Royal Prep Academy's Intermediate Level Online After-School Program builds on the skills learned in the Primary Years and moves your student away from learning to read and towards reading to learn.
Phonological Awareness is the understanding that a spoken word is made up of different parts and that each of these parts makes a sound. For example, the word bat includes the sounds /b/, /a/, and /t/, and the word batter can be broken into two syllables that make the sounds /bat/ and /ter/. Phonological Awareness is an important building block for Phonics. Readers need to be able to distinguish, or make out, the individual sounds in spoken words before they can fully master matching sounds to letters.
Vocabulary is the name for the words a student knows. The more words a student knows, the easier it is to understand what they read. Good readers know the meanings of many words. Students grow their vocabularies by hearing and reading new words, talking about words, and being taught specific words.
Comprehension: Literature describes a student’s ability to understand types of writing that are usually made up, or fictional. Stories are the literary texts that students read most often, but plays and poems are also examples of literary texts. A student who understands literature might identify the sequence of events in a story, discuss the meaning of a poem, or explain the lines a character speaks in a play.
Comprehension: Informational Text describes a student’s ability to understand types of writing that are usually true. Books about science or history are examples of informational text, as are newspaper articles or magazine articles. This kind of writing is often structured differently than literary texts. Informational text often does not tell a story, and it is usually organized into sections with headings. Additionally, it might contain charts, diagrams, and graphs that are important to understanding. A student who understands informational text might identify the main idea and supporting details, describe the way the writing is organized, or draw information out of a photograph or diagram.
English - Intermediate Level: Ages 8-11 Online After-School Program
You receive complimentary administration support when you subscribe to a Royal Prep Academy online after-school program.
This includes being able to order teacher-assigned lessons that support the concepts or standards your child is currently learning at school.
Simply, request information from your child's teacher about what they are teaching in class, and we will provide a series of lessons to complement their classroom learning that your child can complete at home, in their own time.
You can also request for us to reassign any lesson that you feel your child may need extra practice to master.
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