English Language Arts

Our research-based and award-winning K12 ELA curriculum is cultivated for teachers, by teachers, empowering students to reach new heights!

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Proven Methods, Real Results

A Science of Reading Approach

Curriculum that’s intentionally designed and standards-aligned.
Built on the Science of Reading’s five pillars and Scarborough’s Rope principles, the K12 ELA program helps students gain foundational reading skills through a clear learning progression. The curriculum empowers students to read with purpose and make meaning out of the world around them.

Award-Winning

As an industry leader with over two decades of experience, our K12 curriculum incorporates online components based on empirically sound principles embraced by professional organizations. We continue to innovate and evolve our curriculum to best serve students. And it shows.

Made by teachers with students in mind

Student-Centric Curriculum

Key ways K12’s ELA program supports the depth of knowledge required by today’s academic standards:

Backward Design Methodology
ELA courses follow the principles of backward design, where learning opportunities build the knowledge and skills students need to master learning objectives.

Teacher Time Videos
Available for grades K–1, Teacher Time videos enrich student learning experiences with systematic, multisensory instruction that builds early literacy skills.

Get Ready, Learn It, Try It Components
Get Ready activities orient students to the lesson, while Learn and Try It activities build knowledge, introduce vocabulary, and review reading strategies.

A Leader in Online Learning

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Students have chosen K12-powered education

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Collective years of education experience of K12’s subject-matter curriculum development experts

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Years K12 has been developing high-quality curriculum aligned with state academic standards

Fun Games = Serious Learning

In our ELA Village, course-aligned games help kids practice grammar skills, complex syntax, and reading comprehension. Playable on mobile or desktop, they’re ideal for warm-up, review, and practice.

Grammar Glider

Grammar Glider

Dodge obstacles, collect items, and fly toward the elusive golden egg, all while practicing your adverbs.

English Escape

English Escape

Find rare gems, uncover secret passages, and collect hidden keys to escape the labyrinth as you practice frequently confused words.

Digital Literacy Technologies

K12 ELA courses provide opportunities for students to practice additional skills using adaptive remediation tools or complete additional reading fluency benchmarks based on individual needs.

Skills Arcade

Skills Arcade

These games are an arcade-style, adaptive remediation tool that can be sprinkled into ELA courses or assigned separately. Teachers select skills for students to work on and receive real-time student data.

Expansive Online Library

Online Library & Reading Fluency Tool

Students have 24/7 access to texts and ebooks. Fluency tools inform lessons and dynamically adjust to student reading abilities. Teachers review key data on class benchmarks and student performance.

HEAR WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING

Yolanda, 1st Grade Learning Coach, TX

“We like that ‘teacher time’ is interactive for the younger students. They get to participate with their whiteboards and letterboards. You don’t have that ‘distant learning’ feeling; it’s more like one-to-one learning.”

Elsy, 2nd Grade Learning Coach, WA

“My son loves reading, especially if he has the physical copy of the books. This year, he loves the reading selection he got … , specifically the K12 World magazines. He loves to keep them and re-read them.”

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