speaking, listening, and viewing.
Within Language Arts all grades will follow a similar weekly schedule in order to maintain routine, aid organization and provide students with a clear sense of progression in their own studies.
Monday: Creative Writing, 'Free-Read' and Spellings.
Tuesday: Literacy, reading and writing strategies, oral language and word study skills.
Wednesday: Spelling, Grammer and Punctuation use.
Thursday: Spelling, Grammer and Punctuation use.
Friday: Multimedia studies, film, audio and novel analysis.
All students will be tested throughout the academic year a total of three times using the CTBS tests to establish current levels in both Vocabulary and Comprehension. The tests will be administered in class during fall, mid-year and spring; providing both staff and parents a grade equivalent level to chart progress and differentiate provision for individual learners.
All grades will complete an end of year exam. ( Grade 6 will have PAT exams counted towards this due to the added pressure of having these exams this year!)
This exam will stand as 25% along with the three term average.
To accompany these levels and reflect progress throughout the year students will be given a report grade broken down in to the following:
Homework: 20%
Classwork: 20%
Unit Tests, exams/ Quizes: 50%
Group work, Oral Skills, discussion and listening skills: 10%
All grades will complete an end of year exam. ( Grade 6 will have PAT exams counted towards this due to the added pressure of having these exams this year!)
This exam will stand as 25% along with the three term average.
To accompany these levels and reflect progress throughout the year students will be given a report grade broken down in to the following:
Homework: 20%
Classwork: 20%
Unit Tests, exams/ Quizes: 50%
Group work, Oral Skills, discussion and listening skills: 10%
A+ 90-100
A 85-89
A- 80-84
B+ 77-79
B 73-76
B- 70-72
C+ 67-69
C 63-66
C- 60-62
D+ 57-59
D 53-56
D- 50-52
F+ 42-49
F 35-41
F- 0-34
Grade 5:
Grade 5 at a glance:
http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/english/programs.aspx
Grade 5 at a glance:
http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/english/programs.aspx
Novel Study this year:
Coraline, Neil Gaiman.
"Coraline is the kind of girl who, when told to stay away from the old well in the garden, spends days searching for it just so she can stay away from it properly. She lives a humdrum life with parents who are rather more interested in their work than in their daughter. So when Coraline finds a mysterious door in the drawing room opening on to a brick wall, and when she is warned never to go through that door, well . . . Coraline is a curious child. On the other side of the door she finds her "other" mother, taller and thinner than the real one, with hooked red nails, and she finds her creepy "other" father, whose eyes are black buttons just like those of his wife. The two "other" parents want nothing more than to keep Coraline with them, sew button eyes over her real ones, and stay together as a loving family for ever after. Enchanting and creepy by turns, Coraline is a very grown-up fairy tale for all ages, a story that reads as if Alice's Adventures in Wonderland had been rewritten by Lemony Snicket in a particularly dark and twisted mood"
http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/english/programs.aspx
Novel Study:
'Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh'
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma. And Mrs. Frisby in turn renders them a great service.
Novel Study:
'Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh'
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma. And Mrs. Frisby in turn renders them a great service.
Grade 7:
Grade 7 at a glance:
http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/english/programs.aspx
Grade 7 at a glance:
http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/english/programs.aspx
Novel Study:
'Anne Frank, Diary of a young Girl'
Anne’s diary begins on her thirteenth birthday, June 12, 1942, and ends shortly after her fifteenth. At the start of her diary, Anne describes fairly typical girlhood experiences, writing about her friendships with other girls, her crushes on boys, and her academic performance at school. Because anti-Semitic laws forced Jews into separate schools, Anne and her older sister, Margot, attended the Jewish Lyceum in Amsterdam.
Grade 8:
At a glance:
http://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/english/programs.aspx
Novel Study- 'Lord of the Flies'
In the midst of a raging war, a plane evacuating a group of schoolboys from Britain is shot down over a deserted tropical island. Two of the boys, Ralph and Piggy, discover a conch shell on the beach, and Piggy realizes it could be used as a horn to summon the other boys. Once assembled, the boys set about electing a leader and devising a way to be rescued. They choose Ralph as their leader, and Ralph appoints another boy, Jack, to be in charge of the boys who will hunt food for the entire group.
In the midst of a raging war, a plane evacuating a group of schoolboys from Britain is shot down over a deserted tropical island. Two of the boys, Ralph and Piggy, discover a conch shell on the beach, and Piggy realizes it could be used as a horn to summon the other boys. Once assembled, the boys set about electing a leader and devising a way to be rescued. They choose Ralph as their leader, and Ralph appoints another boy, Jack, to be in charge of the boys who will hunt food for the entire group.
