Language Arts

The Writing Curriculum focuses primarily on writing fictional narratives (i.e. imaginative stories) in Kindergarten through Grade 3, and expository selections in Grades 4 and 5.  In all cases, the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing) is central to the curriculum.  Students learn to evaluate and improve upon their ability to remain on topic (focus), organize their thoughts, and support their views through elaboration.
  
The Reading Curriculum is designed to develop in each student: 

• an enduring interest in and positive regard for reading.

• a broad vocabulary and the ability to identify and access the meaning of unfamiliar words. 

• the ability to construct and organize meaning from reading materials.

In each of the above areas, learning objectives become more sophisticated with progression through the grade levels.  Mastery of the learning objectives leads to successfully achieving these goals set forth in the West Hartford K-5 Writing / Reading Curriculum:

"The goals of the West Hartford Reading and Writing Programs reflect the district's commitment to help each student become a literate, thinking citizen who uses reading and writing as a means of gathering information and exploring different cultures, attitudes, and points of view, and as sources of enjoyment and relaxation.

"Therefore, the first goal of the West Hartford Reading and Writing Programs is to help each student become a self-directed, strategic reader and writer who determines a purpose for reading or writing a particular text, decides how to approach the task, monitors understanding, and regulates reading and writing behavior in order to guarantee understanding.  The second goal, no less important that the first, is to help each student become a life-long reader and writer."

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Dr. Nancy DePalma, Principal

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