I am excited that God continually leads us and opens doors to provide even better instruction and opportunities for our students at PCA. Mrs. Dixon and Dr. Frase have approved an expansion of the M25 program for rising 5th and 6th grade students.
Starting in the 2018-2019 school year, I will offer an advanced, interdisciplinary language arts program, which will replace the regular language arts curriculum for identified M25 students. Because students identified for M25 services typically learn at a faster pace and need advanced content, this program will more appropriately meet their learning needs in the language arts area. The curriculum will be comprised of literature, writing, vocabulary, grammar (taught in the context of the literature and writing), and independent and small group projects. A large portion of the curriculum will be a unit written for high ability learners by The College of William and Mary Center for Gifted Education and published by Kendall Hunt. Parents will be responsible for purchasing a Wordly Wise vocabulary book and a student workbook that accompanies the unit (each book costs approximately $20). I will ensure students are covering skills and concepts taught in the regular curriculum by working with the language arts teacher to include these in my curriculum or show that students have already mastered them. Additionally, as with a regular class, students will be assigned homework.
5th and 6th graders will come in their same grade level group DURING their regularly scheduled language arts time on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays for approximately an hour.
I will assign reading, vocabulary and other relevant work for students to do independently on Mondays and Tuesdays in their regular class during the language arts period.
