Standards/Curriculum

What are our students learning, and how is that learning measured? The following links provide answers. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be adding to and improving these resources.

State standards, core curriculum, sample test questions, and other relevant resources

NYC English Language Arts Performance Standards

Recommended Instruction Time for ELA, Grades K-8


NEW! ELA Reading and Writing Sample Units of Study for Grades K-3
Information about purchasing additional units can be found in the FAMIS portal.
 
Kindergarten: Gaining Skill as Readers and Writers
Applying What We've Learned to Read Books on Our Own
and Everyday Writing to List, Label, Direct and Inform


Grade One:  Strategies for Reading and Writing
Print Strategies for Fiction and Non-fiction Texts: Problem-Solving Words and  Writing about Our Lives


Grade Two: Non-Fiction Reading and Writing
Using Non-Fiction Features and Text Structures to Build Knowledge and Vocabulary and Non-Fiction Research: Writing to Inform


Grade Three Reading and Writing with Independence
Reading Habits: Acquiring Strategies for Independent Reading and Writing Habits: Acquiring Strategies for Independent Writing


NEW! ELA Core Curriculum Word Study Links

Fundations Resources
Fundations Webinar

Companion Website for Words Their Way

Month by Month Phonics