Language Arts
Read About Our Philosophy & Programs Below
Milestones in Reading
(K – 2nd Grade)
Milestones in Grammar
(3rd – 6th Grade)
Milestones in Writing
(7th – HS)
Our Early Reading Language Arts develops in students the desire to read through fun stories with vivid characters, hands-on activities and games, reading comprehension worksheets and games, worksheets that teach phonics, vocabulary, creative composition and writing, spelling, basic grammar, and handwriting and more within our program guides.
These programs focus heavily on developing reading comprehension and instilling a love for reading for all students. Along with the reading focus, students also learn all the other aspects of language arts.
Our Early Reading Language Arts are not divided by grade, as all students learn to read at different times and different rates. It’s our hope that the informative and lyrical titles given to our language arts programs would help parents place their students in our Early Reading Programs.
What makes our Early Language Arts Uniquely WP?
- Yearly Storyline & Theme
Our Early Learning Language Arts has one linear storyline beginning in Letters to Little Words and
ending in Readers to Real Books. Each week students will join curious critters like Mac, Acorn and Dash
and Scoot! Adventures and danger is never far away! - Write-In Readers
Once students learn to read, we begin to use our write-in readers. These books feature reading,
phonics, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and reading comprehension all together in one resource. This
makes it so easy for the parents! These readers present each day’s concepts to the student (with
parental supervision). - Weekly Phonics Focus
Each week, the student will have one phonics concept focus. These can be anything from vowels to
phonograms to word endings. This focus will be linked in their reading, spelling and vocabulary, which
rapidly increases decoding skills and builds strong skills in reading comprehension. - Hands-On Activities & Games
All of our Early Reading Programs have games and activities scheduled to reinforce the weekly phonics
focus. As the students progress, these fun games will help them with spelling and word families, too.
Download Our Early Language Arts Placement Evaluation Form (K – 6th)
Our 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade language arts programs focus heavily on laying a solid foundation in all grammar concepts. Our desire with these programs is to see that kids truly understand grammar concepts and become adept in using them as well. Students will enjoy discovering grammar with Scout, solving mysteries and digging up clues with Cliff, and fighting off alien invaders in our LA 6 program.
What Makes Our Middle Grade Language Arts Uniquely WP?
- Yearly Storyline & Theme
Each of our Middle Grade Language Arts has a storyline and theme that make learning grammar fun!
Mischievious Scout tries to stay out of trouble as he learns about grammar in LA 3 & 5. Cliff uses his
skills with grammar to solve intriguing mystieries in LA 4. And in LA 6, aliens invade and try to disrupt
our language with diffi cult and confusing spelling words. - Student Workbooks
Our Student Workbooks include grammar, handwriting practice, cursive writing instruction, and
weekly writing ideas. (Spelling and vocabulary is covered in other workbooks scheduled in the program.) - Theme-Linked Writing Assignments & Independent Reading
Our middle grade language arts are cross-curricularly linked with our themed programs. This means
that each week the student will choose the writing idea suggested in their workbooks that coordinate
with their study — such as: “American Story 1,” “American Story 2,” “Children Around the World,”
“Adventures in the Sea & Sky,” “Quest for the Ancient World,” and “Quest for the Middle Ages.”
Our LA programs also schedule independent reading that is linked to our themed programs. You can
also purchase reader questions to go along with the reader set of your choice.
Our junior high and high school language arts programs develop writing, word pictures and usage, creative writing, and evaluating literature.
What Makes Our Later Language Arts Uniquely WP?
- Writing Principles Notebook
Beginning in 7th grade, students will begin assembling a Writing Skills Notebook from resources within each of our Jr./Sr. guides. This notebook will help them as they develop their writing and later serve as a reference tool. Each year they will add new material they’ve learned, and build from that to increase their writing ability. One year they will assemble information about the writing process for a persuasive paper, another year they would add words that describe or are related to a storm, another year they may take notes about how to develop vivid characters, and yet another year they may add notes on building and describing a setting in a story. This resource will also become a personal dictionary of words and their meanings taken from a student’s spelling list and weekly vocabulary. - Developing Creative Writing
From 5th grade onward, students are working toward learning to develop their creative writing. First they learn how to write different types of paragraphs, then move into using captivating words in 6th grade. In 7th grade, they master the writing process and how to write informational papers, persuasive essays, personal narratives, fi ctional narratives, and process writing. In 8th grade they learn to construct engaging plotlines. Beginning in high school, students return to wordsmithing. They increase their skills using words to create a realistic setting and creating believable, interesting characters. This focus on creative writing and word usage will equip your student to be a better essay writer. They will readily understand what authors are trying to communicate, and understand how they themselves are communicating in both non-fiction and fiction writing. This will be of great use in a college setting. - Theme-Linked Writing Assignments & Independent Reading
Similar to our middle grade programs, our older language arts programs also have theme-linked independent reading and writing suggestions. We offer writing assignments and literature sets that connect with “American History,” “Quest for the Ancient World,” and “Quest for the Middle Ages.” A set of in-depth questions is available for each literature set that gets students really thinking about what they’ve read. Students are asked to respond and critically think about the events in the books they read and the choices key characters made.
