• reads a variety of literary forms - fables, myths, fairy tales, folk tales, short stories, biographies, and autobiographies
• Accelerated Reading book reports- 3 mandatory (at student’s level)
• uses a variety of research materials
• varies reading speed based on type of reading material
• suffixes, prefixes and word meanings as related to parts of speech
• content clues
• vocabulary expansion
• making inferences
• cause/effect relationships
• main ideas and supporting detail
• drawing conclusions
• making, confirming, revising predictions
• distinguishes between important and unimportant facts
• identifies sequence of events

Writing/Communication

• uses literary elements - plot, settings, character development
• uses a variety of writing styles - exaggeration, figurative language, tone, connotation, and author language
• uses prewriting, first draft, revising, and final draft
• Six Traits of Writing
• narrative
• expository
• descriptive
• persuasive
• writing from a prompt
• letters
• book reports
• research papers
• class projects
• journals
• poetry
• summaries
• newspapers
• verbal presentations of projects

Math

• reading and interpreting graphs
• describing, displaying data
• use of large numbers and operation sense
• pre-algebra preparation
• decimals - addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
• standard and metric measurement
• polygons
• area, perimeter
• fractions - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• relationship between decimals and fractions
• mixed numbers - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

How Parents Can Help

• consider yourself a partner in your child’s education
• attend parent/teacher conferences
• attend school sponsored events
• help your child develop good study habits (this means NOT in front of the TV)
• have your child read at least 30 minutes each day
• check your child’s missing assignment list each week
• notify teacher/school if there are changes at home that might affect your child at school

 

The information provided here was taken from the Washington State Framework of Essential Learning Requirements (EALRs), distributed by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). This framework is the basis for which the WASL (Washington Assessment for Student Learning) tests academic progress at grades 4, 7, and 10. A complete listing of the EALRs is available for your viewing at the school office.