Connecticut PK-8 English Language Art Curriculum Standards- April 2008 http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/word_docs/curriculum/language_arts/csde_pk_8_elacurriculumstandards_edited.doc

Comprehension Pacing Guide for Grades PreK-8 
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/word_docs/curriculum/language_arts/csde_ela_pk-8_comprehensivepacingguide_05092008.doc
A guide for choosing targeted objectives and assessing the students’ learning. This guide identifies featured skills that will be assessed at the end of the appropriate quarter. Each assessment is cumulative, so all the expectations need to continue to spiral throughout the year with a new group of identified skills featured. These skills come from the reading comprehension GLEs. 

Sample Lesson Plans for Phonics, Fluency, Comprehension & Writing K-8 http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2618&q=320866  

Connecticut's Blueprint For Reading Achievement  http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2618&q=320850
The Report of the Early Reading Success Panel, Connecticut State DOE – 2000

Beyond the Blueprint: Literacy in Grades 4-12 and Across the Content Areas
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2618&Q=321834
An extension of Connecticut’s K-3 Blueprint for Reading Achievement for all educators, parents/guardians, and community members interested in providing systematic, ongoing literacy programming for students in grades 4-12.

Connecticut Reads - Governor’s Summer Reading Challenge http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2683&q=320322 
The Governor’s Summer Reading Challenge was initiated in 1996, and since its inception, more than seven million books have been read.

Connecticut Writing Project http://www.cwpfairfield.org/ 
The Connecticut Writing Project-Fairfield, an affiliate of the National Writing Project, is dedicated to improving students' writing abilities by strengthening the teaching and learning of writing, providing professional development programs for classroom teachers, and expanding the professional roles of teachers.