Vetted Materials

Resource Title

Resource Description

Submitted By

This resource links students to resources to access free ebooks and audiobooks. Students can use their ID for access.

Paul Griswold, Instructional Coach

Epic! is a digital library for young readers. Teachers in grades 6-8 can create an account in order to provide access to students.

Paul Griswold, Instructional Coach

Teaching Tolerance has curated a list of resources for teachers to use for this moment in history.

Paul Griswold, Instructional Coach


The New York Times' The Learning Network has also curated a list of resources for teachers.

Paul Griswold, Instructional Coach

NewsELA offers current event articles from reputable news sources and then reproduces them at different Lexile levels. The site also offers text-dependent questions aligned with standards.

Paul Griswold, Instructional Coach

Free ebooks and audiobooks online for elementary, middle and high school students (excellent, curated books - titles not available through public domain).

Sarah Cheney, Renzulli

Free Audiobooks




Sarah Cheney, Renzulli

Resources curated by The New York Times to support ELA instruction.



Sarah Cheney, Renzulli

Session Recordings

Meeting Date

Topic/Resource

Resource Description

March 27, 2020

ELA Guidance Document

video

Discussion of ELA guidance document for Lit. & Comp. I & II (AM session)

March 27, 2020

ELA Guidance Document

video

Discussion of ELA guidance document for Grade 8 (AM session)

March 27, 2020

ELA Guidance Document

video

Discussion of ELA guidance document for Grade 8 (PM session)