The Aim of English Language Arts: On acquiring language and literacy skills through listening, speaking, viewing, and representing, as well as reading and writing. (source: English Language Arts, Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth, English Language Arts Curriculum Overview) The six major Language Arts Strands:   - reading - writing - speaking - viewing - representing - listening Main Strategies: 1.  Writing Guided Writing:   - Students will learn to improve their sentence and paragraph writing by using "Sentence Openers" and "Enhancers". Grammar: - Students will receive regular, formal grammar lessons. Penmanship: - Students will receive penmanship lessons. Spelling:   - Students will usually accomplish one unit each week, beginning with a unit introduction on Mondays, then an assignment, review, and a test on Fridays. 2.  Reading   Novel study: - At least two novels ("Kidnapped in the Yukon", "Bridge to Terabithia") Other Reading Material: -  Stories from our reader and from other sources - Reading Journal time -  Poetry -  Literature Circles 3.  Listening/Speaking/Representing/Viewing - Students will participate in TUSC ("Terrifically Unique Speaking Club") which will be presented 4 - 6 times during the year - "ICT" (Information and Communication Technology) projects presented using "Powerpoint", "Kidspiration", "ePearl", "Photo Story 3", Internet, scanner, digital camera, "SMART Board", etc. through the year.     - Students will complete assignments like a "Historica" Project. - Students will listen as the teacher (and others) read good literature, representing various genres, to the class.