $1500 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Class size: 4 students 

Continuation of All About Reading 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 available.

 Tutor:  Sarah Donegan

Price:  $1500 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Class size: 4 students 

This is the final level in the All About Reading Program. 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. They will understand homonyms and heteronyms and explore words with Greek, French, Spanish, and Italian influence.  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 utilizing All About Spelling.  

Placement screening is available.

 Tutor:  Sarah Donegan

Price:  $1500 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Class size: 4 students  

An intensive reading program for struggling readers. S.P.I.R.E. provides explicit instruction using the same process for each lesson. 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.

 Tutor: Ang Wolf 

Price:  $1500 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Class size: 4 students  

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.

 Tutor: Ang Wolf 

Price:  $1500 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Class size: Max 5 students  

In this course we will read and analyze a variety of classic literature using the Abeka “Of Places” curriculum. 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 spelling and vocabulary instruction. 

Students who have previously completed the SPIRE (through Level 6) program may enroll in this course. Students new to LWG should meet with Mrs. Ang prior to enrolling in the course.

 Tutor: Ang Wolf 

Price:  $1500 per year and $100 book/supply fee 

Class size: Max 5 students  

 Tutor: Catherine Bourke

Price:   $700 +$100 material fee

Instruction would include the subject areas of reading strategies, writing, grammar application, vocabulary, whole literacy format. However, the focus of learning with me is finding out what works best for your child’s and teaching them at a level and pace that is appropriate for them with God at the center. Because class numbers are few (no more than 5) curriculums instruction is tailor-made to fit your child’s unique personality and learning style. 

Fee is $700 with a $100 materials fee. The main curriculum being used will be the Good and Beautiful language and arts. Material fee of $100 should be paid by July 1st.