Note that the federal STAR initiative ended in 2025. This page contains helpful videos and resources that inform Evidence-based Reading Instruction...
ELA: Resources, Research and Curriculum
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What do students really want to learn about? One teacher discovered that " My students like this topic above all other history topics." Read her...
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Introduce yourself to the three key instructional shifts of the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education ( CCRSAE)—English language...
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What are these professional standards about? What is the proficiency guide for? Find out in this concise one-page summary. (Find related documents.)
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What is Project Based Learning? Project Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching approach in which students learn skills that matter (critical thinking...
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To help sort through the many materials and professional development (PD) options available to you on the SABES ELA website, we have compiled a list...
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Various Variables: Using Scientific Thinking to Solve Real-Life Problems is a contextualized science unit developed for a science/English language...
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Innovations & Society (FOCUS: Second Industrial Revolution) explores the events and changes within the United States related to the inventions...
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This tool lays out a step-by-step, task-by-task process for designing robust ELA unit plans. The document walks you through 7 design tasks related to...
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The SABES English Language Arts team has created a video series called Creating Robust ELA Unit Plans Using the SABES Template. The video series...
