English Language Development Solutions:

TELPAS Readiness

The Connect to Literacy online TELPAS Reading and Writing program provides structured skills practice to help students become proficient readers and writers and prepare for success on the TELPAS.

With its easy-to-use interface designed for students with limited English proficiency, Connect to Literacy can be used independently by students at home or at school. Comprehensive reporting enables teachers to monitor students’ progress and provide support remotely or in person.

The Connect to Literacy Reading Course includes content differentiated at 6 grade-bands to mimic the TELPAS grade-level differentiation and provide you with an accurate predictor of TELPAS outcomes.

Connect to Literacy guides English learners through the process of completing five practice writing activities during the fall semester that mimic the official TELPAS writing samples that will be completed in the second semester. First, students prepare using Connect to Literacy’s writing skill-building activities, mini-lessons and examples.

The Connect to Literacy Writing course includes Writing Skills and Grammar lessons covering 100% of the NEW ELAR K-12 Writing Skills TEKS. This gives teachers the lessons, practice items, and assessments to help students prepare for the TELPAS Writing samples that will be collected, while also preparing them for the NEW R/LA integrated Reading and Writing STAAR Assessment that embeds revision and editing skills into the test.

Students gain authentic practice and feedback during the fall semester writing papers using each of the six TELPAS Writing types:

• Type 1: Basic Descriptive Writing on a Personal/Familiar Topic
• Type 2: Writing About a Familiar Process
• Type 3: Writing that Elicits the use of Past Tense
• Type 4: Personal Narratives and Reflective Pieces
• Type 5: Expository and Other Extended Writing on a Topic from Language Arts
• Type 6: Expository or Procedural Writing from Science, Mathematics, or Social Studies

Students submit their draft and a final version of each writing type.

Teachers review the drafts and provide comments and feedback using a built-in evaluation checklist that incorporates ELPS, PLDs and specific components of the writing theme or genre. Students revise and edit their writing based on teachers’ direction within Connect to Literacy. When students submit their final draft, teachers will review and grade them using an interactive TELPAS writing rubric.

The Connect to Literacy online English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) Mastery Course covers 12 areas of foundational language development to build proficiency in all four language domains.

This interactive, engaging program provides more than 23,000 grade- and language proficiency-level activities for students to learn and practice their English language skills. Used along with the Connect to Literacy Listening-Speaking and Reading-Writing programs, you can accelerate language acquisition for your English Learners and prepare them for success on TELPAS.

Teachers unlock the skill building modules they want students to work on. Built for the ELPS and TEKS, students listen to words and phrases and record themselves speaking them back, practice using words such as abstract nouns, and listen to sentences and practice writing them, and much more.

Several ELPS Mastery modules include embedded AI to automatically rate student pronunciation and writing skills while providing automatic feedback to students to promote self-efficacy and mastery while accelerating the learning process.