The Elementary School
The school has been suspended for the 2015-2016 school year.
- A Classic Orton-Gillingham lesson to remediate reading, written expression, and spelling is a daily class every morning. Four students or less make up the groups which are homogeneous for phoneme knowledge.
- English classes use multisensory teaching strategies with hand motions and manipulatives to offer concrete representation of grammar and written expression structure.
- Written expression is a strong focus of the English classes. It is taught by breaking down the writing process into small steps with students keyboarding their writing.
- Contemporary classic children's literature is read aloud to students for enjoyment and to teach literary analysis of the setting, characters, and plot.
- Science classes are hands-on with clay models and craft sticks made to make concrete the scientific knowledge.
- Social Studies classes use time lines, collages, role plays, clay models, posters, and schematic drawings to involve the students in multisensory learning.
- Physical Education class meets daily for aerobics, stretching, skill building, and sports such as tag football, kickball, soccer, basketball, and track.
- Art and computer classes meet on alternate days. Visual arts are stressed with a variety of drawing, sketching, painting, and crafts. Keyboarding, spreadsheet and data base are taught in computer classes.
- Please visit the main Greenhills School website at www.greenhillsschool.ws
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Orton Lesson