Ryan Pickett, Teacher
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Reading 5th – 6th grade students work on the following in Reading: •Active Reading Strategies: • Making Text-Self, Text-Text, Text to World Connections •Questioning, Making Predictions •Exploring Text Structures •Analyzing Story Elements • Making Inferences •Analyzing Point of View •Making Character Analyses •Main Idea and Supporting Details •Improving Vocabulary •Working with Context clues to define unknown words •Analyzing Prefixes and Suffixes •Exploring Different Genres and Sub-Genres •Fairy Tales •Realistic Fiction •Mystery •Fantasy •Narrative Nonfiction •Biography
Departmental Writing 5th- 8th Grades •Students will learn grammar rules and work with the various parts of speech: •Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions •Students will learn correct punctuation for sentences •Students will learn how to organize, draft, edit, and revise essays •Students will learn to write descriptively using “Show Don’t Tell Writing” •Students will explore various styles of writing including: •Narrative Writing •Writing their own fairy tales •Writing about a time that they overcame a struggle •Writing a narrative history of a Grandparent • Persuasive Essays •Expository Writing Including: •Various Black History Month Themed Writing • Writing to Compare and Contrast •Students will conduct a research paper and write a biography about a historical figure •Students will learn the Components of a Letter and write each style of letter • Friendly, Business, Thank you, Invitation •Students will learn to informational for technology mediums including PowerPoint and create multimedia presentations
Departmental History 5th – 8th Grades •Students will explore the reasons and history of colonization •Students will explore early American History including Colonization and the Revolutionary War •Students will learn to analyze maps and geographical features •Students will analyze current events and engage in discussions about various news topics CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran School exists to bring children to know Jesus Christ through (1) His Creation, (2) His Son, Jesus Christ and (3) His Holy Word, through the Bible. Biblical stories are taught that stress that Jesus wants us to be a sharing, loving, caring and forgiving community of Christians. Our Christian Education classes are based on the teachings and practices from the Holy Bible. We believe in God, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The purpose of Christian education is to help direct the process of human development towards God’s objective for man; 2 Timothy 3:17 King James Version (KJV) 17 “That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” |