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- Friday, June 5, 2026 · 10:00 pmOnline
Educator & SyllabusMrs. Heather
Price$20.00/week
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Discover the Clues to Reading Success! Through targeted reading strategies and read-aloud practice, your detective will build strong comprehension through investigating texts, uncovering important details, inferring information, and reading critically to understand and retain what they read.
BECOMING A READING DETECTIVE means learning to find the clues (reading comprehension) to better understand what you read. Just like a detective searches for clues to solve a mystery, we look for reading clues to help us better understand and connect to the material. Becoming a reading detective makes reading comprehension fun!
In this reading detective-themed course, students will receive a detective notebook for note-taking and skill practice. In class, they will practice reading aloud (fluency), learn new vocabulary (context clues practice), learn and practice reading comprehension strategies for a better understanding of the main idea, details, inference skills, character analysis, figurative language, author’s purpose, and more.
This class is interactive with a lot of student engagement. Each session begins with an introduction to a particular reading comprehension strategy. After the skill introduction, we will practice the skill by reading teacher-provided stories together. Students will take turns reading in a round-robin style throughout the lesson and answering questions. As students read, we will assist them as needed with pronunciation, fluency, and proper reading techniques.
This class is designed using common core standards for students in grades 6- 8. This is an ongoing class, and students can jump in and out as needed. We repeat topics each semester for learning, review, and practice. Each new semester, all practice and homework are different. We believe in Practice Makes Progress. See the schedule below.
Our motto is Practice Makes Progress! Therefore, class does not stop when they turn off their computer; we provide after-class practice (with answers so you don’t have to send them back) for all the concepts we teach. The more they practice, the better they get!
Our teachers are friendly, encouraging, and passionate, who meet each student exactly where they are. They regularly communicate with you regarding your child’s progress and what they are noticing in class. We also encourage you to reach out to us with any questions, comments, or concerns.
We look forward to meeting your child and helping them on their reading journey.
Happy Reading! Happy Learning!
Summer 2026
1 – Week of June 1st – Locating Details in a Story
2 – Week of June 8th – Supporting Details and Finding the Main Idea
4 – Week of June 15th – Using Context Clues
5 – Week of June 22nd – Inference Skills and Drawing Conclusions
6 – Week of June 29th – Supporting Details and Finding the Main Idea
7 – Week of July 6th – Story Elements – Setting
8 – Week of July 13th – Figurative Language
9 – Week of July 20th – Author’s Purpose
10 – Week of July 27th – Comparing and Contrasting
11 – Week of August 3rd – Point of View
12 – Week of August 10th – Story Setting – Character Traits
13 – Week of August 17th – Cause and Effect
14 – Week of August 24th – Using Context Clues
15 – Week of August 31st – Inference Skills and Drawing Conclusions
Your child will be provided a DETECTIVE NOTEBOOK and each week additional pages will be provided to print for class and homework.
Students will be provided a detective notebook for note-taking and additional skill practice to work on outside of class.
CCSS = Common Core State Standards - These examples are for 4th grade but cover 3rd - 6th
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1 - Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2 -Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3 - Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.5 - Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.6 - Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.7 - Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.9 - Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., the opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.10 - By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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