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Language Arts

 

Writing

This year students are continuing to develop their understating and application of basic grammar, overall writing skills, and  spelling.

 

 The students participate in writing circles where (with the guidance of a teacher) they share ideas, commend each other's writing, and help each other develop thoughts and improve pieces.

 

 

 

Reading
This year students are working on improving their preficting, inferencing, making connections, and use of context clues, as well as building their vocabulary.     

 

 

 

The students participate in reading groups where they learn new vocabulary, practice decoding and oral reading fluency, and complete comprehension activities. 

 

 

 

The Bridgewater-Raritan Language Arts Literacy Curriculum reflects the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards. It is designed to support a student-centered learning environment where each child is viewed as an individual learner within a community of readers and writers. Instruction is informed by the current research in the field of literacy and cognition. A balanced literacy approach is used to engage students in purposeful reading and writing experiences daily. These experiences are the basis from which students progress through the various states of reading and writing development which occur along a continuum.

 

  • Read grade-level material using meta-cognitive comprehension strategies

 

  • Read a variety of genres

 

  • Read for a variety of purposes

 

  • Respond orally and in writing to grade-level material

 

  • Write in several genres (realistic fiction, descriptive styles, argumentative, poetic)

 

  • Write a research paper using MLA formatting requirements

 

  • Select and read appropriate books for a sustained period

 

  • Read, spell and define grade-level words

 

  • Apply knowledge of punctuation and grammar when reading and writing

 

 

Grading for LAL

  Summative Assessments - 60%

Formative Assessments - 40%

  

 

Student Resources

Click on one of the links below to be directed to the web page.

Citation Machine

Merriam Webster Online

A Word A Day