Course Overview:
The Elementary English Language Arts courses provide students with a rigorous and comprehensive look at the ELA standards, focusing on reading foundational skills, reading comprehension strategies through informative and literature texts, writing, grammar, and speaking and listening skills. Students will be exposed to the five essential components of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary and fluency) through engaging text and interactive learning. Primary students (Kindergarten–Second Grade) will learn to read and will be given a strong foundation in phonemic awareness and phonics. Intermediate students (Third–Fifth Grade) will focus on reading to learn with the incorporation of more complex text and extensive exploration and use of vocabulary in reading and writing. Students will be taught grammar skills which will be implemented into the rigorous writing lessons and compliment various topics. Students will participate in informative, narrative, and opinion writing compositions throughout the course. Throughout the English Language Arts courses, students will explore a myriad of topics through integration across content areas. Each grade level of the ELA suite will surround student learning with an adventure filled theme, showing students that learning really is the great adventure.
Note: This course is not designed for ELL (English Language Learners) students. ELL students may enroll in this course ONLY if they have adequate mentor support at their home school and are able to fulfill all course requirements.
Required Materials:
Student-Supplied Resources:
- Printer
- Disk space on your computer as well as external device to back up your files (flash drive, external hard drive, CD-ROM, etc.)
- Cell phone to take photo of student's work or scanner to scan student's work
- Interactive Notebook (three-ring binder)
- Pencils
- Erasers
- Scissors
- Crayons and colored pencils
- Glue
- Tape
- Ruler
- Printer paper
- Multi-colored paper
Module Specific Materials:
Module Three:
- Book or video
- Pictures of characters
- Smooth stones
- World map
Module Seven:
Module Eight
- Dice
- Objects for game pieces
Module Ten
Module Eleven
Free Downloads:
- Java
- Windows Media Player
- Apple iTunes
Syllabus:
Module 01: Building Community
- 01.00 Module One Pretest
- 01.01 Ask And Answer Questions: Molly Makes A Difference
- 01.02 Character Responses To Events: Molly Makes A Difference
- 01.03 Songs And Poems: The Amazon Rain Forest
- 01.04 Folktales And Central Message: The Magic
- 01.05 Fables And Central Message: The Hawk That Cried Tiger
- 01.06 Fairy Tales And Central Message: Jesse And Kaylee
- 01.07 Module One Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 01.08 Module One Assessment
Module 02: Investigations
- 02.00 Module Two Pretest
- 02.01 Ask And Answer Questions: She Sells Seashells
- 02.02 Words And Phrases: Where did you go, Ichthyosaur?
- 02.03 Make Connections: How To Be A Keen Observer
- 02.04 Make Connections: Galileo's Experiment
- 02.05 Main Topic: What do you make of this weather?
- 02.06 Main Topic: Keeping Florida Safe
- 02.07 Module Two Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 02.08 Module Two Assessment
Module 03: Migration
- 03.00 Module Three Pretest
- 03.01 Words And Phrases In Stories: Leo's On The Move
- 03.02 Words And Phrases In Stories: Polar Bear, Polar Bear
- 03.03 Words And Phrases In Stories: Jude's Blue Unicorn
- 03.04 Point Of View: Land Of The Free
- 03.05 Story Structure: Home
- 03.06 Story Structure: Opinion Writing
- 03.07 Module Three Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 03.08 Module Three Assessment
Module 04: Exploration
- 04.00 Module Four Pretest
- 04.01 Unknown Words: What's in that?
- 04.02 Text Features: Where does my food come from?
- 04.03 Text Features: What's in that?
- 04.04 Identify Author's Purpose: Farmers Do Good Work
- 04.05 Module Four Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 04.06 Module Four Assessment
Module 05: Recognizing Differences
- 05.00 Module Five Pretest
- 05.01 Words And Phrases: Stuck In A Tree
- 05.02 Details To Support: Maddie Has A Little Lamb
- 05.03 Compare Stories: Cinderella Stories
- 05.04 Contrast Stories: Cinderella Stories
- 05.05 Compare And Contrast Versions: Jack And The Beanstalk
- 05.06 Module Five Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 05.07 Module Five Assessment
Module 06: Humanity
- 06.00 Module Six Pretest
- 06.01 Author's Point And Reasons: Apache Symbols
- 06.02 Images And Text: The Cherokee People
- 06.03 Compare Texts: Cree And Iowa People
- 06.04 Contrast Texts: Cree And Iowa People
- 06.05 Compare And Contrast: Mohawk And Chippewa Lives
- 06.06 Module Six Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 06.07 Module Six Assessment
Module 07: Citizenship
- 07.00 Module Seven Pretest
- 07.01 Recounting Stories: The Three Gote Kids
- 07.02 Recounting Stories: The Peacock's Complaint
- 07.03 Recounting Stories: The City Mouse And The Country Mouse
- 07.04 Characters And Challenges: The Lion And The Mouse
- 07.05 Module Seven Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 07.06 Module Seven Assessment
Module 08: Survival
- 08.00 Module Eight Pretest
- 08.01 Main Topic: Houses In The Great Plains
- 08.02 Connections In Events: Polar Explorers
- 08.03 Connections In Events And Research: Huts In Tanzania
- 08.04 Research And Point of View: Multiple Texts
- 08.05 Conducting Research: Making A Text
- 08.06 Sharing Information: Multiple Texts
- 08.07 Module Eight Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 08.08 Module Eight Assessment
Module 09: Discoveries
- 09.00 Module Nine Pretest
- 09.01 Information From Illustrations: The Tortoise And The Geese
- 09.02 Compare And Contrast: The Frog And The Geese
- 09.03 Rhythm And Meaning: The Hill In The Borough
- 09.04 Rhythm And Meaning: The Wandering Wind
- 09.05 Rhythm And Meaning: What The Rain Brings
- 09.06 Module Nine Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 09.07 Module Nine Assessment
Module 10: Gathering Research
- 10.00 Module Ten Pretest
- 10.01 Author's Point: Making The United States My Home
- 10.02 Compare And Contrast: Where I Belong
- 10.03 Research
- 10.04 Module Ten Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 10.05 Module Ten Assessment
Module 11: Imagination
- 11.00 Module Eleven Pretest
- 11.01 Characters' Responses: Finding Liberty
- 11.02 Recount Stories And Central Message: The Rainbow
- 11.03 Compare And Contrast: The Rainbow Serpent
- 11.04 Compare And Contrast: Huff And Puff
- 11.05 Point Of View: Three Little Pigs
- 11.06 Module Eleven Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 11.07 Module Eleven Assessment
Module 12: Making Connections
- 12.00 Module Twelve Pretest
- 12.01 Main Topic: Drought In The Wheat Fields
- 12.02 Make Connections: The Orange Harvest Crisis
- 12.03 Compare And Contrast: Crises In The Fields
- 12.04 Ask And Answer Questions: Peer Review
- 12.05 Module Twelve Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 12.06 Module Twelve Assessment
