KOR – an Inside Story – Katha on Ratha

KOR sessions – An inside Story!

In a typical KOR Session, the Reading Coach (RC) reads aloud a story book in English and vernacular language in an engaging way & conducts learning activities aimed at progressively improving phonemic awareness, phonics, language fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, understanding sentence structure, critical thinking and creativity.

Based on initial & periodic assessments, children are grouped according to their learning levels (Sky, Moon, Sun & Star) and guided with level appropriate activities to enable them progress and blossom into lifelong learners .

Activities aligned to learning levels

Pre-Letter & Letter	Word	Sentence	Story (Katha)
• Activities focus on improving phonemic awareness and phonics for children who are at Pre-Letter level or letter level of learning. • These activities prepare the children for an exciting reading-learning journey, and build their confidence to begin reading simple picture story books.	• Level 1 story books are introduced. • Activities focus on building ability to read, understand words and build vocabulary. • Children are encouraged to classify and sort words they come across, explore new words and create theme / family based word clusters, enabling them to build a strong and retentive vocabulary. • These activities prepare the children to read simple stories with lower dependence on pictures to comprehend.	• Level 2 and Level 3 story books are introduced in steps as children progress from reading and comprehending simple to complex sentence structures. • Pre book reading activities, create curiosity and prepare the student to confidently read and comprehend the story. • Post book reading activities focus on analyzing sentence structures, interpretation of the story, and applying the extracts from the book to situations outside the story.	• Level 3 and Level 4 story books are introduced in steps as the children progress to read with fluency, critically analyze stories and creatively express their ideas. • Activities focus on enabling the children to apply , analyze and evaluate the contents of a story, share critical reviews of the story and encourage creative modifications and suggestions to the story .

Pre-Letter & Letter

Word

Sentence

Story (Katha)

• Activities focus on improving phonemic awareness and phonics for children who are at Pre-Letter level or letter level of learning.

• These activities prepare the children for an exciting reading-learning journey, and build their confidence to begin reading simple picture story books.

• Level 1 story books are introduced.

• Activities focus on building ability to read, understand words and build vocabulary.

• Children are encouraged to classify and sort words they come across, explore new words and create theme / family based word clusters, enabling them to build a strong and retentive vocabulary.

• These activities prepare the children to read simple stories with lower dependence on pictures to comprehend.

• Level 2 and Level 3 story books are introduced in steps as children progress from reading and comprehending simple to complex sentence structures.

• Pre book reading activities, create curiosity and prepare the student to confidently read and comprehend the story.

• Post book reading activities focus on analyzing sentence structures, interpretation of the story, and applying the extracts from the book to situations outside the story.

• Level 3 and Level 4 story books are introduced in steps as the children progress to read with fluency, critically analyze stories and creatively express their ideas.

• Activities focus on enabling the children to apply , analyze and evaluate the contents of a story, share critical reviews of the story and encourage creative modifications and suggestions to the story .