What's New in Basic Skills

March into April: City Campus Grades K-5

It was so nice to see you at March conferences!

3rd Grade: Our third grade language arts group began Step 4 of the Wilson Reading System!  Students have been incorporating vowel-consonant-e syllables into longer words. Work with isolated syllables on “syllable frames” builds to words, wordlists, sentences, and passages in each lesson.  Two BSI sessions equals one Wilson Reading System lesson.  The students are applying what they learn to the reading of grade level nonfiction passages.

  Third grade math students have been practicing mixed skills from the school year such as multiplication, its application to area, perimeter, and finding equivalent fractions using fraction bars.

4th Grade: Our third grade language arts group completed Step 6 of the Wilson Reading System!  Students have been incorporating consonant-L-e syllables into longer words. Work with isolated syllables on “syllable frames” builds to words, wordlists, sentences, and passages in each lesson.  Two BSI sessions equals one Wilson Reading System lesson.  The students are applying what they learn to the reading of grade level nonfiction passages.

  Fourth grade math students have been practicing mixed skills from the school year such as adding and subtracting fractions with common denominators and solving multi step number stories. 

5th Grade LA: Our 5th grade readers have completed the first 20 units of the REWARDS program. They decode words up to 6 syllables by analyzing prefixes and suffixes and identifying vowel sounds in order to know how many syllables to decode. They have been applying academic vocabulary to nonfiction passages which also serve as a basis for comprehension and fluency practice.

5th Grade Math: Our sessions have been centered around support of in-class lesson topics for unit 6.  The most recent fifth grade content was creating line plots and working with decimal operations.