• District Curriculum Overview
  • Introduction to Curriculum Guides
  • Professional Teaching Standards
  • Professional Development Guiding Principles
  • Social Justice Commitment
  • Curriculum Guide Glossary of Terms
• Teaching Standards
  • Knowledge of Students
  • Planning and Teaching for Learning
  • A Culture and Environment for Learning
  • Monitoring Progress
  • Professional Growth
• Subject Areas
  • English/Language Arts
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Social Studies

English and Language Arts Curriculum Guide

1. Amherst Pelham Regional School District Curriculum Overview
   1. Introduction
   2. Professional Teaching Standards
   3. Professional Development Guiding Principles
   4. Curriculum Guide Glossary of Terms
2. English and Language Arts Program
   1. Mission and Goals
   2. Benchmarks/Measures of Progress
3. Grade and Course Curriculum Overviews
4. Standards and Expectations in English and Language Arts
   1. K-12 English and Language Arts Curriculum Standards Overarching Big Ideas
   2. Curriculum Maps by Grade or Course
      • Elementary Grades
      • Middle School
      • High School
   3. English and Language Arts Vocabulary
   4. Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Standards Not Covered
5. Related District Curriculum Documents
   1. Cross-curriculum Applications
      • Social Justice Commitment (Work in Progress)
   2. Instructional Strategies
      • Alignment of Elements of Quality Writing and The Six Traits
      • Elementary Descriptors of Elements of Quality Writing by Grade Level
      • Instructional Strategies that Support English Language Arts Learning in Heterogeneous Classrooms
      • Instructional Support Strategies for English Language Learners (ELL)
   3. Academic Program Publications
      • Language Arts Concepts Taught Across the Elementary Grades
      • Middle School Program of Studies (excerpt)
      • High School Program of Studies (excerpt)

We welcome your feedback to the English and Language Arts Curriculum Guide. Please send comments to ELA@arps.org.