Nelson County Public Schools

K-5th Grade English Textbook Adoption: 

Nelson County Public School’s English K-5th grade textbook adoption process is underway.  Sample textbooks approved by VDOE are available at each elementary school and links for the curriculum websites are listed below.  You may contact each elementary school office to request a time to review the textbooks. Please consider reviewing the curriculum and completing the following survey by May 8, 2024: 

Textbook Survey Link

K - 5th Grade English Core Curriculum Websites:

• Core Knowledge Language Arts 2e (Amplify Education)

• Benchmark Advance (Benchmark Education Company LLC)

• Bookworms Reading and Writing (Open Up Resources)

• myView Literacy (Savvas Learning Co)

• HMH Into Reading Virginia, 2020 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

K-5th Grade English Textbook Adoption Links for Information: 

• Virginia Literacy Act Information

• Virginia Department of Education Curriculum Review Process Update for Virginia Literacy Act

• VDOE Approved English Textbook List

• Virginia Department Of Education Textbook Adoption Process

• Virginia Department of Education Approved Core Instructional Program Guide

Division contact for textbook evaluations: Kim Douglas 434-260-7646 (kdouglas@nelson.k12.va.us).