In record time, District 79 in New York City has set up its website for transition to the GED test, and there is a wealth of resources here. Teachers can click on a number of categories on the sidebar, such as general GED resources; Reasoning through Language Arts; Social Studies, and Science, as well as Reading Strategy Resources and Writing Strategy Resources.

Behind each door, many rooms open up. For instance, under Reasoning through Language Arts, teachers will find two complete units: Facing our Health and Wellness and Leaders like Me. Within each unit, find vocabulary lists, suggested and supplemental texts (many are selected Newsela articles in both English and Spanish at three levels); paired texts for Extended Response; grammar exercises, and an assessment with multiple choice questions that mirror those on HSE test.

The articles have titles like Racism has Devastating Effects on our Children’s Health, Coping with Deportation, or Building Confidence, and are sure to engage students. In the second unit, Leaders like Me!, teachers will find engaging source texts for argumentative writing, such as Don’t take down Confederate Monuments). Other units are All Kinds of Kindness, Our Finance and Future, and Climate Change.

Social studies teachers can find helpful materials here, too. Click on Social Studies in the sidebar, and open to American history and civics units that include Newsela texts at a variety of levels in both English and Spanish, readings linked to videos; textbook chapters, and document-based assessments that include maps, graphs, and tables.

Click on Science in the sidebar and find two units on Life Science. The first focuses on ecosystems and food webs, while the second covers many life science topics–cells, meiosis and mitosis, heredity, and more. There are also units on physical and earth science.

But wait, there’s more! Click on Writing Strategy Resources in the sidebar and you’ll find professional development articles as well as writing frames for students to respond to all sorts of texts. There is a PDF called Visualizing the Argument that is full of graphic organizers.

Those are just a few of the resources that caught my eye. Stop by–you are sure to find something you can use.