Language Arts includes writing and grammar skills. Students begin by drawing pictures to express their ideas and thinking. They tell the teacher about the drawing and the words are transcribed until students begin to write letters to match their own words. This "emergent literacy" is the beginning phase of learning to express oneself in complete thoughts. Proper letter formation for all upper and lowercase letters are practiced daily for mastery. Students learn to write sight words and then decode all words to match their thoughts.
Students should be encouraged to write in all daily tasks like creating grocery lists, writing notes, writing words and sentences to match the pictures drawn, chore lists, etc