With the basics in place these developed skills are now used to learn more about the world. Learning to read in the primary grades is replaced by reading to learn. Reading and speaking fluency are more pronounced and expected. By these grades, phonemic skills are mastered, as new multi-syllabic words in science or social studies cannot be memorized. Reading comprehension becomes an essential skill as paragraphs become increasingly longer requiring true understanding. The joy of reading is shared in student Literature Circles.
In these upper elementary grades, students advanced in mathematic concepts and operations have the opportunity to work in higher levels of the Chicago Math Program. Students in these grades are very familiar with the basic capacity of the computer as a tool for organizing data and writing papers and reports. They charge ahead fearlessly and creatively exploring new ideas.
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