2019-2020 Editorial Calendar
Take a sneak peek at the stories and cross-curriculum topics we plan to cover this year. Click here to view
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USING ACTION IN YOUR CLASSROOM
PLANNING
Editorial Calendar
2019-2020 Editorial Calendar
Take a sneak peek at the stories and cross-curriculum topics we plan to cover this year. Click here to view
Planning Guide
2019-2020 Planning Guide
Whether you are using Action as a core product or as an ELA supplement, we've created a guide to help you flexibly plan your year. Click here to view
STANDARDS
Meet Today's Rigorous Standards and Prepare for Testing
Action is designed to support today's challenging ELA standards with authentic texts that help students in reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language domains.
Common Core and Similar Standards (CCSS)
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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Standards
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SUPPORT FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Action provides a rich array of tools to support the ELL students in your classroom. These include:
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
To help you build important school-to-home connections using Action, we have created Family Letters in both English and Spanish. These letters give parents specific articles from each issue to read with their children and include questions and activities to complete once they’re done reading. You can find out more about them here.
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