In reading, students will:

• Participate in discussions with a focus on making connections and inferences, as well as interpreting themes and analyzing characters

• Conduct nonfiction research in order to teach others, as well as to support a viewpoint

• Analyze social issues through reading nonfiction and fiction texts

Students will listen to multiple texts read aloud and participate in various types of discussions to support their learning across the ELA curriculum.

In writing, students will be writing in a variety of different ways with a focus on the following types of writing: 

• Narrative

• Informational

• Opinion