Elementary English 1

Division:

Department:

Suggested Age:

8-9 years

• Basic competency in reading and handwriting
• Students working at approximately a 3rd or 4th grade level

Students in this stage are gaining confidence in both their reading and writing skills.  Students will be introduced to the basic rules of grammar through color-coding, write with a purpose, as well as spell and use meaningful vocabulary words.

Purpose

Students in this stage are gaining confidence in both their reading and writing skills. Students will be introduced to the basic rules of grammar through color-coding, write with a purpose, as well as spell and use meaningful vocabulary words.

Process

Basic Rules of Grammar

• Easy Grammar 3 Workbook is our primary grammar text

• Color-coding parts of speech assists students in comprehending sentence patterns that will carry over into their sentence writing skills

• Capitalization and punctuation practice

Compositions

• Engaging weekly one-paragraph compositions

• Topic sentence

• Concluding sentence

Spelling/Vocabulary Assignments

• Basic spelling rules: vowels, digraphs, diphthongs

• Meaningful vocabulary

Handwriting

• Scripture

• Dictation

Parental Responsibilities

Each week parents are asked to oversee the completion of assignments

• Easy Grammar

• Spelling/Vocabulary

• Weekly Writing Assignment to be sent to the teacher for grading

• Elementary English 1 Course Workbook by Wendy Walker (ODA Bookstore purchase)

• Easy Grammar Grade 3 Student Workbook by Wanda C. Phillips and/or

• Easy Grammar Grade 3 Teacher’s Edition by Wanda Phillips (this book contains the key AND student pages)