Gerstell Academy A Co-Educational Independent College Preparatory Day School
Lower School Students

Lower School - Kindergarten Language Arts

The language arts program encompasses process and content; how we communicate as well as what we communicate. Process includes skills and strategies used in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and viewing. Content includes the ideas, themes, issues, problems, and conflicts found in classical and contemporary literature and other texts. Ideas, experiences, and cultural perspectives which helps our students shape their vision of the world.

Our curriculum, embodying these content standards, will ensure all students are literate and can engage successfully in reading, discovering, creating, and analyzing spoken, written, electronic, and visual texts which reflect multiple perspectives.

    • Phonics
    • Reading Fluency
    • Comprehension
    • Spelling
    • Handwriting
    • The Writing Process
      • Pre-writing
      • Drafting
      • Revising
      • Editing
      • Publishing
    • Listening/ Speaking
    • Literature
    • Viewing / Visual literacy

Leadership in Language Arts