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Language Arts 1

LA110

 Course ID

Language Arts 1

LA110

 Course ID

Grade 1 focuses on the development of comprehension skills by teaching a variety of strategies. Students progress in their reading comprehension through developing skills in retelling stories, identifying main idea and details, sequencing the order of events, cause and effect, comparing and contrasting, drawing conclusions and identifying story elements.

Students work on these skills through reading level-appropriate books in the classroom and at home as well as independently chosen books from both the classroom and school libraries.

Alongside their growing comprehension skills, students also learn strategies for decoding words with increasing complexity. Students develop their basic English and grammar skills through the context of writer’s workshop and explicit instruction on grammatical skills.