Each week, an expert instructor will lead students through engaging demonstrations and exercises designed to fill in learning gaps and solidify understanding of the 2nd grade reading skills–such as reading to determine main idea, understanding non-literal vocabulary and using context and root words to determine meaning–most essential for success the rest of the school year and beyond.

Each week, an expert instructor will lead students through engaging demonstrations and exercises designed to fill in learning gaps and solidify understanding of the 3rd grade reading skills–such as determining and describing text structure, understanding word relationships and nuances in word meaning, and using context clues to deduce vocabulary meaning–most essential for success the rest of the school year and beyond.

Each week, an expert instructor will lead students through engaging demonstrations and exercises designed to fill in learning gaps and solidify understanding of the 4th grade literacy skills–such as using context clues to get “unstuck” while reading, reading for the main idea of a text, and writing conclusions and clear event sequences–most essential for success the rest of the school year and beyond.

Each week, learners will examine a different element and use of creative writing and then put it into practice as they build their own writing portfolio.

In Fables & Fairytales classes, students will explore, examine, and discuss timeless children’s classics and learn even more about them. Each session features a storytime read-along of a favorite fable or fairytale, plus an instructor-led discussion of the themes of the story, the history of the story, and ways that students could rewrite it or use it to inspire their own storytelling. Learners can join individual sessions or make it a weekly habit. There’s always a lesson to be learned and a favorite tale to be told!

Everyone loves to read their favorite stories–especially beginning readers. In this weekly series, young readers will learn to read, write, and spell with the help of their favorite superheroes, fairy tales, and classic stories. Each week will combine phonics lessons with a favorite story, blending purely-fun discussion with mostly-fun phonics instruction so that new reading superheroes can live happily ever after.

Many people would list public speaking among their biggest fears, alongside sharks, snakes, and heights. But it doesn’t have to be that way! With practice and confidence, your student can learn to love public speaking. In weekly sessions, they’ll learn how to confidently prepare for and deliver speeches, and how to initiate and lead conversations.

Grab your dancing shoes and warm up your singing voices—because in Rocking and Reading, we fuse the science of reading with a rock concert vibe that kids (and grown-ups) will love. Over the course of five one-hour sessions, we’ll dive into all the short vowel sounds, creating an immersive story where YOU help Mizz KT track down the missing letters, invite them onstage, and cheer them on as they perform their show-stopping songs!

Each week will investigate a different theme, using examples from popular books and movies and challenging students to write their own stories. Drop in to see what this week’s chapter is, or plan to visit them all in a class series that’s always a real page-turner.

Bridging the Gap to 1st Grade Reading will emphasize phonemic awareness, sight words, and other high frequency words, preparing students for independent reading and reading comprehension in the school year to come.

Bridging the Gap to 2nd Grade Reading will emphasize independent reading and describing characters, settings, and events from stories, preparing students for using context clues to find meaning and comparing and contrasting different versions of stories in the school year to come.

Bridging the Gap to 3rd Grade Reading will emphasize using context clues to determine the meaning of words and reading to understand how characters react to events within stories, preparing students for reading to find the main idea of a passage and using root words and context clues to decipher unknown words in the school year to come.

Bridging the Gap to 4th Grade Reading will emphasize using context clues and root words to get “unstuck” when confronted with new vocabulary and reading for the main idea of a passage, preparing students for identifying and describing different genres of writing and understanding figurative language such as similes and metaphors in the school year to come.

Bridging the Gap to 5th Grade Reading will emphasize understanding and using figurative language and identifying and describing different genres of writing, preparing students for comparing and contrasting multiple texts and understanding vocabulary in context in the school year to come.