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Literacy at Montair

The discipline of English Language Arts (ELA) includes reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing. The core purpose of instruction in English Language Arts is to help students develop a wide repertoire of tools for communicating ideas, experiences, and perspectives, as well as the ability to interpret, analyze, and evaluate text across content area courses.

K to Grade 2 Phonics Curriculum

Amplify CKLA Skills: The K–2 literacy curriculum features phonics instruction which teaches all 44 sounds and their 150 spellings in a logical sequence that builds independence.

Scope and Sequence

K to Grade 8 Reading and Writing

Grades K–2 include one foundational unit and three other units to address reading fiction and informational texts. Grades 3–5 each include two units in reading fiction and two in reading informational texts.

The Middle School Units of Study series provides a coherent, systematic curriculum in the three types of writing mandated by CA State Standards—opinion/argument, information, and narrative writing.