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Core California ELA curriculum • Grades K–8

EL Education California: Powered by Kiddom

Science of Reading-grounded literacy, foundational skills, and language development, aligned to California standards and the ELA/ELD Framework.
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California ELA, made coherent with Kiddom

Kiddom connects EL Education California’s knowledge-rich curriculum with the tools teachers need to plan, instruct, assess, and understand student progress in one place.

What sets the Kiddom experience apart

Faster Planning
Flexible Delivery
Visible Progress
Layered Support

Faster Planning

Start with complete lesson plans and resources, then personalize without piecing together separate materials.

Flexible Delivery

Project lessons, group students, and lead live activities, all connected to the curriculum.

Visible Progress

See student understanding from daily work to standards mastery, from the classroom to the district.

Layered Support

Get in-the-moment help, self-serve resources, and ongoing professional learning.

A curriculum built for deeper learning

EL Education California: Powered by Kiddom builds knowledge and literacy through complex texts, purposeful writing, meaningful discussion, and systematic foundational skills instruction.

Mastery of knowledge and skills

Students build knowledge across subjects, then apply it to new texts, ideas, and challenges. Embedded supports expand access to rigorous, grade-level content.

Habits of character

Students become effective learners and ethical people who collaborate, persevere, and contribute to a strong classroom community and beyond.

High-quality student work

Students create thoughtful, polished work with real purpose and a real audience. Each module gives them something meaningful to think about, make, and share.

Built for California standards. Designed for connected literacy.

EL Education California: Powered by Kiddom is aligned to the California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy and the California ELA/ELD Framework.

Standards-aligned from lesson to assessment

Standards-aligned from lesson to assessment

Standards-tagged lessons and assessments connect instruction to student progress.

Language development throughtou literacy

Language development throughout literacy

Reading, writing, speaking, listening, and academic language come together through complex texts and collaborative discourse.

Integrated ELA and ELD

Integrated ELA and ELD

Language development connects to grade-level literacy throughout instruction.

Language development belongs at the heart of literacy

Language development is woven into core literacy instruction, helping multilingual learners build academic language while engaging in rigorous, grade-level learning.
The California program includes designated ELD resources for elementary and middle grades, including Unlock ELD and Ignite ELD.

Integrated ELD

Language development is embedded throughout reading, writing, speaking, listening, vocabulary development, and academic discourse.

Designated ELD

Targeted language development extends core learning with dedicated supports designed to strengthen students' English language proficiency.

Knowledge-building through complex, authentic texts

Students build knowledge and vocabulary through connected texts and inquiry across literature, science, history, and the humanities.

Two pathways to build knowledge

Choose modules that support a humanities or STEM-focused year.

  • Explorer: A humanities and social studies-focused pathway that develops historical thinking and civic engagement.
  • Innovator: A STEM-focused pathway that deepens scientific and technical literacy.

Print and digital, together

Teach from print, digital, or both, with lessons, student materials, assessments, and resources all connected in Kiddom.

The built-in tools teachers love

Kiddom Assistant

Get instant, curriculum-aligned guidance alongside the lesson.

Varied Assessment

Assess student thinking with more than 15 question types.

Assignment Feedback

Challenge student thinking and clear up misconceptions with timely feedback.

Lesson Launch

Lead synchronous learning and monitor student work live.

Localization

Build district-specific lesson versions and protect them from outside edits.

Family Support Materials

Give families resources that help bring learning home.

Personalization

Differentiate activities for individual students and groups in seconds.

Editable Lesson Presentations

Turn lessons into interactive, whole-group learning experiences.

Explore the research behind Kiddom curricula

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Bring coherent California ELA and ELD into your classroom

See how EL Education California: Powered by Kiddom brings standards-aligned curriculum, language development, assessment, and instructional tools together in one connected experience.
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