Elementary English Language Arts Courses (Grades TK–6)
Themes (Threads) Emphasized

Grade Level
  TK K 1 2 3 4 5 6
  Integrated Language Arts Transitional Kindergarden Integrated Language Arts Kindergarden Integrated Language Arts Grade 1 Integrated Language Arts Grade 2 Integrated Language Arts Grade 3 Integrated Language Arts Grade 4 Integrated Language Arts Grade 5 Integrated Language Arts Grade 6
Reading Reading instruction includes:
  • Reading Standards for Literature (asking and answering questions, determining central ideas, story elements, understanding structure of stories, comparing and contrasting ideas across texts)
  • Reading Standards for Informational Text (determining main ideas, details, use of text features, structural features of text, comparing multiple text on same topic, finding evidence)
  • Language/Foundational Skills: word analysis, fluency, and systematic vocabulary development (concepts about print, phonemic awareness, decoding and word recognition, vocabulary, and concept development)
Reading instruction includes:
  • Reading Standards for Literature (close reading of complex text, determining theme, drawing inferences, comparing characters and themes across stories, reading a wide variety of grade level appropriate text from various genres)
  • Reading Standards for Informational Text (determining main idea and key details, describing relationships between events, using text features and structures, comparing ideas and points of view across texts, finding evidence)
  • Language/Foundational skills: word analysis, fluency, and systematic vocabulary development (word recognition, vocabulary, and concept development)
Writing Writing instruction includes:
  • Three types of writing: opinion, informative/explanatory, narrative
  • Revising with suggestions from peers and guidance from adults
  • Participation in short research projects
  • Written and oral English language conventions (sentence structure, capitalization, grammar, spelling, punctuation, evaluation, and revision)
 Writing instruction includes:
  • Three types of writing: argument/opinion, informative/explanatory, narrative
  • Planning, revising, and editing to develop and strengthen writing
  • Research projects
  • The use of technology for production and publication
  • Written and oral English language conventions (i.e., sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling)
Listening and Speaking Oral language instruction includes strategies for comprehending and applying increasingly sophisticated and varied forms of spoken language to communicate with a variety of audiences and for a variety of purposes. Oral language instruction includes strategies for comprehending, applying, and analyzing increasingly sophisticated and varied forms of spoken language (including oral media communication) to communicate with a variety of audiences and for a variety of purposes.