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English Language Arts Games

The Wyoming Language Arts Content and Performance Standards include four topics, or strands: Reading, including both Literature and Informational Text; Writing, Speaking and Listening; and Language. For grades K-5, standards for foundational literacy skills which support Reading Fluency are also included. The Wyoming Department of Education is responsible for setting standards which define what students should understand and be able to do by the end of each grade in order to progress toward graduation, as well as college and career readiness. Wyoming Language Arts Content and Performance Standards do not dictate methodology, instructional materials used, or how the material is delivered.

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English Language Arts Developing literacy skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening is a collaborative responsibility of all educators. Classroom learning experiences should enhance and expand the communication and critical thinking skills that allow students to develop resiliency and positive attitudes as they grow into effective readers, writers, communicators, and life-long learners. English Language Arts The State Board of Education has the authority to adopt academic standards for each subject area in grades K-12. The ELA standards are designed to prepare students with the most important knowledge and 21st century literacy skills necessary to succeed in post-secondary and workforce arenas.

English language arts (ELA) are all of the communication and language skills and processes people use every day to receive and send information. Students in ELA classrooms and across the content areas take in information through reading, listening, and viewing from both literary and informational sources.

English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

• Appendix A: Research Supporting Key Elements of the Standards (PDF)
• Appendix B: Test Exemplars and Performance Tasks (PDF)
• Appendix C: Samples of Student Writing (PDF)

English Language Arts Guidebook

ELA Resources

• Navigating Text Complexity: This site provides educators with a comprehensive definition of quantitative and qualitative dimensions of text complexity. Materials include text complexity placemats, rubrics, suggested text sets, and instructional resources that demonstrate how and why to use these tools.
• Fisher and Frey: Created by literacy experts Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, this website offers helpful resources and insightful articles for teachers. Some topics include: complex text and struggling readers, examining the composing process, new literacies, effective learning environments, and more.
• Achieve the Core: What does strong student writing aligned to the Common Core look like? In Common provides hundreds of samples of student work from K-12 classrooms across the country. The samples are meant to illustrate how a student’s writing progresses as they gain fluency in the three types of Common Core Writing: opinion/argument writing, informative/ explanatory writing, and narrative writing.

Summer Learning Opportunities

With the assistance of MetaMetrics, the Wyoming Department of Education is combating summer learning loss by encouraging students to access free online tools designed to promote reading during the summer break.