COURSE OFFERINGS - GRADES 5-6 - Wednesdays - 5:30-6:30pm

Writing paragraphs is an important skill that is key to most writing forms. This course is for students who have begun to write paragraphs but still need to learn the skills to organize their thoughts, and elaborate on their ideas.

This course will cover:

-What is a paragraph?

-Writing paragraphs based on curriculum topics

-How to analyze paragraphs for meaning

-Writing a summary

 January 18, 25,  February 1, 8, 15, 22,  March 1, 8  

EARLY BIRD - before January 11, 2023 - $320

FULL PRICE - $440

THE KEYS TO BUILDING, READING AND WRITING "BIG" WORDS

Understanding morphology is the key to decoding, comprehension and spelling of words. Students will be introduced to bases, prefixes and suffixes of Latin and Greek origin. By “building” words we will   discover how to correctly spell many words in the English language. This knowledge will help students reduce spelling errors and guessing when it  comes to spelling multi-syllabic words. 

March 29, April 5, 12, 19, 26

EARLY BIRD - before March 1,  2023 - $200

FULL PRICE - $275

Writing Non-Fiction Texts

This course is designed for students that find writing a challenge. This course will support writing using topics in Science and Social Studies. We will cover three types of Non-Fiction texts:

Compare and Contrast

Problems and Solutions

Persuasive Writing

Students will read and analyze main features of each text type, identify key words and write examples of each text type using their own topics.

May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7

EARLY BIRD - before April 1,  2023 - $240

FULL PRICE - $330