• The seven (7) January 2024 Advanced Literacy Briefs focused around the science of reading, including webinars

• The June 2024 Literacy Curriculum Review Guide for K-3 (including webinars and editable versions of the tool)

Also available:

NYSED PreK-3 Literacy Instructional Best Practices

NYSED PreK-3 Writing Instructional Best Practices

ADAPTED LITERACY ATTESTATION (with helpful considerations for pre-work)


The Front Door
This short Q and A document will provide you a summary of the changes about New York's Next Generation ELA Standards


The Next Generation ELA Standards 
Click here to see the standards themselves.  


ELA Glossary
Finally, common definitions to use for theme, main idea/central idea, inference, point of view, and more. 


The Big Ideas

This is an opportunity to dig into the most significant shift in the NYS Standards: the Practices. Practices have been identified for Reading and Writing, as well as for Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science. How do they tie to our planning, our instruction, and the children's learning?

Step One:  Download this document and take a look at the Common Practices.

Step Two:  Use The Big Ideas document to begin to identify commonalities and to brainstorm next steps


Scaffolding Instruction for All Students: Resource Guides for 3-8 ELA


The Reading League
Check here for additional great resources on from the science of reading, and continue to grow from there!


Building Capacity Resources
Working on a deep dive into the changes in the standards? Check out our Building Capacity page!