This course is designed to help students read stories, identify the elements of stories, learn and spell words and categorize them, sequence ideas, and identify main ideas. In addition, students will understand the basic elements of phonemic awareness and the different parts of a book. Emphasis is given to pronouncing the letters of the English alphabet, understand long and short sounds, and write opinion pieces and stories. Basic grammar aspects like prepositions, capitalization, and punctuation are also discussed in this course.