Utah State Standards
Utah Core Standards (PDF) – The Utah State Board of Education approved new P-12 English Language Arts Standards in April of 2023. These standards identify the essential literacy skills in speaking & listening, reading, and writing.
The English Language Arts Standards are created to guide the development of effective instruction aligned to the Utah State Standards for K-6 English Language Arts.
HMH Into Reading
Into Reading is a research-based English Language Arts (ELA) program for grades K-5. It provides systematic instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and other literacy skills required to become a skilled reader.
Building Readers Parent’s Guide
Building Readers: A Parent’s Guide focuses on the important role parents have in helping their children develop reading skills and a love for reading. The guide offers practical, age-appropriate tips for parents to support reading from infancy through adolescence.
Welcome to the Elementary Novels List
The information found here is provided specifically for parents with students in fourth through sixth grades in Granite School District. This information may be helpful for parents and others who choose reading materials for children in this age group.
This form is now accepting nominations for the upcoming 2023-24 School Year.
Student Evaluator Permission Form
This is for students who will be reading for the Elementary Novels Committee.
School Board Memo 57 on Novels
For parents, stakeholders, and community members: if you are interested in understanding the detailed process of novels/text approval for instructional use or the appeals process, please see the Administrative Memorandum 57 linked above. If you have further questions, please feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher, local administrator, or board member.
APPEALS INFORMATION
The following appeals form is for a teacher/parent of a current GSD student requesting:
- A novel be removed from instructional use from the district approved list (there is a different process for removal of texts from library, please see Ed Tech’s page for that information).
- A review of a previously nominated but not adopted novel
- A change in approved grade level
- A change in a novel’s annotation
2023 – 24 Appeals Form for GSD Approved Novels
– This form is accepting appeals for the upcoming 2023 – 24 school year.
For parents, stakeholders, and community members: if you are interested in understanding the detailed process of novels/text approval for instructional use or the appeals process, please see the Administrative Memorandum 57 linked below. If you have further questions, please feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher, local administrator, or board member.
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