Schoolio's Scope & Sequence

A program’s Scope & Sequence is the concepts taught and the order they are taught in.

Schoolio is highly customizable, allowing you to control the courses your child takes, as well as the ability to skip lessons, add your own lessons, and reorder lessons within those courses.

Below is the default Scope & Sequence for Schoolio Math and Language Arts if used without alterations or customizations. 

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Schoolio Mathematics

1st Grade

Number Sense & Numeration Skills

  • Counting to 50
  • Composing and Decomposing Numbers
  • Comparing Number Values
  • Ordering Numbers
  • Counting By 10s
  • Counting By 5s
  • Counting By 2s
  • Fair Sharing
  • Fair Sharing with Leftovers
  • Halves
  • Fourths/Quarters
  • Unit Fractions
  • Commutative Property in Addition
  • Fact Families
  • Addition to Sums of 20
  • Subtraction from Sums of 20
  • Addition of Doubles
  • Addition to Sums of 50
  • Two-Digit Addition with Carrying Over
  • Two-Digit Subtraction with Borrowing
  • Estimating in Addition and Subtraction
  • Introduction to Basic Multiplication Concepts
  • Introduction to Basic Division Concepts

Geometry & Spatial Reasoning Skills

  • Identifying 2D Shapes
  • Identifying 3D Shapes
  • Defining vs Non-Defining Attributes
  • Constructing 3D Objects
  • Shapes in Life and Nature
  • Symmetry in 2D Shapes
  • Symmetry in 3D Shapes
  • Positional Language
  • Following Directions
  • Giving Directions
  • Length
  • Mass
  • Capacity
  • Angles
  • Reading a Calendar: Months and Days
  • Using a Calendar: Counting Days and Scheduling
  • Seasons in Relation to Calendars

Algebra, Patterning & Coding Skills

  • Introduction to Patterns
  • Pattern Cores and Simple Patterns
  • Continuing Patterns
  • Completing Patterning Blanks
  • Creating Patterns
  • Predicting Patterns
  • Quantities
  • Equalities and Inequalities
  • Introduction to Equivalencies
  • Introduction to Coding
  • Sequential Coding Basics

Data Management & Probability Skills

  • Introduction to Data and Tallying
  • Sorting Data By Attributes
  • Collecting Data
  • Assessing Collected Data
  • Concrete Graphs
  • Pictographs
  • Ordering Data
  • Reading Data
  • Drawing Conclusions from Data and Graphs
  • Introduction to Probability Terms

Financial Literacy & Money Sense Skills

  • Coin Names
  • Notation
  • Comparing Coin Values
  • Adding Coins
  • Shopping with Coins
  • Bill Recognition and Attributes
  • Adding Bills
  • Shopping with Bills
  • Using Bills and Coins Together

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2nd Grade

Number Sense & Numeration Skills

  • Counting to 200
  • Composing and Decomposing Numbers to 200
  • Comparing Values of Whole Numbers to 200
  • Ordering Numbers to 200
  • Estimating Collections of Objects
  • Skip Counting by 20
  • Skip Counting by 25
  • Skip Counting by 50
  • Even and Odd
  • Fair Sharing
  • Reviewing Fractions
  • One Piece and Two Pieces
  • Adding and Subtracting Facts to 20
  • Subtracting Skills
  • Getting Faster with Addition and Subtraction to 20
  • Addition to 200
  • Subtracting Larger Numbers
  • Groups
  • Groups of Fractions
  • Dividing as Sharing

Geometry & Spatial Reasoning Skills

  • Sort and Compare 2D Shapes
  • Lines of Symmetry
  • Composing and Decomposing 2D Shapes
  • Congruency
  • Interpreting Maps
  • Creating a Map
  • Measuring a Map
  • Inches and Feet
  • Centimetres and Metres
  • Measuring with a Ruler
  • Drawing Lengths
  • Seconds, Minutes, and Hours
  • Duration

Algebra, Patterning & Coding Skills

  • Patterns and Cores
  • Pattern Attributes
  • Mixing Attributes
  • Patterns in Real Life
  • Pattern Sequences
  • Growing Patterns
  • Shrinking Patterns
  • Patterns with Whole Numbers Up to 100
  • Symbols
  • Equivalency
  • Intro to Coding
  • Sequential Coding
  • Concurrent Events

Data Management & Probability Skills

  • Sorting Attributes
  • Sorting Data Into Tables
  • Venn Diagrams
  • Carroll Diagrams
  • Collecting Data
  • Displaying Data
  • Review Concrete Graphs and Pictographs
  • Line Plots
  • Bar Graphs
  • The Mode
  • Using Modes
  • Analyzing Data
  • Making Predictions
  • Predicting Likelihoods Across Groups

Financial Literacy & Money Sense Skills

  • Review Coins
  • Review Bills
  • Notation
  • Counting Money with Coins
  • Counting Money with Bills
  • Counting Coins and Bills
  • Making Values in Different Ways
  • Paying with Cash
  • Making Change
  • Shopping Trip

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3rd Grade

Number Sense & Numeration Skills

  • Read and Represent Numbers to 1000
  • Compare Numbers to 1000
  • Ordering Numbers to 1000
  • Rounding
  • Skip Counting
  • Place Values to 1000
  • Fair Sharing
  • Reviewing Fractions
  • Equivalent Fractions
  • Strategies for Mental Math: Estimating
  • Strategies for Mental Math: Rounding
  • Strategies for Mental Math: Dropping Zeros
  • Adding and Subtracting: Concrete Algorithm
  • Adding and Subtracting: Stacked
  • Adding and Subtracting: Decomposing
  • 0s and 1s Times Tables
  • 2s Times Tables
  • 10s Times Tables
  • Multiplying Other Numbers
  • Related Division Facts
  • Dividing Using Groups
  • Dividing Using Arrays
  • Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
  • Repeated Addition of Unit Fractions
  • Ratios
  • Scaling Up Ratios

Geometry & Spatial Reasoning Skills

  • Identify and Sort 3D Shapes
  • Faces, Edges, and Vertices
  • Composing and Decomposing 3D Shapes
  • Congruency
  • Giving and Following Directions
  • Perimeters
  • Area of Shapes
  • Measuring Area
  • Yards and Miles
  • Millimetres and Kilometres
  • Capacity
  • Mass
  • Telling Time- Digital
  • Telling Time- Analog

Algebra, Patterning & Coding Skills

  • Identify and Describe Pattern Elements
  • Patterns in Real Life
  • Creating Patterns
  • Translating Patterns
  • Pattern Rules
  • Predicting and Extending Patterns
  • Identifying Missing Elements
  • Patterns that Illustrate Relationships
  • Variables
  • Variable in Various Contexts
  • Determining Equivalency
  • Identifying and Using Equivalent Relationships
  • Intro to Coding
  • Sequential Coding
  • Concurrent Events
  • Repeating Code

Data Management & Probability Skills

  • Sorting by Attributes
  • Sorting Data Into Tables
  • Venn Diagrams
  • Carroll Diagrams
  • Tree Diagrams
  • Collecting Data
  • Displaying Data
  • Displaying Data in Pictographs
  • Bar Graphs
  • Review of Mode
  • Finding the Mean
  • Identifying and Using Means
  • Analyzing Data
  • Probability
  • Making Predictions

Financial Literacy & Money Sense Skills

  • Money and Notation
  • What Is on Our Bills?
  • What Makes Money Valuable?
  • Counting Coins
  • Counting Coins and Bills
  • Making Change
  • Grocery Store Game
  • Other Methods of Payment
  • Comparing Methods of Payment
  • Saving Money

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4th Grade

Number Sense & Numeration Skills

  • Composing and Decomposing
  • Place Value
  • Rounding
  • Adding and Subtracting
  • Numerators and Denominators
  • Introductory Fractions
  • More Fractions
  • Counting By Fractions
  • Decimal Tenths
  • Rounding Decimals
  • Adding and Subtracting Decimal Tenths
  • Review of Multiplication Facts
  • Commutative Properties
  • Three Times Tables
  • Four Times Tables
  • Five Times Tables
  • Nine Times Tables
  • Sixes, Sevens, and Eights
  • Division of Related Facts
  • Multiplication and Division
  • Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100, and 1000
  • Multiplying By 2-Digit Numbers Using Arrays
  • Multiplying By 2-Digit Numbers Using Long Multiplication
  • Multiplying By 3-Digit Numbers Using Your Favourite Way
  • Fast Division Facts
  • Long Division
  • Practice
  • Long Division- When It Won’t Fit
  • Long Division- What If There are Leftovers?
  • Three Digit Long Division

Geometry & Spatial Reasoning Skills

  • Introduction to Angles
  • Properties of Rectangles
  • Measuring Area of a Rectangle
  • Review of Measuring Area
  • Measuring Mass
  • Measuring Capacity
  • Review of Measuring Mass and Capacity
  • Time
  • Introduction to a Cartesian Plane
  • Translations
  • Reflections

Algebra, Patterning & Coding Skills

  • Repeating and Growing Patterns
  • Patterns in Real Life
  • Pattern Rules
  • Putting Patterns into Tables
  • More Pattern Practice
  • Variables
  • Math in Various Contexts
  • Inequalities: Addition and Subtraction
  • Inequalities on a Number Line
  • Sequential Coding
  • Concurrent Events in Coding
  • Repeating Code
  • Nesting Code

Data Management & Probability Skills

  • Qualitative and Quantitative Data
  • Frequency Tables
  • Stem and Leaf Plots
  • Graphs
  • Introducing Mean, Median, and Mode
  • Mean Practice
  • Median and Mode Practice
  • Putting Data into Graphs
  • Probability
  • Probability Lines

Financial Literacy & Money Sense Skills

  • Methods of Payment
  • Cash vs Debit Transactions
  • Credit Cards
  • Purchasing
  • Earning and Spending
  • Saving, Investing, and Donating
  • Spending and Saving
  • Finding the Best Price

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5th Grade

Number Sense & Numeration Skills

  • Composing and Decomposing Numbers
  • Place Value to 100,000
  • Rounding to Hundreds
  • Equivalent Fractions
  • Improper Fractions
  • Mixed Number Fractions
  • Comparing Fractions
  • Decimal Hundredths
  • Rounding Decimals Hundredths
  • Converting Fractions to Percentages
  • Properties in Operations
  • Review of Multiplying 0–12
  • Inverse Operations and Relationships
  • Multiplying and Dividing by 0.1 and 0.01
  • Estimating Sums and Differences
  • Adding and Subtracting with Decimal Hundredths
  • Adding and Subtracting Fractions
  • Multiplying Using the Area Model
  • Multiplying Using Procedural Methods
  • Long Division
  • Long Division with Remainders
  • Multiplying Whole Numbers and Fractions
  • Dividing Whole Numbers and Fractions
  • Ratios & Rates
  • Equivalent Ratios & Rates

Geometry & Spatial Reasoning Skills

  • Triangle Characteristics
  • Triangle Types
  • Drawing Techniques
  • Congruent Techniques
  • Three Dimensional Shapes
  • Cartesian Plane
  • Geometric Transformation
  • Units of Measurement
  • Converting Measurements
  • Angles
  • Protractors
  • Benchmark Angles
  • Area of Parallelograms
  • Area of Triangles
  • Different Shapes and Calculating Area

Algebra, Patterning & Coding Skills

  • Repeating Patterns
  • Growing Patterns
  • Shrinking Patterns
  • Translating Patterns into Tables of Values and Graphs
  • Extending and Predicting Patterns
  • Variables and Expressions
  • Evaluating Algebraic Expressions
  • Solving Algebraic Equations
  • Graphing Inequalities
  • Solving Algebraic Inequalities
  • Sequential Coding
  • Concurrent Events in Coding
  • Repeating code
  • Nesting Code
  • Conditional Statements in Code
  • Reading and Alerting Code
  • Using Mathematical Models

Data Management & Probability Skills

  • Sample Types and Sampling Techniques
  • Data Collection
  • Relative Frequency Tables
  • Graph Basics
  • Pictographs
  • Line Plots
  • Bar Graph Varieties
  • Infographics
  • Mean
  • Median
  • Mode
  • Misleading Graphs and Data
  • Graph Representation
  • Probability
  • Using Probabilities

Financial Literacy & Money Sense Skills

  • Types of Money Transfers
  • Estimating Sales Tax
  • Calculating Exact Sales Tax
  • Making Change
  • Budgets
  • Credit
  • Debt
  • Unit Rates
  • Types of Government Taxes

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6th Grade

Number Sense & Numeration Skills

  • The Millions Place
  • Integers
  • Comparisons with Integers
  • Comparing Fractions and Integers
  • The Thousandth Place
  • Rounding Decimals
  • Converting Decimals to Fractions
  • Equivalencies
  • Order of Operations
  • Divisibility Rules
  • Percent Strategy
  • Estimating Sums and Differences
  • Adding and Subtracting Decimal Thousandths
  • Adding and Subtracting Fractions
  • Factor Trees
  • Multiplying Decimals with Area Model
  • Long Hand Multiplication and Decimals
  • Long Division and Decimals
  • Long Division, Decimals, Remainders
  • Multiplying Whole Numbers and Proper Fractions
  • Dividing Whole Numbers and Fractions
  • Decimal Dividends
  • Check Division Answers
  • Ratios and Rates
  • Three Term Ratio

Geometry & Spatial Reasoning Skills

  • Defining Geometric Properties
  • Lines of Symmetry
  • Order of Rotational Symmetry
  • Quadrilaterals
  • 3D Objects
  • Cartesian Plane
  • Transformations
  • Converting Measurements
  • Angles
  • Properties of Angles
  • Indirect Measurements
  • Area Review
  • Area of a Trapezoid
  • Prisms and Pyramids
  • Surface Areas of a 3D Shapes

Algebra, Patterning & Coding Skills

  • Pattern Review
  • Linear and Non-Linear Patterns
  • Translating Patterns Review
  • Translating to Equations
  • Pattern Rules
  • Algebraic Pattern Extensions
  • Relationships
  • Monomials
  • Evaluating Algebraic Expressions
  • Solving Algebraic Equations
  • Inequalities
  • Coding Terminology
  • Writing Efficient Code
  • Altering Code
  • Using Mathematical Models

Data Management & Probability Skills

  • Types of Data
  • Questions of Interest and Data Types
  • Questions of Interest and Data Collection
  • Continuous Data and Frequency Tables
  • Histograms
  • Broken-Line Graphs
  • Choosing Graphs
  • Infographics
  • Measures of Central Tendency
  • Range
  • Misleading Graphs
  • Probability
  • Theoretical Probability
  • Experimental Probability
  • Tree Diagrams

Financial Literacy & Money Sense Skills

  • Goods and Services
  • Methods of Payment
  • Types of Financial Goals
  • Financial Goals Time Frames
  • Setting Financial Goals
  • Barriers
  • Interest Rates: Loans
  • Interest Rates: Savings
  • Accounts
  • Distributing Finances

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7th Grade

Number Sense & Numeration Skills

  • Place Value to 1,000,000,000
  • Power of Tens
  • Square Roots
  • Ordering Rational Numbers
  • Equivalent Fractions
  • In Between Numbers
  • Rounding
  • Converting Decimals to Percentages
  • Converting Decimals to Fractions
  • Converting Fractions to Percentages
  • Exponents
  • Order of Operations
  • Everyday Numbers
  • Increasing and Decreasing Percentages
  • Adding and Subtracting Integers
  • Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
  • Greatest Common Factor
  • Lowest Common Multiple
  • Multiplying Fractions
  • Dividing Fractions
  • Multiplying Decimals with the Area Model
  • Multiplying Decimals Using Long Hand
  • Dividing Decimal Numbers
  • Proportional and Non-Proportional
  • Missing Proportions

Geometry & Spatial Reasoning Skills

  • Geometric Properties Review
  • Plane Symmetry
  • 3D Geometric Properties
  • Drawing Perspective 3D Shapes
  • Dilations
  • Transformation Review
  • Volume and Capacity
  • Converting Measurements Review
  • Perimeter, Area, and Volume
  • Circumference
  • Making Circles
  • Calculating the Area of a Circle
  • Surface Area of Cylinders
  • Volume of Prisms and Cylinders
  • Missing Measurements

Algebra, Patterning & Coding Skills

  • Pattern Review
  • Comparing Growing Patterns
  • Translating Patterns with Decimals
  • Translating into Equations with Decimals
  • Pattern Extensions
  • Relationships
  • Monomials
  • Evaluating Algebraic Expressions with Decimals
  • Solving Algebraic Equations- Balance Model
  • Solving Algebraic Equations- Reverse Flow Method
  • Solving and Graphing Inequalities
  • Writing Sub-Programs
  • Reading Code Outcomes
  • Altering Code
  • Using Mathematical Models

Data Management & Probability Skills

  • Differing Data Sets
  • Using Percentages in Data
  • Data Collection Review
  • Graph Review
  • Circle Graphs
  • Infographic Review
  • Changing Data Sets
  • Data Clusters
  • Misleading Graphs
  • Analyzing Graphs
  • Independent and Dependent Events
  • Tree Diagrams
  • Theoretical Probability
  • Experimental Probability

Financial Literacy & Money Sense Skills

  • Currency
  • Exchange Rates
  • Financial Goals
  • Reliable Sources
  • Budgets
  • A Household Budget
  • Influencing Factors
  • Borrowing Money
  • Saving and Investing Money
  • Comparing Interest Rates and Fees

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8th Grade

Number Sense & Numeration Skills

  • Scientific Notation: Large Numbers
  • Scientific Notation: Small Numbers
  • Real Number System
  • Square Roots
  • Estimating Square Roots
  • Converting Decimals, Fractions, and Percentages
  • Real Life Problem Solving
  • Order of Operations
  • Perfect Squares
  • Negative Squares
  • Adding and Subtracting Integers
  • Mixed and Improper Fractions
  • Adding and Subtracting Fractions
  • Multiplying Fractions
  • Multiplying Mixed Numbers with Area Model
  • Multiplying Mixed Numbers with Conversion
  • Dividing Fractions
  • Dividing Mixed Numbers
  • Dividing with the Same Denominator
  • Multiplying Integers
  • Dividing Integers
  • Proportional Situations
  • Writing Proportional Situations
  • Solving Unknowns in Proportions

Geometry & Spatial Reasoning Skills

  • Tessellations
  • Transforming Tessellations
  • Scales
  • Translations Mapping Rule
  • Reflections Mapping Rule
  • Rotations Mapping Rule
  • Dilations Mapping Rule
  • Large Numbers
  • Small Numbers
  • Angles
  • Using Transversal Lives
  • 2D Shapes
  • 3D Shapes
  • Pythagorean Theorem

Algebra, Patterning & Coding Skills

  • Pattern Review
  • Comparing Linear Patterns
  • Translating Patterns
  • Translating to Equations
  • Pattern Extensions
  • Adding and Subtracting Monomials
  • Adding and Subtracting Binomials
  • Evaluating Algebraic Expressions
  • Solving Algebraic Equations
  • Solving Inequalities
  • Coding Terminology
  • Flow Charts
  • Using Code to Solve Algebraic Expressions
  • Altering Code
  • Using Mathematical Models

Data Management & Probability Skills

  • One or Two Variables
  • Collecting Data
  • Graphs
  • Scatter Plots
  • Infographics
  • Positive or Negative Relationships
  • Trend Strength
  • Outliers
  • Misleading Graphs
  • Analyzing Graphs
  • Probability
  • Sample Space Diagrams
  • Venn Diagrams
  • Theoretical Probability
  • Experimental Probability

Financial Literacy & Money Sense Skills

  • Currency and Exchange Rates
  • Shopping Around the World
  • Financial Planning
  • Financial Considerations
  • Balanced Budgets
  • Fantasy Budget
  • Simple and Compound Interest
  • What is APR?
  • Being a Smart Consumer
  • Entrepreneurship

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Schoolio Language Arts

1st Grade

Writing Skills

  • Identification of Writing Types
  • Brainstorming and Drafting
  • Graphic Organization
  • Writing in Segments
  • Editing and Proofreading

Writing Styles

  • Simple Fiction
  • Book Reviews
  • Comic Strips
  • Instruction Manuals
  • Non-Fiction
  • Recipes
  • Persuasive Writing
  • Poetry
  • Autobiographies
  • Informal Letters

Literature Studies

  • Story Study - Comparing Versions of Fairy Tales
  • Author Study - Robert Munsch
  • Non-Fiction Books
  • Author Study - Julia Donaldson
  • Parts of a Story

Spelling Skills

  • Fry’s High-Frequency Word List
    • The First 100

Grammar Skills

  • Beginning and Ending Consonants Review
  • Short and Long Vowels Review
  • Capital Letters
  • Location Words
  • Common Nouns
  • Proper Nouns
  • Singular Nouns
  • Plural Nouns
  • Punctuation
  • Asking Sentences
  • Telling Sentences
  • Exclamatory Sentences
  • Verbs
  • Adjectives
  • Pronouns
  • Connecting Words
  • Articles
  • Subjects
  • The Verb “to be” & Helping Verbs
  • Word Order

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2nd Grade

Writing Skills

  • Identification of Writing Types
  • Brainstorming and Drafting
  • Graphic Organization
  • Writing in Segments
  • Editing and Proofreading

Writing Styles

  • Simple Fiction
  • Book Reviews
  • Comic Strips
  • Instruction Manuals
  • Non-Fiction
  • Recipes
  • Persuasive Writing
  • Poetry
  • Autobiographies
  • Informal Letters

Literature Studies

  • Story Study - Comparing Versions of Fairy Tales
  • Author Study - Jan Brett
  • Non-Fiction Books
  • Author Study- Mo Willems
  • Sequencing in Fiction

Spelling Skills

  • Fry’s High-Frequency Word List
    • The Second 100

Grammar Skills

  • Common Nouns
  • Proper Nouns
  • Plural Nouns
  • The Verb “To Be” & Helping Verbs
  • Past Tense Verbs
  • Present Tense Verbs
  • Was and Were
  • Adjectives
  • Prepositions
  • Punctuation
  • Subjects & Predicates
  • Subject Pronouns & Object Pronouns
  • Using “Not” and Negatives
  • Connecting Words
  • Articles
  • Telling Sentences
  • Asking Sentences
  • Exclamatory Sentences
  • Imperative Sentences

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3rd Grade

Writing Skills

  • Identification of Writing Types
  • Brainstorming and Drafting
  • Graphic Organization
  • Writing in Segments
  • Editing and Proofreading

Writing Styles

  • Simple Fiction
  • Book Reviews
  • Comic Strips
  • Instruction Manuals
  • Non-Fiction
  • Recipes
  • Persuasive Writing
  • Poetry
  • Informal Letters

Literature Studies

  • Genre Study- Aesop's Fables
  • Author Study- Eric Carle
  • Non-Fiction Books
  • Book Study- Instructional Books
  • Novel Study- The Heartwood Hotel

Spelling Skills

  • Fry’s High-Frequency Word List
    • The Third 100

Grammar Skills

  • Hard and Soft “C” and “G”
  • “Y” as a Vowel
  • Syllables
  • Compound Words
  • Adjectives
  • Verbs and Adverbs
  • Past Tense Verbs and Past Tense Sentences
  • Sentence Types
  • Forming Questions
  • Subjects and Predicates
  • Commas and Quotation Marks
  • Subject Pronouns and Object Pronouns
  • Possessive Nouns and Adjectives
  • Demonstrative Pronouns and Possessive Pronouns
  • Subject-Verb Agreement
  • Prepositions
  • Conjunctions
  • Prefixes and Suffixes
  • Contractions and Abbreviations

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4th Grade

Writing Skills

  • Identification of Writing Types
  • Brainstorming and Drafting
  • Graphic Organization
  • Writing in Segments
  • Editing and Proofreading

Writing Styles

  • Developing Paragraphs
  • Writing Fiction
  • Descriptive Writing
  • Writing Non-Fiction
  • Public Speaking
  • Writing Emails
  • Poetry
  • Book Review
  • Letter Writing
  • Writing Articles

Literature Studies

  • A Boy Called BAT by Elana K. Arnold
  • The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
  • Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
  • Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
  • Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Grammar Skills

  • Nouns and Verbs
  • Adjectives and Adverbs
  • Possessives
  • Prepositions
  • Subjects & Objects
  • Subjects & Predicates
  • Subject-Verb Agreement
  • Pronouns
  • Simple Present Tense
  • Past Tense
  • Future Tense
  • Conjunctions
  • Telling and Asking Sentences
  • Imperative & Exclamatory Sentences
  • Simple & Compound Sentences
  • Commas, Quotation Marks, & Apostrophes
  • Contractions & Abbreviations
  • Prefixes & Suffixes
  • Compound Words
  • Frequently Confused Words

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5th Grade

Writing Skills

  • Identification of Writing Types
  • Brainstorming and Drafting
  • Graphic Organization
  • Writing in Segments
  • Editing and Proofreading

Writing Styles

  • Developing Paragraphs
  • Writing Fiction
  • Descriptive Writing
  • Writing Non-Fiction
  • Public Speaking
  • Writing Emails
  • Poetry
  • Book Review
  • Informal Letters
  • Writing News Articles

Literature Studies

  • My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George
  • Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry
  • Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM, by Robert O’Brien
  • Wonder, by R.J. Palacio
  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs, Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg

Grammar Skills

  • Nouns and Verbs,
  • Adjectives and Adverbs,
  • Comparatives & Superlatives and Prefixes & Suffixes
  • Clauses and Compound & Complex Sentences
  • Subjects & Predicates
  • Compound Subjects and Compound Verbs
  • Subject-Verb Agreement
  • Direct and Indirect Objects
  • Pronouns: Subject, Object, and Possessive
  • Pronouns: Relative and Interrogative
  • Pronouns: Reflexive and Reciprocal
  • Active & Passive Voice and Conjunctions
  • Present Tense
  • Past Tense
  • Future Tense
  • Present-Perfect Tense
  • Punctuation
  • Colons and Apostrophes
  • Noun Phrases and Adjective & Adverb Phrases
  • Verbals: Gerunds Participles

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6th Grade

Writing Skills

  • Identification of Writing Types
  • Brainstorming and Drafting
  • Graphic Organization
  • Writing in Segments
  • Editing and Proofreading

Writing Styles

  • Developing Paragraphs
  • Speech Writing
  • Descriptive Writing
  • Writing Non-Fiction
  • Narrative Writing
  • Writing Suspense
  • Poetry
  • Book Review
  • Letter and Email Writing
  • Writing News Articles

Literature Studies

  • The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman
  • Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
  • Esperanza Rising, by Pam Muñoz Ryan
  • The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill
  • The Breadwinner, by Deborah Ellis

Grammar Skills

  • Nouns: Common & Proper, and Nouns: Concrete & Abstract
  • Adjectives and Possessive Adjectives
  • Verbs: Transitive & Intransitive, and Helping Verbs
  • Adverbs
  • Subjects & Objects
  • Subject-Verb Agreement
  • Pronouns: Subject, Object, Possessive, and Reflexive
  • Punctuation and Apostrophes
  • Colons & Semicolons and Parentheses
  • Clauses
  • Phrases
  • Present Tense
  • Past Tense
  • Future Tense
  • Present-Perfect Tense
  • Participles and Conjunctions
  • Compound & Complex Sentences and Compound-Complex Sentences
  • Personification and Similes & Metaphors

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7th Grade

Writing Skills

  • Identification of Writing Types
  • Brainstorming and Drafting
  • Graphic Organization
  • Writing in Segments
  • Editing and Proofreading

Writing Styles

  • Descriptive Writing
  • Narrative Writing
  • Expository Writing
  • Developing Paragraphs into Essays
  • Persuasive Writing
  • Summarizing and Paraphrasing
  • Literary Devices
  • Poetry
  • Writing Formal Letters
  • Speech Writing

Literature Studies

  • The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
  • Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson
  • The Benefits of Being an Octopus, by Ann Braden
  • Poetry
  • The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster

Grammar Skills

  • Subject-Verb Agreement
  • Past Perfect Tense
  • Active and Passive Voice
  • Verbals
  • Phrases & Noun Phrases
  • Verb Phrases & Verbal Phrases
  • Adjective Phrases & Adjectival Phrases
  • Adverb Phrases & Prepositional Phrases
  • Clauses & Coordinate Clauses
  • Subordinate Clauses & Noun Clauses
  • Adverb Clauses & Relative Clauses
  • Defining & Non-Defining Clauses
  • Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences
  • Word Roots and Prefixes & Suffixes
  • Dangling Modifiers
  • Faulty Parallels
  • Capitalization
  • Colons & Semicolons
  • Dashes, Parentheses, and Quotation Marks
  • Appositives & Superfluous Words

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8th Grade

Writing Skills

  • Identification of Writing Types
  • Brainstorming and Drafting
  • Graphic Organization
  • Writing in Segments
  • Editing and Proofreading

Writing Styles

  • Descriptive Writing
  • Argumentative Writing
  • Expository Writing
  • Developing Paragraphs into Essays
  • Persuasive Writing
  • Summarizing and Paraphrasing
  • Literary Devices
  • Poetry
  • Writing Formal Letters
  • Speech Writing

Literature Studies

  • The Giver, by Lois Lowry
  • Refugee, by Alan Gratz
  • Inside Out & Back Again, by Thanhha Lai
  • Poetry
  • The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (US Edition)
  • Underground to Canada, by Barbara Smucker (Canadian Edition)

Grammar Skills

  • Finite and Non-Finite Verbs
  • Non-Progressive Verbs
  • Phrasal & Prepositional Verbs
  • Order of Adjectives
  • Interrogative Adverbs & Relative Adverbs
  • Position of Adverbs
  • Viewpoint Adverbs
  • Commenting Adverbs
  • Conjunctions
  • Noun Phrases and Phrases as Nouns
  • Active and Passive Voice
  • Other Passive Forms
  • Mood
  • Types of Sentences: Structure
  • Types of Sentences: Purpose
  • Dependent Clauses
  • Direct vs Indirect Speech
  • Indirect Questions and Indirect Commands
  • Conditional Clauses and Modals
  • Omitting “If” in Conditional Clauses

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