ELA Instruction

ELA instruction is based around Reading, Writing, Speakin, Listening, and Language. These 5 components are naturally intertwined and thus, each year students are expected to have a more sophisticated grasp and understanding of each. The importance of these components is only amplified when considering how heavily aligned they are with other subjects such as science and history. At each grade level, the content for subjects such as science and history become more complex requiring higher levels of ELA skills. For example, a 5^th grade student must be able to read at a 5^th grade level in order to take what they read from 5^th grade history book and transfer it to paper or verbalize it in a presentation. Due to the increasing difficulty of other subjects, it seems a necessity that these ELA skills are challenged to improve at every grade level even through college.