Comprehensive High-Quality Instructional Materials

Students acquire the literacy skills needed to succeed in learning, life, and work beyond school when curriculum is cohesive, structured, and incorporates evidence-aligned, high-quality materials and resources.

“Elementary teachers in Stafford had been using a collection of different programs for teaching print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics, grammar, and vocabulary. CKLA uses an explicit, systematic, and spiraling approach to skills instruction that directly connects to core instruction and eliminates the need to draw from a number of other resources. It also infuses decodable texts and readers directly into skills instruction… PreK through grade five contains high-interest, knowledge-building domains based around storytelling, science, and social studies. Opportunities for play-based learning can also be easily weaved in.” 

—Stafford: Erin Grasso, K-5 Literacy Leader, Infinite Possibilities Webinar

The Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success at the CSDE offers the following resources to support districts and Charter Schools as they select, pilot, and implement a Connecticut-approved K-3 reading curriculum model or program.