Language Arts Standards

English Language Arts Course of Study
The curriculum for English Language Arts in Mayfield is based on Ohio's New Learning Standards (ONLS). These standards were developed as part of a multi-state effort. You can access the standards at the link below.

Ohio New Learning Standards

Instructional Framework Grades K-8
The foundation of language arts instruction in the elementary and middle levels is literacy workshop.

Reading Workshop
The goals of Reading Workshop are to change the way we think and talk about texts and literature, to expand what it means to comprehend, and to develop novice readers’ abilities to manage the challenges of reading.

Readers need time to read and discuss texts, access to a wide variety of quality reading materials, choice in what they read, informative response to their efforts, and quality demonstrations of literate behaviors.Essential Components of literacy workshop include

A literate environment
Reading aloud
Interactive discussions
Extensive and intensive reading, including independent reading
Explicit instruction
Reading assessments

Writing Workshop
Writing Workshop creates an environment where students can acquire skills, along with fluency, confidence, and desire to see themselves as writers. Students are put in charge and are actively involved with creating their own texts. The writing workshop puts students on the spot and makes them responsible for their learning.

The three components that make up the writing workshop are the minilesson, writing time, and sharing. The minlessons are short, focused, and direct. This is a time for whole group instruction. Writing time is devoted to having students do actual writing. Students are rough drafting, planning, rereading, proofreading, or conferring with other students. While students are involved with writing, the teacher moves around the classroom, examining, complimenting, asking questions, or making suggestions. Sharing is when students have a special time to share their writing with the entire class. In the sharing sessions, the teacher coaches the students in how to give and receive response to each other is writing.