English Language Arts
Prekindergarten-Grade 6 Instructional Supervisor Kimberly Kubisch
Arbor Hill Elementary School
1 Arbor Drive
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: 462-3545

Grades 6-12 Instructional Supervisor Margaret DiGiulio
Philip Livingston Magnet Academy
315 Northern Boulevard
Albany, NY 12210
Phone: 462-2164

2008 Summer Reading:                             

Flip-flop through our pages!

Reading during the summer can be an enjoyable activity that helps students sharpen their reading skills and develop a lifelong love of reading.

The following links are to documents that contain suggested books and activities, as well as required reading and a variety of projects for students at the elementary, middle and high school levels.

There also are tips for summer reading and links to additional reading resources. Enjoy!

Elementary School                                            

• A letter to elementary parents

• Reading activities for elementary students

Middle School and High School

• Letter to high school parents

• Letter to middle school parents

• High school titles and projects

• Middle school titles and projects

• Tips for better summer reading

• Summer reading resources

• Rubrics for high school projects

• Rubrics for middle school projects

High School

• 2008-09 Albany High School English Language Arts course offerings

Providing students with an English Language Arts curriculum that is rich with creativity, as well as one that meets the New York state guidelines is the district's goal.

Below you'll find a modified overview of ELA curriculum pacing maps for all grades. The maps provide parents and teachers with the general course of study or content for a particular month, as well as the workshops students will attend.

PreK-6 Program
Follow these links to view the core curriculum for grades PreK-6.

• Overview

• Grades Pre-k-K Standard 1

• Grades Pre-K-K Standard 2

• Grades Pre-K-K Standard 3

• Grades Pre-K-K Standard 4

• Grades 1-2 Standard 1

• Grades 1-2 Standard 2

• Grades 1-2 Standard 3

• Grades 1-2 Standard 4

• Grades 3-4 Standard 1

• Grades 3-4 Standard 2

• Grades 3-4 Standard 3

• Grades 3-4 Standard 4

• Grades 5-6 Standard 1

• Grades 5-6 Standard 2

• Grades 5-6 Standard 3

• Grades 5-6 Standard 4

Grades 6-8 Program
Follow this link to download the Grades 6-8 Curriculum Pacing Maps.

With each grade 6-8 genre study, students will be required to read accompanying texts to support that specific unit. While students are required to read specific texts in relationship to the Grade 6-8 ELA curriculum for the district, New York State requires students to read 25 books throughout the school year.

This means in addition to the literature read in class, students also should be selecting books to read independently at home.

In addition to the reading element of Grades 6-8 ELA, all students will participate in Columbia Teachers College, Writer's Workshop. Writer's Workshop supports the genre study unit by providing instruction in writing that parallels a particular reading unit of study.

Grades 9-12 Program
Follow this link to download the Grades 9-10 Curriculum Pacing Maps.

Follow this link to learn more about the high school English program.

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