All students maintain yearly writing folders. This portfolio will be given to students when they graduate from the Aurora City Schools. Handwriting is taught at all levels using the Zaner Bloser method. This current handwriting program allows for individual style, yet promotes legibility and uniformity. Our Spelling Program is developmentally appropriate and based on word patterns and high frequency words.
Spelling is reinforced in the writing process and throughout the other curricular areas.
Parents will be given a list of high frequency words for each grade level at the beginning of the school year. Prior to the second semester of first grade, students are encouraged to use approximate spellings. Since spelling is a developmental process, students various stages. This process enables students to acquire skills according to their developmental level. The structure of the program for grades K-4 includes a developmental reading program outlined in the integrated Language Arts Course of Study.