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Topic: Close Reading Strategies
Watch and listen to how the teacher builds background knowledge, then models and scaffolds close reading using a complex, primary-source text—the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Video length: 12:39 minutes | Video Transcript (PDF…
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Reading Instruction: Our Rights, Our Freedoms (full lesson)
Brooke Machado teaches a remote high school level Social Studies/ELA class on the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, using close reading strategies to understand the complex text of the First…
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The Just Write! Guide is a downloadable PDF resource guide for ABE teachers, intended to increase familiarity with evidence-based writing instruction and to facilitate translation of research findings into teaching practices and products that will enhance the quality of instruction.
Just Write! is…
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The English Language Arts Proficiency Guide for Teachers of Adult Basic Education, often referred to as the ELA Proficiency Guide, is based on the ABE Professional Standards. It contains ELA-specific supporting explanations, essential concepts, and observable teacher and student behaviors. See…
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ELA Lens: Culturally Responsive Teaching
Culturally responsive teaching is a framework that guides ELA teachers in connecting with who their learners are and where they come from in order to support students’ academic learning, cultural competence, and understanding of how their communities operate…
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The SABES ELA PD Center has developed three ELA What-to-Look-For guides (a.k.a., "Look-For" guides) in collaboration with ACLS to support teacher effectiveness in ABE. These guides are part of the Classroom Visit Toolkit–A Holistic Approach to Classroom Observations.
Organized by level, the…
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Use this checklist to guide the planning and development of a student leadership program. The checklist includes core planning considerations and questions, as well as space for indicating who is responsible for making decisions and what decisions were made.
This worksheet is referenced in the…
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Welcome to the 2025-2026 School Year!
In the document below, you’ll find all of the planned PD offerings from the SABES Program Support Team for 2025-2026, organized by priority area, to help you plan your and your staff’s professional learning for the year. You’ll also find listings for new staff…
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Click on the resource below to view a list of the English Language Arts professional development events from October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. Click on an event title to read more and register.
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Watch a 15-minute narrated introduction to the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCRSAE) for ELA. This is an update of the similar video created in 2015.
The resources referenced in this video, and additional resources and PD, are available at https://www…
