READING AND SPELLING
READING
The Literacy Block will include:
- The first six to seven weeks will be devoted to a new program from the American Reading Company: Independent Reading
- Students will be introduced to a wide range of books.
- Students begin the first 2 to 3 weeks doing a novel study.
- They will be accessed to determine their reading level.
- Independent Reading will be the core of the program with student/teacher conferences to determine students' understanding of the books they are reading.
- Open Court's Imagine It! will be incorporated after the completion of the Independent Readin Program
- However, Independent Reading and conferencing will continue to be part of the Reading Curriculum
- Evan-Moor Building Spelling Skills, Grade 5
- Worksheets to complete weekly
- Weekly Spelling Test on Friday unless it is a short week (3 or less days of school for students)
- Spelling words will be stapled in agendas on Friday.
The Literacy Block will include:
- Grade Level Instruction: Read/Write/Discuss Complex Texts
- Small Group Instruction: Foundation Skills
- Independent Reading and Conferencing
- Writing
- Spelling