At RMS reading and language art classes are divided into two classes. This was done to help focus on the skills needed for the state assessments taken in the spring. In class we focus on three to four novels per grade level. Focus is placed on literary elements (plot, conflict, setting) and literary devices (simile, metaphor, idiom) while reading these novels. Study Island, formative tests and daily assignments help us to prepare for the standards that are to be tested. Last nine weeks we move into our literature series focusing of different genres of literature.
