Reading Writing Instruction in reading uses a balanced approach. Students are taught phonics and other decoding strategies.
Instruction focuses on the goal of reading for meaning.
Skills are learned using a wide variety of reading materials that are interesting, pleasurable, and related to the child's life experiences. Instruction in writing focuses on the steps of the writing process. Some of the steps of that process used by students at the primary level are prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing and reflecting. Students will not necessarily use all of these steps with each piece of writing, but are encouraged to think like writers and see writing as an ongoing process. The Six Writing Traits are another instructional and assessment tool used in the K-3 Classroom.