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Welcome to the English Language Arts Homepage

The homepage will serve as an initial stop for people looking for resources, information, links, and professional development opportunities to support deeper understandings of the components of English language arts and provide support for effective classroom practices that support students’ learning.  The navigation bar will provide links to supportive materials, resources, information, and links for a particular grade span. If you have questions or comments regarding anything found on this website, please contact the following Maine Department of Education staff: Diana Doiron, PK-5 ELA Specialist or Patsy Dunton, Grades 6- Diploma ELA Specialist.

Notices


The goal for the notices section of this homepage is to provide a link to the Maine Department of Education’s Calendar of Events located at:

http://www.maine.gov/education/calendar/index.shtml and to provide a forum for Diana and Patsy to notify you of professional development opportunities and other items of interest to educators of the English language arts.

 

Mark Your Calendars for Saturday, September 27, 2008 (9-3:30 p.m.) for the 2ND Annual Nonfiction Institute at the University of Maine!
Question! Investigate!:
Using Science Trade Books to Support Inquiry in the Classroom
This institute features science educator Dr. Susan Kirch and Orbis Pictus Award-Winning nonfiction children's authors, Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop. Space is limited so register early. For more information follow the link below to the University of Maine website and scroll down to the bottom of the web page and click on the 2nd Annual Nonfiction Institute link to the PDF registration form:
http://www.umaine.edu/edhd/happenings.htm

 

Resources:

Maine Learning Results


The Maine State Board of Education has officially approved Regulation 132, Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction. The final changes are online and can be found at this link: http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/pei/index.html.

Supporting Materials for Maine Learning Results
The Maine Department of Education is developing several supporting materials to encourage deeper understandings of the revised Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction English Language Arts document.

    The presentations linked above are in Flash format. In order to view the files, you will need to have the Adobe Flash Player loaded on your computer. To download the Flash Player for free, click on the icon below.

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    Many of the documents provided on this website are in PDF format. In order to access these materials, you will need the Adobe Reader program installed on your computer (we strongly recommend that you use either versions 7.0 or 8.1). Your District Technology Coordinator should be able to help you if you have any questions about using Adobe Reader. For further information, or to download Adobe Reader for free, click on the Adobe Reader icon below.

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    Maine ELA Listserv

    The English Language Arts listserv is now up and running.  This service is a notification only format which will allow those interested in ELA to receive current information about professional development opportunities, resources, and hot topics.  To subscribe, click on the following link:

    http://mailman.informe.org/mailman/listinfo/englishlanguagearts

    New postings will be sent weekly on Tuesdays.  Other notifications will be sent when urgent matters arise.