What will we learn this year?
This year in language arts we will work on making both your writing and reading skills stronger.
We will begin by using a program called 'Soar to Success' where you will become experts in some strategies to help your reading.
In writing we will be using the 6+1 traits of writing to focus on making all your skills stronger. Some of the book
we will be reading this year are listed below.
* Nana Hannah's Piano
* Sweet Dried Apples
* Shoeshine Girl
* Roberto Clemente
* How Wilma Rudolph became the fastest woman on earth
* The Great Gilly Hopkins
* Dave at Night
* Stones in the Water
* The Watson's Go To Birmingham
* Mary Wolf