IEW Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales Writing (3-5)

The Art of Writing With IEW 

Welcome! We will be using IEWs Fables, Myths and Fairytales for grades 3-5. This year long, one day a week course will be focused on note taking, summarizing, and writing. This is a non-religious course and may be eligible for charter reimbursement. Be sure to check with your charter school.

COURSE DESCRIPTION (copied from the publisher):

IEW's methods for teaching writing are similar to methods one might use to teach music, art, or even sports. Students begin by analyzing and imitating existing good writing. Then through a series of incremental steps, they develop the ability to write their own original compositions.

Teaching Structure: With IEW's structural models, teachers teach the following step-by-step: note making and outlines, writing from notes, retelling narrative stories, summarizing a reference, writing from pictures, summarizing multiple references, and inventive writing.

 Teaching Style: Using IEW's stylistic techniques, such as stron verbs, quality adjectives, and sentence openers, students incrementally move from basic to a variety of sentence structures, improved vocabulary, and more sophisticated writing..

Classwork and Homework Expectations:

Homework will be assigned via Ethos class page. Work that cannot be completed in class will be sent home orassigned to be turned in the following week. 

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS & SUPPLIES 

• Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales Writing Lessons from IEW Student book
• Fix It Grammar Cards from IEW
• Durable zippered pouch for the Fix It Grammar Cards
• 9.5" x 7.5" Composition Notebook 
• Index Cards
• Mechanical Pencils with Refills (no pencil sharpeners in the classroom)
• Colored Pencils & Washable Markers
• Dry Erase Markers (erasers & whiteboards supplied)
• Thesaurus (please do NOT get a simplified elementary student version)
• Supply box to keep things together & organized 

***HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR FAMILIES UNFAMILIAR WITH IEW’S METHOD – Teaching Writing: Structure and Style, Second Edition. This resource is written to parents and students and wil carry you through grades 3-5 of IEW’s writing program. 

Tuition and Fees

$160 per semester. A $10 material fee is due Sept 5th and can be paid via venmo or check.