![]() Texts: Open Court Collections for Young Scholars and other books. Where Go the Boats? - Robert Louis Stevenson There Once Was a Puffin - Florence Page Jaques The Land of Counterpane - Robert Louis Stevenson Read alouds include My Father’s Dragon (Books 1, 2& 3), The Little’s, The Adventures of Tumtum and Nutmeg, The Mouse and the Motorcycle. Discussion of plots, characters and settings. ![]() Introduction of different genres in literature. Texts: Collection of Young Scholars (Literature) & SRA Reading Mastery (Fluency) Whole Duty of Children - Robert Louis Stevenson The Three Little Kittens - Eliza Lee Cabot Follen ![]() ![]() ![]() Once I Saw a Little Bird - Old Nursery Rhyme Hurt No Living Thing - Christina Georgina Rossetti The study of great literature also fills the imaginations of our students with goodness, truth, and beauty, and they learn important lessons about life, history, nature, right and wrong, and good and evil. Students begin to understand and appreciate the author’s mastery of writing as a craft, and improve their own writing skills by imitating such excellent models of writing. Great literature is the foundation of a great Language Arts program.Reading and analysis of great literature, including poetry, improves reading skills, expands vocabulary, and cultivates learning in a variety of other ways. ![]()
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