Language+Arts

== We have six different Themes (Units) in Language Arts. Each week we will read a story and work in our Practice books. The Practice books have worksheets that go with the story as well as different lessons we will learn each week (i.e. ABC order, cause & effect, etc.). We will have Spelling tests most weeks. These go along with each story. There is a pre-test on Monday to familiarize the students with the words, a practice test on Wednesday, and a final test on Friday. If your child passes the practice test on Wednesday with 100% they are a member of the “100 Club” and do not have to take the test on Friday. J They may play games and do other activities while the rest of the students take the test. Our Spelling lists consist of words that go with the stories. Your child has a list of the first 2 Units and the spelling words that go with each story. I will tell you which list we are on in the Newsletter each week. At the end of each Theme we have a Reading/Writing workshop. We also take Theme Tests that measure different skills learned during each Unit. == == We also do a program called Reading Counts where the students are given a score (Lexile) and they can check out books in the library or in the classroom that are in their Lexile. After they have read a book they can take a quiz online. They get points for passing quizzes and they have a goal to achieve each month as well as each quarter. If they achieve their goals they will receive rewards such as free ice cream, free kids meals, free time in the classroom/outside, or a movie. ==

Each week we will write in our journals (notebooks). The topics vary and sometimes the students may choose what to write about.
== We also do a program called Six Minute Solutions where each student has a partner and they read a passage while the other student scores them. They count the number of words that they have read correctly in 1 minute and graph their scores. This is a great program and the students love it. It enhances reading fluency and is a great way to have fun while reading. ==

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