Reading

The Skills component of the program teaches students the decoding skills needed for (future) independent reading. Each Skills lesson begins with a warm-up, reviewing previously taught content in reading, writing, and/or grammar. 

Each week for homework, we will send home a reading from our anchor text. Please read the story with your child and return the reading slip to school.

Anchor Texts:

The Cat Bandit

Bedtime Tales

Kids Excel

The Job Hunt

Sir Gus

The War of 1812

The Knowledge component of the program is designed to help students build background knowledge and vocabulary. These skills are critical to listening and reading comprehension. Through read-alouds in each topic, teachers build students’ listening and reading comprehension and oral language skills.

We will spend about a month on each topic.

Topics:

Fairy Tales and Tall Tales

Ancient Civilizations

Greek Myths

Cycles in Nature

Insects

The American Civil War

Poetry

Creating Change

All About Nutrition

The Age of Aviation