Language Arts

Grade: K  |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8

Kindergarten
Upper and lower case letters
Auditory discrimination of consonant sounds
Rhyming words
Listen attentively and share ideas
Print alphabet
Print first and last name
Sequence a story
Types of literature, fictional and nonfictional
Comprehension skills
High frequency words 

Grade 1
Beginning sounds
Ending sounds
Phonics skills: long and short vowels
Comprehension skills
Writing for different purposes: personal narrative, research report and friendly letter
Spelling using words from phonics skills taught
Handwriting: reinforce letter and number formation
Vocabulary building
Nouns, verbs, adjectives and sentence structure
Punctuation: period, question mark, exclamation mark
Contractions and compound words
Parts of a story: beginning, middle and ending
Sequence of events in a story
Fantasy and realism
Base words and endings: s, ed and ing
Capitalization 
 
Grade 2
Capitalization and punctuation
Parts of a sentence
Letter formation
Phonics and decoding
Parts of speech: noun, verb, pronoun, adjective
Comprehension skills
Reading strategies: predict, infer, clarify, summarize
Spelling and vocabulary
Reference skills: dictionary, glossary, index
Writing process 
 
Grade 3
Grammar and editing skills and sentence structure
Spelling and vocabulary skills
Independent reading for fun and information
Phonics and decoding
Comprehension through predicting and inferring
Comprehension through evaluating and summarizing
Writing for a variety of fiction and nonfiction genre
Information and study skills
Listening and public speaking skills
Word processing
Upper- and lower-case cursive writing
Research via internet and print materials 
 
Grade 4
Phonics and decoding
Spelling and vocabulary
Genre comprehension
Comprehension skills: predict/infer, summarize and evaluate
The writing process: descriptive, creative poetry, personal and biographical writing
Grammar skills, sentence and paragraph structure
Parts of speech
Research, information and study skills
Informative writing
Listening and public speaking skills
Keyboarding skills
Video production and presentation skills 
 
Grade 5
Phonics and decoding
Predicting and inferring
Evaluating and summarizing
Descriptive and informative writing
Personal and biographical writing
Historical fiction and tall tales
Poetry and plays
Grammar skills and sentence structure
Spelling and vocabulary skills
Research, information and study skills
Listening, speaking and viewing skills
Keyboarding skills 

Grade 6
Stories of courage
Stories of mystery
Stories of growing up
Stories of ancient cultures
Stories of famous people
Stories of frontiers in oceans and space
Exploring novels
Grammar
Spelling and vocabulary
Writing skills and different genres

Grade 7
Topic selection for writing
Writing process
Research process
Five paragraph essay
Spelling and vocabulary
Eight parts of speech and usage
Rules for punctuation and dialogue
Novel and short story
Public speaking: role-play, skits
Nonfiction reading 

Grade 8
Topic selection for writing
Writing process
Research process
Five paragraph essay
Spelling and vocabulary
Eight parts of speech and usage
Rules for punctuation and dialogue
Novel and short story, parable and play
Literary terms
Nonfiction reading and test preparation
Public speaking: debate