5th Grade Writing

Scholars will write for information and understanding, literary response and expression, critical analysis and evaluation, and social interaction. The fifth grade reading and writing curriculum emphasizes the following:

• Spelling

• Writing

• Composition

• Grammar

The fifth grade program intends that scholars will learn to use language to gain information, discover meaning, and understand logical relationships. Scholars will also speak, write, and solve problems creatively.

The fifth grade language arts program seeks to create a “literate environment” where reading, writing, listening and speaking are considered language processes, which interact in various ways to allow communication to occur.

6th Grade Writing

Reflecting the (four standards) of the New York State suggested syllabus, sixth grade language arts integrates as a process reading, writing, listening, and speaking information, literary expression, and critical analysis and evaluation as a process. The overall intention is to help scholars use language effectively to confront, assimilate, and communicate experiences. Specifically, the sixth grade program intends that scholars will learn to use language to gain information, discover meaning, and understand logical relationships. Scholars will also speak, write, and solve problems creatively. They will explore information and ideas, opinions and emotions, values and experiences, through the power and beauty of texts.

The sixth grade language arts program seeks to create a “literate environment” where reading, writing, listening and speaking are considered language processes, which interact in various ways to allow communication to occur.