CuewordReading Comprehension Classes for Kids
Live one-on-one reading comprehension coaching for Grades 2–8, built on stories your child picks. Each term has a mid-term and an end-of-term assessment on listening comprehension, reading comprehension and vocabulary.
Reading Comprehension: Read Closely, Find the Evidence
Reading closely, finding the evidence, and reading aloud so a listener stays with them.
Your child listens, reads, speaks and writes about the same story, all as one experience.
Finding the Main Idea
Holding on to the main idea of what they hear and read.
Proving It From the Text
Pointing to the line that proves an answer, instead of guessing.
Citing the Evidence
Backing every reading with evidence, and judging whether a source holds up.
Listening & Reading
Hearing and reading a story closely, then talking about what happened and why.
Three Terms. One Coach. A Showcase Every Term.
Stories in Term 1, true texts in Term 2, opinions and arguments in Term 3.
Term 1 · Storytelling
Telling a story well: your child reads a story closely, then retells it and writes one of their own. Ends in a Showcase: a story, told live.
Term 2 · Explaining
Explaining clearly: true stories and real topics, explained in their own words. Ends in a Showcase: an explainer, presented.
Term 3 · Persuading (Arguing in Grades 6–8)
Making a case: an opinion with reasons in Grades 2–5, and a full argument that answers the other side in Grades 6–8. Ends in a Showcase: a case, argued.
Reading Comprehension, Grade by Grade
How your child reads in Term 1, Storytelling, at each grade.
Each grade page shows all three terms.
2nd Grade
Sees how a story's opening sets things up and its ending wraps them up, and notices that different characters see things differently.
Explore Grade 2 →3rd Grade
Answers who, what, where and when from the text, finds the sentence showing a character's feelings, sees how actions and dialogue drive the story, and compares their view with a character's.
Explore Grade 3 →4th Grade
Reads between the lines, citing details as proof, tells the theme apart from the topic, summarizes without adding opinions, explores a character in depth, and compares first- and third-person narration.
Explore Grade 4 →5th Grade
Quotes lines accurately, finds the theme in details, compares characters or events, sees how the narrator shapes events, reads similes and metaphors, and spots how the author paces the story.
Explore Grade 5 →6th Grade
Cites evidence from the text, names the theme, sees how each scene fits the whole and how characters change, learns when to distrust a narrator, and reads tone in word choice.
Explore Grade 6 →7th Grade
Cites several pieces of evidence for one idea, traces a theme, contrasts narrators' views, sees how setting shapes the plot, compares fiction with real history, and notices rhythm and repetition.
Explore Grade 7 →8th Grade
Picks the strongest evidence, ties theme to character, setting and plot, traces modern stories to myths, sees how dramatic irony builds suspense and humor, and judges what a performance changes.
Explore Grade 8 →Reading Comprehension, Checked Twice a Term
Every term has a mid-term and an end-of-term assessment of what your child has mastered and a live Showcase in your presence, and it all comes together in your term reports.
A Class Summary After Every Class
The story, the skill and how it went, from your child's coach.
Term Reports in Your Inbox
Two reports each term, after the mid-term and end-of-term assessments, with your coach's feedback and a plan for next term.
Plans for Grades 2–8
Same coach, same curriculum.
Grades 2–5 can pick the class length; Grades 6–8 take the 55-minute Standard plan.
Basic
40-minute classes26 classes · $520 per term (USD)
- Two 1:1 classes a week
- 26 classes over three months
- Same coach all term
- Two parent-coach meetings a term
- Live Showcase and two term reports
Standard
55-minute classes26 classes · $650 per term (USD)
- Two 1:1 classes a week
- 26 classes over three months
- Same coach all term
- Two parent-coach meetings a term
- Live Showcase and two term reports
Standard
55-minute classes26 classes · $650 per term (USD)
- Two 1:1 classes a week
- 26 classes over three months
- Same coach all term
- Two parent-coach meetings a term
- Live Showcase and two term reports
Questions About Reading Comprehension Classes
What will my child learn across the year?
The year runs in three terms: Term 1 Storytelling, Term 2 Explaining and Term 3 Persuading (Arguing in Grades 6–8). Each term ends in a Showcase your child writes and performs in your presence. Each term also has a mid-term and an end-of-term assessment, each with a detailed report. Each level is harder than the last, and the difficulty climbs term by term and grade by grade.
What does a class look like?
Live, online and one-on-one with the same coach all term. Your child picks the stories they want to do in each class, then listens, reads, learns words in context, speaks and writes about them.
How will I see progress?
After every class, the coach sends a class summary in the Cueword Parent app. You also meet the coach twice a term, and get a report after each mid-term and end-of-term assessment, which check listening comprehension, reading comprehension and vocabulary.
Is this homework help or exam prep?
Neither. Cueword is a communication program, built around stories your child picks. It builds how your child listens, reads, speaks and writes, which shows up everywhere.
How many kids are in a class?
Just your child. Every class is one-on-one with the coach, including the Showcase at the end of each term. Not a small group that's called 1:1.
What if my child has gaps from earlier grades?
That's common. If the evaluation or coach spots a gap, the coach fills it with foundation lessons within your 26 classes a term, with no extra classes to book.
What is the Cueword evaluation?
A free, 50-minute, one-on-one session with a Cueword specialist. It's a dialogue, not a test. It covers all five skills (listening comprehension, reading comprehension, public speaking, creative writing and vocabulary), and you get a Cueword Report the same day.
Start With a Free Cueword Evaluation
50 minutes, one-on-one, not a test. You get a report and a recommended plan the same day.
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