Welcome, Maryland Reading/ELA Teachers
This section of the site was developed to support your efforts in teaching Maryland students Reading/ELA. The Reading/ELA Toolkit contains nearly 1,000 resources to support you in the classroom. Let us know what you find useful and what changes you would like to see. You may want to bookmark this page as your mdk12.org homepage.
Toolkits
VSC • CLG
Do you need help understanding and teaching the Maryland content standards? The Reading/ELA Toolkits were developed to help you plan instruction, find aligned assessments and differentiate your instruction to meet the needs of your students.
Toolkits include:
- PUBLIC RELEASE ITEMS
- SAMPLE ASSESSMENTS
- ADVANCED GIFTED & TALENTED
- CLARIFICATIONS
- LESSON SEEDS
Ask the Reading/ELA TeamView Bios
BonnieSchmeltz
JosephClark
AlisonDelaney
SylviaEdwards
HeatherLageman
KathyLauritzen
LynetteSledge
Email your questions or comments to the MSDE Reading/ELA Team using the space below. Please provide your email address so we can respond:
MD Standards
Voluntary State Curriculum
Core Learning Goals
Instructional Strategies
Assessment Resources
Web Resources
“In English Language Arts, the alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessment is needed if our students are going to experience success. The essential English Language Arts that should be taught in every classroom throughout Maryland can be found in the VSC. Teaching the curriculum in a way that helps students make sense of what they are learning helps them to view English as a useful subject as opposed to a set of rules to memorize. Finally, formative and summative assessments should reflect the instruction while spanning the various levels of cognitive demand in reading.”
