2022-2023 Course Elementary Catalog

Language Arts 200

Language Arts/Reading 200 course builds core language arts and reading skills with opportunities for students to engage with different types of texts and writing structures.

Language Arts 300

Language Arts/Reading 300 builds on students’ basic language arts and reading skills by engaging them with different types of texts and a variety of writing forms and structures. The course helps students develop their command of the conventions of Standard English in writing and speaking, including grammar and usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. It also helps students expand their vocabulary and develop their listening skills. Course topics include:

• Nouns and Pronouns
• Writing Personal Narrative
• Explanatory Writing
• Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs
• Opinion Writing
• Writing That Compares
• Expository Writing
• Writing a Story

Language Arts 400

Language Arts 400 focuses on the sequential development and integration of communication skills in four major areas—reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It most specifically focuses on deepening and furthering students’ understanding in the following ways: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Special topics.

Language Arts 500

Language Arts 500 students will deepen their understanding of concepts about text and comprehension strategies. They will have many opportunities to apply what they have learned by integrating language arts with other subjects. Students will use writing as a tool for learning, and they will write for a variety of purposes and audiences. They will write in a variety of genres.

They will apply what they have learned about the author’s craft to their pieces. Fifth graders will increase their vocabulary by being involved in classroom discussion and word study.

Language Arts 300

Language Arts/Reading 300 builds on students’ basic language arts and reading skills by engaging them with different types of texts and a variety of writing forms and structures. The course helps students develop their command of the conventions of Standard English in writing and speaking, including grammar and usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. It also helps students expand their vocabulary and develop their listening skills. Course topics include:

• Nouns and Pronouns
• Writing Personal Narrative
• Explanatory Writing
• Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs
• Opinion Writing
• Writing That Compares
• Expository Writing
• Writing a Story

Language Arts 400

Language Arts 400 focuses on the sequential development and integration of communication skills in four major areas—reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It most specifically focuses on deepening and furthering students’ understanding in the following ways: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Special topics.