We will work with elementary students on these skills
Reading
- Ask and answer questions about a text
- Use details to describe characters and settings
- Enrich vocabulary
- Identify the main topic of a paragraph (Grade 2)
- Describe cause and effect in a story (Grades 2 and 3)
- Identify central themes and messages in a text (Grade 3)
- Refer to text to specifically answer questions (Grade 4)
- Recognize the difference between firsthand and secondhand accounts (Grade 4)
Math
- Use addition and subtraction to solve word problems
- Count from 1-120 (Grade 1)
- Tell and write time (Grade 1)
- Understand place value (Grade 2)
- Solve word problems involving money (Grade 2)
- Draw bar graphs (Grade 2)
- Master basic multiplication and division (Grades 3 and 4)
- Develop understanding of fractions (Grade 3)
- Understand multi-digit multiplication and division (Grade 4)
- Classify geometric figures (Grade 4)
- Understand area and volume (Grade 5)
- Use order of operations (Grade 5)
Writing
- Write informative/explanatory texts
- Focus on a topic and respond to a question
- Create an organization structure from which to draw ideas (Grades 3, 4, 5)
- Provide a concluding statement (Grades 3, 4, 5)
- Develop the topic with facts and details (Grades 3, 4, 5)
- Use dialogue and setting when writing a fictional piece
- Use age-specific vocabulary
