6th grade Language Arts (Period P. 6)

“Art” is a way of communicating an idea, whether it is done through music, paint, sculpture, or dance. The goal of “art” is to communicate an idea.

Now add the word “language” to that concept. The goal of “language arts” is to be able to use a language proficiently in order to communicate an idea.

That’s it. Nothing scary or intimidating. Just learning how to communicate ideas through language.

Since I want my students to be proficient at communicating ideas through language, we want to make sure we cover all the ways language occurs. So language arts include the four main components of

• Listening,
• Reading,
• Speaking, and
• Writing.