• Immerse in quality literature

• Read for pleasure and information

• Analyze, interpret, actively engage with text

• Expose to different authors’ styles

READING AND LITERATURE

WRITTEN LANGUAGE

• Process writing: drafting, conferencing, revising, editing, publishing

• Creative and expository writing

• Grammar, vocabulary, spelling

• Writing mechanics

• Historical perspective

• Geography and its influences on culture

• Integration with other curricular disciplines

• Values of tikkun olam and derekh eretz

• American holidays

SOCIAL STUDIES