English Language Arts
Adopted by the Westbrook Board of Education 2016 (9-12) and 2018 (K-8).
The K-8 ELA revision officially began in the summer of 2023. Please see the individual disclaimers below for more information.
The English Language Arts program prepares Westbrook Public School students with the ability to communicate their thoughts and ideas effectively. Like other core subjects, it is an essential skill for success in life and work.
K-4 English Language Arts
Disclaimer: The Connecticut State Department of Education provided Westbrook Public Schools with an extension to submit their PK - 3 ELA curriculum by July 1st, 2024. To that end, a backwards design model has been agreed upon by the curriculum leadership team and grades three and four will be written first by August 27th, 2023. That work will then influence and aid in the vertical articulation of the writing of PK - 2 before July 1st, 2024.
As of October 1st, 2023, the new third and fourth grade curricula were completed and the other work will continue. In the meantime, please access our K - 8 ELA framework, last adopted by the Board of Education in 2018. If you have any questions about this project, please contact Angelo Saba at asaba@westbrookctschools.org. Thank you!
ELA Curriculum K-8 Framework: BOE Approved in 2018
5-8 English Language Arts
Disclaimer: The Connecticut State Department of Education provided Westbrook Public Schools with an extension to submit their PK - 3 ELA curriculum by July 1st, 2024. To that end, a backwards design model was agreed upon by the curriculum leadership team and grades three through eight were prioritized first. As such, all middle school ELA curricula, for grades five through eight, were completed in its entirety on August 25th, 2023. This work will now influence and aid in the vertical articulation of the writing of PK - 4 curricula before July 1st, 2024.
If you have any questions about this project, please contact Angelo Saba at asaba@westbrookctschools.org. Thank you!
WMS Elective Writing Course Disclaimer: The Elective Writing course provides each student with a composition notebook, in preparation for them learning about the twelve rules of grammar. As an elective course, no homework will be assigned, unless a student is absent and/or not doing work in class. Below you will find curriculum maps that contains all lessons of WMS' Elective Writing Course for each grade, a project that was completed on August 11th, 2023.
Grades 5 and 6 WMS Elective Writing Course Curriculum Map
Grade 7 WMS Elective Writing Course Curriculum Map
Grade 8 WMS Elective Writing Course Curriculum Map
WMS Discovery Project Disclaimer: WMS' Portrait of a Graduate Subcommittee created a goal during the 2022 - 2023 school year to prepare all WMS students to complete a Discovery Project while working through the six Westbrook Portrait of a Graduate attributes. Each Wednesday session of the Discovery Project is designed around an objective, task, and exit slip in which the lesson is focused on one POG attribute that best fits the objective. The Discovery Project documents are always translated into Portuguese and Spanish and then shared with staff with the other supporting documents. Below you will find a curriculum map that contains all lessons of WMS' Discovery Project, which was completed on July 25th, 2023.
