At Sacajawea, we teach English Language Arts using the following components:
- Spelling
- Reading fluency, accuracy and comprehension
- Writing for a variety of purposes: narrative, informational and opinion
- Differentiated instruction: teaching students at their current level as well as working to help them progress
- Student choice in writing topics
- Student choice in reading interests
- "Words Their Way" curriculum supports phonemic awareness and spelling proficiency
- The Daily Five: small group instruction, individual instruction and student choice
- Readers/Writers Workshop
- Global Reading Challenge for 4th and 5th grade students