ELA Curriculum Resources
GRADE LEVEL ACTION PLAN
1. Review of Resources
PA Dept of Ed Resources
- PA Core ELA Standards
- PA Core ELA Curriculum Framework
- SAS Curriculum Module Summaries and Grade Level Curriculum Modules
- PSSA ELA Item Samplers
Core Aligned Lessons, Resources, Tools for Your Classroom
- Achieve the Core Basal Alignment Project for Treasures - Grades 3, 4, & 5
- Achieve the Core ELA Literacy Lessons for Close Reading
- Close reading demonstration lessons focus on rich text, high-quality text-dependent questions, and aligned culminating writing assignments.
- Each lesson plan provides related standards, detailed lesson outline, & additional resources such as vocab lists and writing tasks
- Achieve the Core Text Set Project
- Lessons using a volume of reading on specific topics to support all learners in building background knowledge and vocabulary
- Achieve the Core Research Packs - Reading & Writing Lessons
- Lessons designed to support learners in developing research skills and writing to inform or explain.
- Achieve the Core ELA Assessments
- Mini-assessments that illustrate the Shifts required by the Common Core and represent the demands of all college- and career-readiness standards
- Academic Word Finder
- upload any text and identify Tier 2 academic words
- Achieve the Core Read Aloud Project (Grades K, 1, & 2)
- in list view - http://achieve.lausd.net/Page/6603
- ELA Guidebook Units from the Louisiana Department of Education
- lessons aligned to CC standards that use the text set approach
- Newsela
- use for topic introductions to provide background knowledge
- address differentiated reading levels
- current events
- Science & Technical Subject Lessons/Resources
- History/Social Studies Lessons/Resources
Research
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Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding (K-3) - WWC Practice Guide
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Assisting Students Struggling with Reading - WWC Practice Guide
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Teaching Elementary School Students to be Effective Writers - WWC Practice Guide
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Teaching and assessing an understanding of text structures
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Teach students to use the writing process for a variety of purposes
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Teach students to write for a variety of purposes (see related file)
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Teach students the writing process (see related file)
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Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively - WWC Practice Guide
Related Files
- TDQ Guide
- Text Dependent Questions
- Prompts for Text Dependent Questions
- Understanding the Writing Process
- Teach Students the Writing Process
- Teach Students to Write for a Variety of Purposes
- Text Structure Student Reference Sheet
- Using the BREAK Strategy for Text Based Responses
- Treasures Grade Level CC Standards Correlations
- INSTRUCTIONAL ROUTINES - TREASURES
- WIDA Focus on Writing