State Standards Navigator: Teaching Resources by State
State Standards Navigator: Teaching Resources by State
Instant-download English units that work in any state, with four worksheet tiers, an editable deck, answer keys and a timed lesson plan, plus a page per state naming its standards.
Start with one unit →Resources that fit
Units that travel across state lines
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Why teachers here use these
What changes across state lines, and what does not
Fifty states use fifty names for the same underlying work. Utah teaches the Utah Core Standards; Kentucky the Kentucky Academic Standards; Montana the Montana Content Standards alongside Indian Education for All, its constitutional requirement that Native American history and culture be taught in every school and subject. Testing splits the same way. Kentucky ends high school courses with the Kentucky Summative Assessment, Louisiana ties LEAP results to promotion decisions at grades 4 and 8, and Oklahoma runs the Oklahoma School Testing Program on a calendar where over half its districts teach four days a week. Underneath the labels, the classroom job barely moves. Students read closely, learn a subject's vocabulary and write answers that carry evidence, and no state has found a shortcut around that. Material written to those concepts travels between jurisdictions in a way a test-prep booklet never does, which is why the pages below name each state's standards plainly and leave the fit judgment to you.
A sequence you can run
The five lessons inside every unit
Whatever your state calls its standards, the shape of a unit is the same, and each step is written so a colleague could pick it up and teach it cold.
- Open with the source itselfStudents meet the text, image or clip before any explanation, writing first impressions on the worksheet tier that matches their reading level.
- Supply the words for itThe deck introduces subject vocabulary at the moment students need it, after they have tried to describe something and run short of language.
- Show the method onceYou work a second example in front of the class, reasoning aloud so students hear how an answer gets built.
- Practice without the scaffoldingStudents apply the method in pairs while you circulate. One answer key covers all four tiers, so your feedback stays consistent.
- Finish with graded writingEach unit ends on a written task worth keeping, which gives you evidence for a report card conversation rather than recycling.
What's covered
The same contents in every download
Whichever unit you take from whichever state page, the package is identical and complete, and every file can be edited before it goes near a class.
- Worksheets at four challenge levels
- Editable slide deck
- Complete answer keys
- Lesson plan with timings
- Printable and digital formats
- Word and PowerPoint files
Browse by jurisdiction
Find your state
Each page names the standards and statewide assessment for that jurisdiction and lists five units chosen for it. Start with your own state, then check a neighbor.
Make it work in your building
For departments and for mixed-ability rooms
Tiers answer a problem every state shares. Reading ability in one classroom regularly spans several years, and a single handout for all of them produces work you cannot compare: the strongest were never stretched and the weakest were copying. Four versions of the same task keep the question fixed and vary only the support, so what comes back lines up honestly across a class. That is what makes the folder useful later — at a parent conference, an intervention meeting, or when a colleague asks what a student can already do.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Are these endorsed by any state?
No. Every unit here is produced independently, and we are not affiliated with or endorsed by any state education agency. Each unit is written to the concepts and skills academic standards describe, which is how one unit serves teachers in several states at once. The state pages name each jurisdiction's standards for reference only; check the preview against your district's scope and sequence.
Do these fit our state test or graduation requirement?
State systems differ and we claim to match none of them. Kentucky ends courses with the Kentucky Summative Assessment; Louisiana requires LEAP High School end-of-course exams to graduate; Vermont runs the Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program across grades 3 through 9. Our units build reading, vocabulary and written response. We publish no practice tests and claim nothing about scores.
How much preparation does one unit remove?
Building a five-lesson unit yourself means a deck, a worksheet, three more versions of it, an answer key and a plan with honest timings. All of that arrives finished. Your remaining job is reading it through, choosing the tiers your section needs and cutting whatever will not fit your period. An afternoon saved now, and again next year.
What does the preview show me?
Each product page carries images of real worksheet pages, sample slides and the answer key layout, with the grade band, file list and price. Judge the reading level against your weakest reader, then the length of the final written task, then whether the topic has a home in your year. One cheap unit tests the format.
Can I return a download that does not suit me?
Digital files arrive as soon as payment clears, so a download cannot be handed back the way a printed book can. For the terms that apply, see the store's refund policy. Ahead of that, the preview is the real safeguard: it shows layout, reading level and how the keys are written. Report a faulty file to the store.
My state page lists standards I do not teach. Where do I start?
Start with the unit, not the label. Standards names change between states and get revised inside them, so the reliable test is whether a unit's skill belongs somewhere in your course this year. Open the preview, check the reading level and the final task, and ignore the acronym in the header. Teaching in two states, either page serves.
One download, a full high school course
The high school ELA curriculum gathers these units into one sequenced download for grades 9–12.
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