Writing & Grammar
Your child will:
- Read grade-specific material confidently and for fun
- Read with expression
- Demonstrate comprehension by predicting outcomes
- Identify main ideas and supporting details
- Decode words using cues from phonics, word order, and context
- Self-select a variety of fiction and nonfiction books
- Keep a journal
- Recognize parts of speech such as noun, verb, adjective, adverb & pronoun
- Identify the three types of sentences (statement, exclamation, question)
- Use capitalization and punctuation correctly
- Compose in poetic, narrative, creative, and expository forms
- Learn to write in paragraph form
- Recognize spelling patterns and spell high-frequency words correctly
- Use basic research skills for presentations
- Edit and proofread classmates' work