The study of language arts at Solomon Schechter Day School provides students with a wide variety of reading, writing, listening, and speaking opportunities that lead to critical thinking, self-awareness, and a passion to improve the world.

Language Arts education at Solomon Schechter Day School

• Is research-based
• Uses exploration and discovery to foster active learning and acquisition of skills
• Promotes a life-long love of reading and writing
• Includes focus on the core language arts areas including: reading a variety of literary works with understanding and fluency; writing to communicate for a variety of purposes; listening and speaking effectively in a variety of situations; and locating, organizing, and using information from a variety of sources to answer questions, solve problems, and communicate ideas
• Focuses on skill and strategy development
• Exposes students to a variety of genres and writing styles
• Provides students with opportunities to write for a variety of purposes including: narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive
• Is enhanced through special visits with leading authors and illustrators
• Is embedded across all content areas
• Integrates music, art, and Judaic Studies

Our student readers, writers, and communicators grow in their ability to:

• Read with fluency
• Build their vocabulary
• Make oral presentations with confidence
• Effectively use the language rules relating to spelling, grammar, and punctuation
• Write for a variety of purposes
• Improve their proficiency in using the traits of exemplary writing including: ideas, organization, word choice, author’s voice, sentence fluency, and conventions in their written work
• Use comprehension strategies including:
  • Analyzing characters and story elements
  • Comparing and contrasting
  • Drawing conclusions
  • Identifying cause and effect
  • Identifying main idea and supporting details
  • Identifying sequence of events
  • Making inferences and predictions
  • Summarizing information
  • Analyzing text structure and organization
  • Using graphic features to interpret information
  • Using text features to locate information
  • Evaluating author’s purpose
  • Distinguishing and evaluating fact and opinion
  • Interpreting figurative language
  • Making judgments             

Grade level scope and sequences are available upon request.