Designed to be used with 5th graders, this integrated language arts skills course will provide students with experiences that deepen English concepts and skills. Teacher-tested strategies will refine concepts of prior learning while strengthening the foundation for future learning. Motivational and fun activities, projects, and daily lessons will inspire students to read, write and speak the language with greater fluency and understanding. Students will practice and expand their ability to proof, edit, revise, critically analyze, evaluate, and author different genre. This effective program will refine student knowledge and result in classroom success.

Table of Contents:

I. Speaking and Listening

• The Speaking Process and Activities
• The Listening Process and Activities
• Storytelling
• Oral Reading and Reports
• Drama
• Debates
• Interviews
• Giving Directions

• Reading Skills
• Responding to Reading through Writing
• Reading with Different Purposes

III. Writing

• The Writing Process
• Writing Skills
• Writing for Different Purposes
• Proofing, Editing, and Revising
• Building Vocabulary

• Sentences
• Parts of Speech
• Usage and Mechanics
• Capitalization and Punctuation
• Spelling

Course materials cover a full year with daily support for all aspects of instruction. The Teacher’s Edition includes a syllabus; correlation to standards; pacing guide; daily lesson plans; teacher’s workbook; CD with daily class notes in PDF (for use as color overheads) and/or PowerPoints; complete assessments. Classroom sets includes 25 Student Workbooks and Teacher Edition with CD. After purchase of Teacher’s Edition, additional Student Workbooks are available for individual purchase. Click here for details.