LANGUAGE ARTS

We will be using the Houghton Mifflin Language arts program.

This program includes:

• The use of literature to nourish the imagination, assist with mental imagery, and to promote a feeling of self understanding and awareness of other people.
• The development of the four skill areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
• Using thematic units which incorporate the whole curriculum.
• Development of the writing process through four square writing, journal writing, creative writing, poetry, and reports.

Chapter books are used along with the Houghton Mifflin program to enrich our program and promote a love of literature. Grammar will be taught through Daily Paragraph Editing and the Houghton Mifflin text. Spelling will also be taught through Houghton Mifflin and will include spelling rules, word families, and phonics. Twenty minutes a day is set aside for silent sustained reading to promote fluency in reading.