Norse Mythology
WEEKLY reading Group
For Ages 8-10
Students meet
Mondays
3:00PM EASTERN
THIS CLASS WILL FOCUS ON THE STORIES OF THE GODS AND GODDESS OF THE NORDIC PEOPLES. WE WILL USE A TEXT TO LEARN THE RULES OF READING. WE WILL EXPLORE THE QUIRKS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND WHY SPELLING IS COMPLICATED.
STUDENTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE POETRY, RETELLINGS OF STORIES, AND READING RULES AS WE IMPROVE FLUENCY AND comprehension.
For AGES 8-10
4th Grade
🎨 A Typical Main Lesson Rhythm
Each class follows a carefully designed flow that honors the natural unfolding of attention and creativity:
- 🌞 Welcome & Warm-Up
We begin with a morning verse, seasonal songs, movement, simple dances, recorder playing, and spoken poetry. This grounding rhythm connects children to the day, the group, and themselves. - ✂️ Review Through Free Rendering
Children retell or reflect on the previous lesson by creating images with construction paper—a playful and expressive method I call Free Rendering. It allows ideas to be revisited through form and color. - 🌱 Presentation of the New Concept
I introduce a new story, skill, or idea, often through rich images, storytelling, or demonstration. - 🧠 Practice
We explore the new material through guided exercises, oral work, movement, or artistic expression. - 🔁 Skill Refinement
Children revisit and strengthen a previously learned skill to deepen retention and confidence. - 📖 Main Lesson Book Creation
We end the core portion of our lesson by crafting a beautiful main lesson book page—a personal record of what has been learned, written and illustrated by the child. - 📚 Story Time
A closing story nourishes the imagination and ties the lesson into a meaningful narrative. - 🎵 Closing Verse or Song
We say farewell with a verse or song, leaving your child with a feeling of completion and warmth.
