Language Arts

ELEMENTARY
We look forward to enriching our language arts activities during the last quarter of the school year!
​Lower Elementary is having fun during language arts time working in their Explode the Code books and the Lexia iPad program to build foundational reading skills. They are also enjoying interactive read-aloud sessions. We read some fun books this week including The Little House and Snappy Town. 
Middle Elementary is focusing on mastering capitalization and punctuation in sentences, which is helping students strengthen their writing mechanics. Something new we learned was, idioms - phrases that don't mean what they literally say, they have a special meaning. One example they all seemed to know was, It's raining cats and dogs -i.e. There's heavy rainfall!  After brainstorming about other idioms, the students were able to match an idiom to the non-literal meaning, and even eventually create their very own!
Upper Elementary is selecting novels for in-class reading, and working on comprehension strategies, as well as practicing their paragraph writing.
– Adria Olson, Lower El Lead Teacher

HIGH SCHOOL
In High School English, we are in the process of finishing up our units on allegory in The Wizard of Oz and personification and imagery in the Wild Robot. Students are preparing to write expository and argumentative essays as a capstone project for the unit. Our seniors will also begin the exciting process of writing their graduation speeches – looking back on their time at Stanbridge and forward to the exciting new chapter ahead!
– Kantodeia Schnabel, High School English Teacher