English Language Arts
The English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum encourages growth in all students as readers, writers, listeners and speakers. Through integrated lessons, children make connections between reading, writing, vocabulary and spelling -- while acquiring strategies like selecting relevant facts, formulating thought-provoking questions and organizing knowledge to meet specific goals. Rich and diverse literature, targeted to different reading levels, allows students to acquire fluency so they may read with adequate speed, accuracy and expression.
2021 Reading Olympics
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2020 Summer Reading Lists
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- Entering Grade 1 Recommended Summer Reading List
- Entering Grade 2 Recommended Summer Reading List
- Entering Grade 3 Recommended Summer Reading List
- Entering Grade 4 Required Summer Reading List
- Entering Grade 4 Recommended Summer Reading List
- Entering Grade 5 Required Summer Reading List
- Entering Grade 5 Recommended Summer Reading List
- Entering Grade 6 Required Summer Reading List
- Entering Grade 7 Required Summer Reading List
- Entering Grade 8 Required Summer Reading List
- Entering Grade 9 Summer Reading List
- Entering Grade 10 Summer Reading List
- Entering Grade 11 Summer Reading List
- Entering Grade 12 Summer Reading List
- PWHS Core Titles English Language Arts 2020-2021