The district believes that reading is the highest priority for students. All students will demonstrate reading mastery at or above grade level and will write competently in a variety of content areas for varied purposes and audiences. Students read and understand a variety of materials. Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences. Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing.
Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological sources. Students read, recognize, and appreciate literature as a record of human experience. Students read to judge merit of information. Students writing reflects fluency, expression of ideas, effective organization, and voice. Students use writing as a process that involves the stages of drafting, revision, editing, and publishing.