ELA Curriculum Overview

In reading, students will:

• Participate in book clubs with a focus on making connections and inferences, as well as interpreting themes and analyzing characters

• Conduct nonfiction research in order to teach others, as well as to support a viewpoint

• Analyze social issues through reading nonfiction and fiction texts

• Listen to multiple shared reads and participate in various types of discussions to support their learning across the ELA curriculum 

In writing, students will write in a variety of different ways with a focus on the following types of writing:

• Narrative (including fantasy!)

• Informational

• Opinion

Students will also be learning skills in grammar and morphology during each ELA unit!