ermitting the assimilation of one facet of a concept before the next facet is introduced. Topics are never dropped, but are instead increased in complexity and practiced every day, providing the time required for concepts to become totally familiar." Teachers hold “math meetings” to stress application of skills and concepts. Students become involved through activities and visual displays.

The Sitton Spelling approach is used in grades 3 through 5. The program focuses on teaching students spelling skills and patterns rather than memorization of an arbitrary list of words. Class work emphasizes the inquiry approach to discerning spelling patterns. Students learn to spell where it counts—in their writing.

Students in Grade 3 through 5 use the Easy Grammar Method to learn grammar concepts, capitalization, punctuation, sentence types, and other concepts introduced in an easy format. In Easy Grammar, students are introduced to 28 prepositions and the process of deleting prepositional phrases in a sentence. After a prepositional phrase is crossed out, it is easier for the student to identify the subject and verb of a sentence.

Oakbrook bases its writing program on the premise that all children can and should write. Teachers encourage students to write using a variety of genres on a variety of topics. Students “learn to write” using the writing process beginning with pre-writing and ending with the final copy.  Students study the craft of various authors and incorporate those techniques into their own writing. Whether students are writing a math problem, journaling a science experiment, or creating a travel brochure in Social Studies, they demonstrate their ability to write across the curriculum.

Oakbrook enjoys many special academic events and festivals during the year such as the Greek Festival and Agora, Roman Festival, Famous American Day, Literary Meet, International Festival, and Medieval Feast.

All students in grade five participate in the Science Fair, with winners advancing to the Regional Science Fair at USC Upstate.

Students in grade 3 through 5 participate in class spelling bees, with winners advancing to the Regional and State levels within   SCISA.  

Teachers send home folders containing samples of student work every Thursday.  This is a very important avenue of communication for the teacher, parent, and administration.  
Please sign the folder and return it the following morning.  Report cards will evaluate each student's progress in every subject area.  

Teachers send home folders containing samples of student work every Thursday.  This is a very important avenue of communication for the teacher, parent, and administration.  
Please sign the folder and return it the following morning.

K5 students are assessed at the end of each term. K4 students are assessed at the end of the first and third terms.

Students in grade 1 though 5 will receive a report each nine weeks of the academic calendar. Children in grades one through three will be rated Excellent, Satisfactory, Progressing, and Needs Improvement according to their demonstrated potential.  
In grades four and five, percentage averages are calculated and reported as letter grades. Grade four continues to report social studies, science, and creative writing with ratings of Excellent, Satisfactory, Progressing, or Needs to Improve.

Grades 1 - 3 and Grade 4 Science & Social Studies:

E 93-100
S+ 85-92 E = Excellent
S 77-84 S = Satisfactory
S- 70-76 P = Progressing
P/N Below 70 N = Needs to Improve

Grade 3 - 4 Math and Language Arts (South Carolina Uniform Grading Scale):

A     93 - 100
B     85 - 92
C     77 - 84
D     70 - 76
F      0 – 69

Grade 5 – All Subjects (South Carolina Uniform Grading Scale):

A     93 - 100
B     85 - 92
C     77 - 84
D     70 - 76
F      0 – 69