• Know and apply the relationships among letters, sounds, word parts, and vocabulary as they become fluent, strategic, and independent readers.
• Read closely for complex ideas and information to make connections within and across texts.
• Question and synthesize information on a topic.
• Engage with a variety of texts and sources to spark interest and recognize the value of reading.
• Explore perspectives through texts and sources to foster cultural competency, global citizenship, and empathy.

• Know and apply the relationships among letters, sounds, word parts, and vocabulary as they become fluent, strategic, and independent writers.
• Communicate effectively based on purpose and audience using appropriate vocabulary and tone.
• Engage in the writing process to cultivate voice, style, and clarity.

Learning to read targets developing foundational literacy skills in the following components: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. This approach requires decoding and recognizing words. It also requires making meaning of the words, sentences and genres we hear and read.

Reading to learn promotes the application of effective strategies and skills to extract, analyze, and apply knowledge from a range of texts and sources enabling students to be self-directed, informed, and curious learners.

Learning to write is modeled and coached as a process where we provide feedback and guidance that focuses on organization, word choice, voice, and conventions of writing. It also requires segmenting words into components and applying learned spelling patterns.

Writing to communicate fosters effective expression to share ideas, connect with others, and impact society across visual, spoken, written, and multimodal contexts.