LANGUAGE ARTS
Our reading series encompasses reading, language, and spelling throughout
the course of six themes. We will be using the Houghton-Mifflin reading
series for the entire class with flexible grouping within as needed.
Projects, language arts activities, and other content area activities may be
taken from the reading curriculum so that there is a correlation among the
many skills.
A vocabulary quiz, selection test, and skills test are normally given as we
progress through each story in the reader. An integrated test will be given
at the conclusion of each theme. These tests evaluate the students'
knowledge in comprehension, grammar, and other skills taught thoughout the
theme.
Spelling words are mostly from the story and the rest are from other content
areas such as math, science, and social studies. There are 20 list words
and 5 bonus words. The students will be given a spelling test, which
consists of two sections: 1) a list test where they will be expected to
spell the word correctly and 2) a sentence test where they will be expected
to write at least five sentences as dictated by me. Everything counts in
the sentence section of the test, including punctuation and capital
letters! Each section will be graded separately. Ideally, spelling tests
will be given each week depending on how much time we spend on a particular
story. Tests will be announced a few days in advance so please check your
child's planner.
MATH
The math series devotes a great deal of time to reasoning and logic, so
there may not be many computation problems to practice for homework.
