Language Arts (Reading, Writing, Spelling)

The five main skills for excellent reading:

  • comprehension
  • vocabulary
  • fluency
  • phonics
  • phonemic awareness


Skills and Strategies that drive our instruction include:

  • Literary Elements
  • Sequence
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Author's Purpose
  • Main Idea and Detail
  • Draw Conclusions
  • Graphic Sources
  • Generalize
  • Cause and Effect
  • Fact and Opinion