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Built-in Teaching Supports
Built-in Teaching Supports
Be a reading expert in your literature class. Teaching support throughout each learning task aids teachers in modeling reading strategies, addressing a range of learning differences, assessing progress, and helping students become self-directed readers.
A Day in the Life of a Connections: English Language Arts Classroom
Covering the essential English Language Arts skills is easy with a comprehensive plan to guide your way. Comprehensive teaching supports give you all the support you need.
Print and interactive Teacher Editions include digital access to PowerPoints and an ELL Resource.
- Print, interactive, or blended solutions—you choose
- Powerful classroom management with performance reports, class participation statistics, and exception reporting
- Online quizzes and assessments
- PowerPoint slides
- ELL and differentiation support
- Project-based assessment and extension activities
- Teaching support available in print and online
Assessment
“Focus On” a Targeted Learning Objective
Each lesson contains a set of Focus On activities to build understanding and proficiency with a standards-based skill or strategy.
- Organize and reference textual evidence.
- Collaborate through an online discussion.
- Synthesize evidence, ideas, and analyses in a writing task.
Check Understanding Through Multiple Assessment Options
A range of built-in assessments and teacher support tools saves time and reduces the complexities of grading.
Real-Time Classroom Management: In-Class and Remote Learning
- Select and share individual, group, and whole class responses.
- Track progress using embedded formative assessments.
- Move seamlessly between online and in-person discussions.
- Access all student work and teacher support at point of use.
Pinpoint Learning Gaps
Save time with a range of built-in assessment and reporting tools.
- Access automated and rubric-driven scoring for activities, discussions, and formative assessment—ALL within the lesson.
- Tailor instructional planning, intervention, and enrichment based on actionable data from standards-based proficiency dashboards, reports, and item analysis.
- Improve writing, speaking, and listening skills through customizable writing rubrics, discussion expectations, and automated participation tracking.
- Customize reporting with drop-down menus and drill-down capabilities; export data to a wide range of learning platforms.