��Language Arts��

      The following are the skills we will be working on in language arts this six weeks.

 1. Creating oral stories to share (SOL 2.1)

 2. Expanding listening and speaking vocabulary (SOL 2.2)

 3. Using oral communication (SOL 2.3)

 4. Using phonetic strategies when reading and writing (SOL 2.4)

 5. Using meaning clues (SOL 2.5)

 6. Using language structure (SOL 2.6)

 7. Reading fiction, nonfiction and poetry (SOL 2.7)

 8. Demonstrating comprehension (SOL 2.8)

 9. Writing stories, letters, ans explanations (SOL 2.9)

10. Edit (SOL 2.10)

11. Locate information (SOL 2.11)

     Some of the activities we will be doing to reinforce these skills are:

 1. oral reading

 2. Accelerated Reader

 3. Nightly Reading Logs

 4. Independent Reading Logs

 5. worksheets

 6. Writing Workshop

 7. retellings

 8. revisions

 9. Mountain Language

10. Oral dramatics