English Language Arts
English Language Arts
The goal of the Los Gatos Union School District English-Language Arts Program is that all students will have the knowledge, skills and attitudes that allow them to:
- speak with conviction and effect, listen with understanding and compassion,
- write with clarity and persuasion,
- read with comprehension and enthusiasm,
- develop a life-long love of reading,
- have confidence communicating through language and technology, and critically assess while accessing information with ease
Reading/Language Materials
- Core: National Geographic Reach For Reading Grades K-5; Amplify English Language Arts & Heinemann Units of Study, 6-8
- Supplemental: Leveled Readers, Grade K-6
Resource Links
- Learn My Letters
ABC alphabet and Phonic Awareness Practice
- Starfall
ABC alphabet, phonemic awareness & learning to read - Etymology Dictionary
Learn the history of a word and its meaning - Quotations
Use this topics directory to find quotations - EasyBib
Choose MLA style to cite websites - GrammarCheck.net
Enter your own spelling lists and practice
Library resources
- Los Gatos Library
- California Digital Library - Calisphere - Images
- Library of Congress
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