- Silent and oral reading
- Choral reading
- Listening skills
- Telephone skills
- Making and accepting simple social introductions
- Summarizing simple information
- Listening to literature
- Critical reading
- Short stories, chapter books, poetry, plays
- Spelling
- Increasing dictionary skills
- Cursive handwriting
- Simple outlining
- Writing letters and informal notes
- Written and oral book reports
- Creative writing
- Developing skills in locating information
- Increasing indexing skills
- Developing encyclopedia skills
- Utilizing parts of a newspaper
Annotated links for the typical course of study for to help you cover each topic and check mastery of that skill. This is a work in progress that I assume will take a while to complete. I will be adding links and pages periodically.
Course of Study by Grade Level
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