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On this page you will find resources gathered and annotated by Warwick ELA Curriculum Writing Teams.
Engage New York
Provides videos and instructional protocols for teachers.
Learn Zillion
Lessons based on CCSS.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Instructional resources, interventions, etc.
Share My Lesson
Lesson plans, text and web resources.
Epic - Lots of free online books for kids. Create a class, add your students, assign books, and create and add assessments. 
RI Dept of Ed
Links to the CCSS for ELA/Literacy and PARCC ELA/Literacy.
Think Central 
Journeys Resource
Find a Book
Lexile levels and text resources for teachers and librarians.
Tween Tribune
Daily grade span articles by the Smithsonian.
News ELA
Articles with lexile levels modified to various reading levels. Helpful for differentiating instruction.
MCAS - Writing Rubric for 5th Grade.
MCAS - Writing Rubric Topic/Idea Development
Achieve the Core 
Close Reading Exemplars to bring students deeply into text. Plus link to Basal Alignment Project.
Teaching Channel
Contains videos that show classroom lessons.  Good examples of ways to engage students in discussions.
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