ELA

     English Language Arts is categorized in to 5 key components and each of them must be addressed in ELA instruction. The first is reading, where the teacher's goal is to improve students comprehension of read texts as reading skills improve and higher level texts are read. The second is writing, where the teacher would give over to students the skills necessary to write different types of written compositions, and focus specifically on writing in connection with texts that were read. The third, speaking is the teaching of skills needed for formal presentation as well as informal communication and interpersonal skills.  Speaking goes hand-in-hand with the fourth category, listening; students need to learn to listen carefully to ideas, integrate information from various sources, and then be able to express ideas, and use tools to communicate and put speech in to context. The fifth category is language, which is the focus on the rules of standard written and spoken language, namely vocabulary.

     ELA  instruction must be up to par with the learning standards of that grade level. The learning standards do not give teachers the methods of how to teach, but they do provide teachers with the goals expected of their students in the subject material that is normal for that grade level student. This way, the teacher has the goals set and uses the curriculum accordingly.