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The Back-to-School Prep class for Shelton students entering the 6th grade is a three-hour session. Instruction is given by two trained Shelton teachers using an individualized approach to match each child’s learning profile. The student to teacher ratio will be a maximum of 6:1. Students will spend half the skills class working on writing and reading comprehension skills and the other half of class time on fundamental math concepts. Reading Comprehension: includes direct instruction in comprehension strategies, such as: following directions, getting the facts, detecting sequences, using context, getting the main idea, drawing conclusions, making predictions, creating imagery, as well as questioning, annotating and highlighting pertinent text while reading, review and practice novel coding. Writing: will review, practice and guide students through the process of paragraph writing from brainstorming to the final product. Computers in the Shelton Mobile Labs will be used during class time. Students may handwrite if preferred. Math: will review and drill the concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals in preparation for 6th grade.
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