ELA K-5 Planning & Resource Portal
Click here to watch a video overview to navigate our new website
Sign Up for PK-5 Language Arts Core Curriculum Overview Summer PD
We invite you to join us for an Into Reading Curriculum Overview PD. Educators will choose ONE of the PD dates listed on the following interest form.
Please complete this interest form by Friday, May 3rd.
HMH Materials
HMH Materials will be arriving to your sites in the next week. Here is Unpacking Guidance and Support.
Mission Statement
We partner with schools and educators to develop and apply student-centered literacy learning as a force for equity, empowering students to use language and literacy as a tool to express themselves, learn about others, and create change.
Vision Statement
We strive to co-create healing spaces for literacy teaching and learning; a space where curiosity and joy are fostered in authentic partnerships to provide equitable access and cognitive demand for all educators and students.
K-5 ELA Instruction Year at a Glance
Click here for the 2023-2024 K-5 ELA Instruction Year At-A-Glance. Please click on individual grade levels at the top of page for more grade level specific information.
The year at-a-glance contains 3 instructional priorities - knowledge building, foundational skills, and Historically Responsive Literacy. If you want to learn more about these priorities, please check out the PD page and/or Achieve the Core foundational skills section & building knowledge section.
Current Announcements
Professional Development
Please join us for a PK-5 Language Arts Core Curriculum Overview summer PD.
Please complete this interest form by Friday, May 3rd.
Click here to access previous PD recordings.
Click here to access our webinars.
Click here for a list of recommended professional texts.
Contact Elementary English Language Arts Team
Lisa Levin, levinl@sfusd.edu
Katie Eller, ellerk@sfusd.edu
Rahima Abdelhamid, abdelhamidr@sfusd.edu
Nikki Thornton, thorntona@sfusd.edu
Lindsay Hatfield, hatfieldl@sfusd.edu