ELA Curricula
K-2 ELA Curricula
Fundations® is a research-based, multisensory structured literacy program (K-3, extending to 5) focused on foundational skills: phonics, spelling, handwriting, and word recognition. It provides systematic, Tier 1, and 2 instruction, utilizing techniques like skywriting and tapping for kinesthetic learning, making abstract phonics rules concrete.
Key Components & Features:
- Targeted Skills: Instruction covers letter formation, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, decoding (reading), and encoding (spelling).
- Multisensory Approach: Uses tactile and kinesthetic techniques (skywriting, finger tapping) to boost engagement and memory.
- Systematic & Sequential: Skills are taught in a specific, cumulative order, ensuring mastery of basic concepts before advancing.
- Structure: Designed for 20-30 minute daily, whole-class lessons (Tier 1), with options for small-group intervention (Tier 2).
- Levels: Available for Pre-K (activity set) through Grade 3, with expanded levels 4-5 focusing on advanced word study.
Fundations is created by Wilson Language Training and is often used alongside comprehensive, literature-based language arts programs to ensure students apply decoding skills to connected text.
HMH Into Reading is a research-based K–6 comprehensive English Language Arts program designed to foster confident readers and writers through explicit, systematic instruction. It integrates, phonics, knowledge-building, and high-quality literature with digital resources, assessment, and differentiation for diverse learning needs, including options for English learners.
Key Features and Components:
- Targeted Instruction: Covers foundational skills like phonemic awareness, phonics, morphology, and spelling.
- Flexible Grouping: Offers whole-class, small-group, and independent learning opportunities.
- Assessment & Practice: Includes data-driven, adaptive practice for individualized student learning.
- Teacher Support: Provides "Teacher's Corner" for professional development and "Week at a Glance" planning tools.
- Digital Integration: Features digital, interactive, and engaging resources on the "Ed" platform.
The curriculum aims to develop proficient readers through a structured approach, often utilizing a "gradual release" model.
3-5 ELA Curriculum
HMH Into Reading is a research-based K–6 comprehensive English Language Arts program designed to foster confident readers and writers through explicit, systematic instruction. It integrates, phonics, knowledge-building, and high-quality literature with digital resources, assessment, and differentiation for diverse learning needs, including options for English learners.
Key Features and Components:
- Targeted Instruction: Covers foundational skills like phonemic awareness, phonics, morphology, and spelling.
- Flexible Grouping: Offers whole-class, small-group, and independent learning opportunities.
- Assessment & Practice: Includes data-driven, adaptive practice for individualized student learning.
- Teacher Support: Provides "Teacher's Corner" for professional development and "Week at a Glance" planning tools.
- Digital Integration: Features digital, interactive, and engaging resources on the "Ed" platform.
The curriculum aims to develop proficient readers through a structured approach, often utilizing a "gradual release" model.
6-8 ELA Curricula
EL Education (formerly Expeditionary Learning) is a comprehensive, research-backed school reform model that promotes high achievement through active, inquiry-based, and interdisciplinary "learning expeditions". Based on Outward Bound principles, it emphasizes rigorous, real-world projects, character development, and student collaboration to foster leadership.
Key aspects of EL Education schools include:
- Learning Expeditions: In-depth, interdisciplinary studies of specific topics that often take students outside the classroom for authentic experiences.
- Active Pedagogy: Teachers use engaging, hands-on strategies, helping students become collaborative, critical thinkers.
- Three Dimensions of Achievement:
The model focuses on mastering knowledge and skills, producing high-quality work, and building strong character.
- "We Are Crew": A core tenet emphasizing that students and staff are crew, not passengers, fostering community, collaboration, and shared responsibility.
- Service Learning: Students apply their knowledge through service projects, fostering compassion and community engagement.
- Public Presentation: Students present their work to the community, encouraging accountability, craftsmanship, and professionalism.
EL Education operates in diverse settings, including urban and rural areas across the U.S., focusing on transforming schools into places where students are leaders of their own learning.
Coming Soon in September 2026:
A new ELA Curriculum will be used for grades 6-8!
HMH Into Literature is a comprehensive English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum designed for Grades 6–12. It focuses on building intellectual stamina and independent thinking through a mix of classic and contemporary texts.
Core Instructional Features
- Gradual Release Model: Units follow a structured path—Analyze & Apply (whole-group modeling), Collaborate & Compare (small-group work), and Reader’s Choice (independent reading)—to move students toward autonomy.
- Notice & Note: This signature protocol teaches students "signposts" or text clues that prompt deep analysis and critical thinking.
- Integrated Literacy: The program weaves together reading, writing, speaking, and listening, rather than teaching them in isolation.
- Writable® Integration: A built-in digital tool that provides scaffolded writing practice, peer review opportunities, and detailed teacher feedback.
Key Components & Resources
- Diverse Text Selection: Includes multicultural voices, Young Adult (YA) literature through the HMH Fresh Lit collection, and complex informational texts.
- Digital Platform (Ed): All resources are housed on the HMH Ed learning platform, offering interactive eBooks, adaptive practice via Waggle, and progress tracking.
- Differentiated Instruction: Provides specific "Scaffolding for Multilingual Learners" and "Challenge" notes for advanced students.
- Social & Emotional Learning (SEL): Embedded tips and activities help students build self-awareness and relationship skills through character analysis and collaborative projects.