Curriculum Resources for PK-12

Arranges 17,025 picture books for children preschool to grade 2 under a vast range of subjects.

The Library has this in both ebook form and in print at the library. Unfortunately the ebook version is clumsy to use as the table of contents isn't set up well. To find books on a topic, first go to the Subject Headings section and browse for the heading that fits your topic, then go the Subject Guide section to find that subject heading with a list of picture books on the topic. The Subject Guide section is long, so it's awkward to find the page you need. Instead of looking page by page, you can use the Go to page feature to go to a page (9-70) that is further down alphabetically.

A guide for primary teachers to the many kinds of texts children encounter, use and enjoy in their nursery and primary school years. Discusses choosing and using various genres and offers annotated booklists for each genre for different age groups.

High interest books that may "hook" elementary and middle-school-age reluctant readers curated by a committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association. Offers 150 book short scripts to entice readers and read-alike suggestions, organized by genre categories such as humor, graphic novels, fantasy, horror, science fiction, superheroes, mystery, animals, sports, outdoor survival, etc.

Provides practical, brain research-based intervention techniques and reading strategies teachers can use to help all students, especially those who are struggling, make strides in literacy achievement.

Targeting Subject-Verb sentences, pronouns and the auxiliaries 'can' and 'do', this book provides repeated examples of early developing syntax and morphology which will engage and excite the reader while building pre-literacy skills and make learning fun, as well as exposing children to multiple models of the target grammar form. Perfect for a speech and language therapy session.

Guidelines for teaching writing in grades K-12. Offers strategies for teaching narrative and argumentative writing; using digital tools; helping students improve specific skills, from handwriting and spelling to sentence construction; teaching evaluation and revision; connecting reading and writing instruction; teaching vulnerable populations; using assessment to inform instruction; and more.

Everything a teacher needs to teach philosophy to elementary school children from picture books.

This book provides a practical understanding of digital literacy and information on integrating digital technology into English Language Arts and literacy instruction at the K-6 grade levels.

This book provides innovative tools and strategies to support reading intervention for students in grades 3-8 who do not yet read with grade-level accuracy. Uses the Interactive Strategies Approach--Extended (ISA-X) . Includes some reproducible materials.

Easy-to-implement lessons to engage students in becoming media literacy "digital detectives," looking for clues, questioning motives, uncovering patterns, developing theories and, ultimately, delivering a verdict. Includes lessons for K through high school.

High-impact routines that focus on the skills known to develop students' literacy best. Differentiated application of these routines--with fun multi-modal games and variations--for students working on- below-, and above grade-level expectations, and for multilingual learners. Includes several reproducible phonics and spelling assessments for placement, progress monitoring, and formative assessments.

Full of engaging ideas, Dramathemes brings drama and play together with literacy sources to explore challenging issues such as identity, poverty, diversity, bullying, and immigration.

Exlains how to identify, and learn from, kids' spelling miscues, and use them to further inform our teaching and instruction. Includes activities (called Teachable Moments) and other teaching tips.

Educating for Empathy reviews core elements of ELA instruction--response to literature, classroom discussion, research, and digital literacy--and demonstrates how to adapt these activities to foster critical thinking and empathetic perspectives among students. Chapters depict teachers and students engaging in this transformative learning, offer strategies for the classroom, and pose questions to guide school communities in collaborative reflection.

This resource for secondary school ELA and ELL teachers brings together compelling insights into student experiences, current research, and strategies for building an inclusive writing curriculum.

Co-published by the Natl Council of Teachers of English this is designed for middle & secondary English teachers. It shows how form, function, & use can help teachers move away from decontextualized grammar instruction (such as worksheets and exercises emphasizing rule-following) and begin considering grammar in applied contexts of everyday use. Modules (organized by units) succinctly explain common grammatical concepts.

Demonstrates how to use learning intentions, success criteria, formative assessment and feedback to achieve profound instructional clarity.

Best practices for fortifying the writer’s workshop model with meaningful, relevant instruction in grammar. Examples are provided for different grade levels.

Offers secondary level English language arts teachers several models and considerations for how to design and implement inquiry-based teaching and learning. An inquiry approach can significantly boost student achievement. Includes classroom-tested approaches, activities, and assignments focusing on issues that adolescents find consequential.

Presents an approach to the value of children’s picture books as a way to look at contemporary issues of social justice while building connections that promote a literacy that is multi-dimensional. Story drama structures offer teachers opportunities for the rich conversations and deep reflections that foster habits of mind critical for life in the twenty-first century.

Builds a case for the importance of teaching listening to K-12 students and offers advice on using audio in teaching with activities for elementary and middle/high school students.

SOAR Teaching Frames provide a common language and a set of tools to foster informal self-evaluation, as well as teacher-to-teacher and coach-to-teacher collaboration.

Enables readers to discover how content area teachers are now using a literacy model of instruction to maximize learning in every discipline and meet the Reading Informational Text Standards of the Common Core.

A blueprint for constructing literacy-rich instructional units in English language arts, science, and social studies--including writing argumentative, informative, and narrative essays, and conducting discipline-specific inquiry. Offers sample text sets, 24 reproducible planning templates, and other teaching tools.

Discusses ways to teach close reading of complex texts, discipline-specific argumentation skills, academic vocabulary, the use of multimodal tools and graphic organizers, and more. Includes classroom materials, lesson plans, practice activities, and recommended online teaching videos.

The National Council of Teachers of English provides ten adaptable activity guides for middle and high school level to teach 10 grammar concepts, giving teachers a model and vocabulary for discussing grammar in real ways with their students

Teaches reading using sounds and spelling patterns. Sounds and patterns are introduced one at a time, and slowly built into words, syllables, phrases, and sentences. Simple step-by-step directions begin every lesson. Useful for K-2 emergent readers, adult/teen learners, ELL students, and students with disabilities.

Presents ways for students to meet traditional instructional goals in writing while also learning how writing can help them become stewards of the natural world and advocates for their own communities. Offers place-based writing activities, lesson plans, and sample student work.

Shows K-6 educators how to think about, talk about, and manipulate language out of context. Offers suggestions for introducing metalinguistic concepts like phonological, semantic, and syntactic awareness with fun activities like games, songs, rhymes, and riddles.

Offers culturally proactive teaching stances or “poses” that secondary ELA teachers can use to meet the needs of all students, historically marginalized or privileged. Describes how teachers can expect to “wobble” as they adapt instruction to the needs of their students, while also incorporating insights about their own cultural positionality and preconceptions about teaching. Teachers are encouraged to recognize this flexibility as a positive process or “flow” that can be used to address challenges and adopt ambitious teaching strategies."

Provides teachers with the tools they need to use discussion protocols to support students in developing crucial skills as readers, writers, critical thinkers, and active participants within the classroom community. For each protocol the author provides a clear set of steps, tips for teachers and students in facilitating the protocol, and a story of a teacher using the protocol with students.

An innovative approach to drama and to developing the literacy skills of children from the ages of 6 to 12. Offers extensive practical exercises and activities, including photocopiable material.

Presents a method to increase students' writing skills in AP English classes.

Chapters focus on oral language, reading, and writing development and include diverse possibilities for culturally relevant and inclusive teaching.

Each chapter centers on one novel that represents a contemporary topic including police brutality, women's rights, ecojustice, and bullying. Authors provide reading strategies for teaching that connect the social issues in the texts to students' lives. Also offersresources such as documentaries, canonical companions for study, connected music, and supplementary lesson plans.

Demonstrates how AI can be harnessed as a source of inspiration and meaningful instruction in secondary English classrooms.

Offers practical evidence-based strategies for teaching literature, informational texts, and writing in classrooms with both neurotypical students and students with autism. The first chapter includes a complete unit plan on Of Mice and Men, illustrating how curriculum focused on commonly taught literary works can be reimagined to accommodate the needs and draw on the strengths of students on the spectrum.

This timely book focuses on different social justice pedagogies and how they can work within standards and district mandates in a variety of English language arts classrooms.

Aims to "make language concepts accessible for teachers so that they can use instructional programs with confidence and flexibility."

Focuses on the needs of students in grades 3–6 in all aspects of reading workshop, including reading workshop, read-aloud, classroom design, digital tools, fiction, nonfiction, and close reading.

Provides project-based units of study and classroom practices that allow students to reconfigure understandings of themselves, their capabilities, and their roles in the world. Offers the realistic perspective of a teacher working in an urban public high school.

Presents ways in which teachers can use digital tools in the service of antiracist teaching and developing equity-oriented mindsets in teaching and learning.

Describes ways to use informational text creatively and effectively in reading and writing instruction. Presents lessons, read-alouds, and activities that motivate students to engage with a wide variety of exemplary texts. Links to the Common Core State Standards. Includes how to build academic vocabulary, balance fiction & nonfiction, and address needs of English language learners.

Lesson plans and activities designed to help promote critical thinking skills for K-12 students.

Provides strategies on using Young Adult Literature to meet Common Core standards.

Offers curriculum for AP English classes explains how to present challenging material to high school students.

K-6 classrooms teacher share vocabulary routines, which you can use as-is or adapt for your own classroom.

The book offers sound advice on planning and managing drama across the curriculum from ages 5-14, and provides carefully annotated schemes of work complete with photocopiable resource sheets and online templates.

Recognizing the importance that modeling plays in the learning process, high school English teacher Kelly Gallagher shares how he gets his students to stand next to and pay close attention to model writers, and how doing so elevates his students' writing abilities.

The Unfamiliar Genre Project helps you:
*develop students' thinking about writing fundamentals such as purpose, audience, form, topic selection, and word choice
*support adolescents' test-taking abilities by increasing their awareness of the genre characteristics of test writing
*fully engage students by connecting school writing to their outside interests
*truly integrate the English curriculum by studying genre from the points of view of both readers and writers.

Provides everything a teacher needs to get the writing workshop up and running. Each chapter addresses an essential element, then suggests five or six specific things a teacher can do to implement the idea.

Grade 3 language arts text. Can be borrowed digitally for short periods of time.

Grade 10 Literature textbook. Can be borrowed digitally for short periods of time.

11th grade literature text. Can be borrowed digitally for short periods of time.