var sub2gr0="<h2>Kindergarten Language + Literacy</h2><p><strong>Reading Focus</strong>: Exploring language through children\'s literature and student writing. <strong>Reading Skills</strong>: Building on previous knowledge of sounds, letters, and words; Understanding the elements of story (main idea, character, beginning, middle , end); Gaining confidence in reading through decoding, context and memory; Enjoying books at various levels independently. <strong>Writing Focus</strong>: Developing a variety of ways to explore and express ideas. <strong>Writing Skills</strong>: Using pictures and dictations to write stories with beginning, middle and end; Using symbols, letters, sight words and environmental print to convey meaning; Participating in shared writing experiences of poems, books, and letters. <strong>Listening + Speaking Skills</strong>: Listening to others for meaning; following directions; identifying words that rhyme and creates rhyming pairs; Comparing and contrasting initial and ending sounds in words; Speaking clearly to convey ideas and stories, and describe events sequentially; Speaking with adults and peers in appropriate ways; Developing comfort in speaking to a group.</p>"; 
var sub2gr1="<h2>1st Grade Language + Literacy</h2><p><strong>Reading Focus</strong>: Concepts of print and parts of books; decoding strategies; context and picture cues; phonemic awareness; word study; high frequency words; fiction and nonfiction texts. <strong>Writing Focus</strong>: Writing journals, letters, lists and stories; rules of capitalization and punctuation; generating ideas, revising and editing in the writing process. <strong>Listening + Speaking Skills</strong>: Following multi-step directions; listening to the ideas and opinions of others; determining the difference between comments and questions; speaking clearly in conversation; using descriptive language to tell stories in sequence; asking questions, offering explanations and sharing information and opinions; speaking in front of a small group; monitoring volume and tone of voice appropriately.</p>"; 
var sub2gr2="<h2>2nd Grade Language + Literacy</h2><p><strong>Reading Focus</strong>: Developing a Readerly Life, Telling and Retelling Stories, Story Elements, Fairy Tales, Informational Texts, Nonfiction, Biographies, Magazines. <strong>Reading Skills</strong>: Develop ownership of personal reading life; make book choices that support independent thinking; read independently for extended periods of time; identify and study story elements within text; use text in discussions to ask thoughtful questions or support theories; make inferences and predictions that reflect deep comprehension; apply appropriate strategies for understanding informational texts. Decode multi syllabic words; analyze the structure of words; use strategies for acquiring new vocabulary [context, synonyms and antonyms, suffixes and prefixes, dictionaries and thesaurus]; read aloud fluently and expressively. <strong>Writing Focus</strong>: Developing the Writerly Life, Personal Narratives, Fiction Stories, Nonfiction Writing, Magazine Articles. <strong>Writing Skills</strong>: Understand and practice writing and publishing as a process that includes a variable audience; write narratives with a logical sequence of events; write to personally respond to text; write stories that include character development, setting, problem and solution; write informational texts using appropriate essay structure and categorization; develop skills for revision and editing; develop ability and vocabulary to describe[setting, character, and action]; use basic grammar, sentence structure, capitalization, punctuation; write a friendly letter; spells frequently used irregular words and words that follow regular spelling patterns correctly; mastery of print handwriting. <strong>Listening + Speaking Skills</strong>: Listen to gain information and for pleasure; follows multi-step directions; stay on topic in conversation and contribute relevant information; speak with detail and with complex sentences; use of formal and informal language for appropriate purpose -- to inform, give directions, or entertain. <strong>Highlights</strong>: Publishing Parties, Author\'s Studies.</p>"; 
var sub2gr3="<h2>3rd Grade Language + Literacy</h2><p><strong>Reading Focus</strong>: Literature Circles/Book Clubs, Non-Fiction Genre Study, Author Studies. <strong>Reading Skills</strong>: discuss literature with a group; interpret reading by making connections between literature and personal experiences; develop interpretation of text; answer \"why,\" \"how,\" and \"what if,\" questions; distinguish between fact and opinion; use books as resources; self-monitor for meaning and self-correct while reading; analyze parts of words, structure of words and context to read unfamiliar words; read aloud fluently with expression. <strong>Writing Focus</strong>: Creative Writing and Non-Fiction; Using authors as mentors. Writing Skills: Independently manage the writing process, focusing on developing ideas, revising and editing own work, responding to revisions, and offering feedback to classmates in revision process; organizing writing for clarity using complex sentences and paragraphing; using punctuation including quotation marks, commas, and apostrophes; adjusting writing style for different purposes; using strong and creative leads in writing; using descriptive language to enhance writing; spelling previously studied words and words that follow regular patterns; applying knowledge of root words and word parts, representing each sound, to spell unfamiliar words; following a structure to gather and organize information into a research report; begin use of cursive handwriting. <strong>Listening + Speaking Skills</strong>: Listen attentively focusing on speaker; follow multi-step directions; analyze and interpret what is heard; ask specific questions to clarify understanding; use precise language and vocabulary to express ideas.</p>"; 
var sub2gr4="<h2>4th Grade Language + Literacy</h2><p><strong>Reading Focus</strong>: Literature Circles, Class novel By the Great Horn Spoon & Sadako, Independent reading, social studies research. <strong>Reading Skills</strong>: Reading grade level narrative and expository text independently and fluently, understanding and learning from texts, discussing texts by making connections with experience and other texts; recognizing and identifying story components and make inferences; expanding ideas, knowledge and vocabulary by reading; summarizing and explaining what has been read. <strong>Writing Focus</strong>: Memoirs, fiction, creative writing, journaling, poetry, persuasive writing and research. <strong>Writing Skills</strong>: Identify and implement the steps of the writing process to write fiction and non-fiction that focuses on a central idea or message in appropriate style and voice; Use and understand sentences and paragraphs; use capitalization, punctuation, parts of speech, agreement, and complex sentences in writing; spell previously studied words and words that follow regular patterns; use resources to spell unknown words accurately; evaluate and revise writing to enhance clarity, detail and organization; Use description, comparisons and details to create imagery; gather and organize information for research writing; use of cursive handwriting. <strong>Listening + Speaking Skills</strong>: Listen attentively, retell components of stories in sequence, highlight main ideas; differentiate between fact and opinion; use presentation to influence listener; lead whole class and small group discussions; organize ideas before speaking; choose appropriate vocabulary for audience.</p>"; 
var sub2gr5="<h2>5th Grade Language + Literacy</h2><p><strong>Reading Focus</strong>: Literary Discussion Groups, Historical Fiction. <strong>Reading Skills</strong>: Independently using reading strategies; developing vocabulary while reading complex material using knowledge of root words and resources; analyzing and interpreting texts; critical evaluation of text; describing author purpose and point of view; understanding explicit and implicit messages in text; responding personally to show understanding of text; selecting literary forms and genres for appropriate purpose, including research. <strong>Writing Focus</strong>: Essay Writing, Poetry, Short Stories. <strong>Writing Skills</strong>: to effectively communicate, learn, teach, document, and create through various forms of writing; using all aspects of the writing process for fiction and non-fiction writing; developing writing traits (ideas and content, organization, word choice, fluency, language conventions, voice, presentation); applying mechanical and grammatical conventions when writing; spelling multi-syllabic words correctly using resources to assist; evaluating and revising writing for meaning, focus and organization. <strong>Listening + Speaking Skills</strong>: Understanding and analyzing information heard in class discussions or larger presentations; choosing different tone, volume and vocabulary for different situations; organizing ideas before speaking.</p>"; 
var sub2gr6="<h2>6th Grade Language + Literacy</h2><p>Integrated with Social Studies in Middle School Humanities program. <strong>Focus</strong>: Ancient Civilizations; Geography: globes, maps; strategies for studying history and the past; Archeology; Early Humans;  Mesopotamia; Egypt; Ancient China ; Modern China: The Cultural Revolution; World Religions: Judaism and Buddhism. <strong>Routines</strong>: Read Aloud, Literature Circles, Reading Workshop, Writing Workshop, Weekly Spelling, Current Events. <strong>Literature</strong>: The Misfits by James Howe, The Outsiders, Red Scarf Girl, assorted young adult fiction for book clubs. <strong>Projects</strong>: Mesopotamian City-state diagrams, Ancient Mysteries Projects, Great Wall Chinese Dynasty projects, Myth Writing, Memoir Writing</p>"; 
var sub2gr7="<h2>7th Grade Language + Literacy</h2><p>Integrated with Social Studies in Middle School Humanities program. <strong>Focus</strong>: Ancient Greece and Rome; The Middle Ages and Renaissance; The Middle East and Birth of Islam; Ancient Africa, Holocaust, Japanese-American Internment, 9/11, Harlem Renaissance, Poetry. <strong>Routines</strong>: Interactive Notebook, Journaling, Independent Reading, Read Aloud, Grammar Workshop, Writer\'s Workshop. <strong>Literature</strong>: Romeo + Juliet, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Greek Myths, Fahrenheit 451, Farewell to Manzanar, Night. <strong>Projects</strong>: Greek Festival, Social Responsibility Research Project, Harlem Renaissance Wiki.</p>"; 
var sub2gr8="<h2>8th Grade Language + Literacy</h2><p>Integrated with Social Studies in Middle School Humanities program. <strong>Focus</strong>: American Revolution, Constitution, Westward Expansion Civil War, Civil Rights Movement. <strong>Routines</strong>: Journal writing, Literature discussions, Independent reading, Read aloud, Weekly vocabulary, Post-its for literature notes, History notes. <strong>Literature</strong>: Things Fall Apart, Animal Farm, Catcher in the Rye, The Pearl, A House on Mango Street, Warriors Don\'t Cry. <strong>Projects</strong>: Persuasive letters, propaganda posters, political party, original constitutions, Monument proposals for unsung activists, Literature essays, fables.</p>";