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Practicing for Success: ELPAC Essentials

Grades K–8

Support California English learners with scaffolded, test-aligned practice that demystifies the Summative English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) while accelerating language growth and opening doors to reclassification.

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Series Highlights

  • Full coverage of every Summative ELPAC task type in Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing
  • Scaffolded practice: guided, partner, and independent tasks
  • Includes the ELPAC Best Practices Guide to support instructional equity and reclassification
  • Aligns 100% to the 2012 CA ELD Standards
  • Reduces test anxiety through structured routines and feedback
  • Ideal for Designated and Integrated ELD settings
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  • Student Materials

    Student Guided Practice Books

    Each kit includes 21 full-color books designed to build academic language and ELPAC task familiarity:

     
    • Mirrors each ELPAC task type for authentic preparation
    • Supports all four domains
    • Includes scaffolded routines and built-in formative check-ins
    • Builds confidence while promoting academic language
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    Student Readers

    Bring language to life with engaging titles tied to ELPAC themes:

     
    • 1 fiction and 1 nonfiction reader per grade (6 copies each)
    • Contextualizes language use and builds vocabulary
    • Available in both print and ebook formats
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  • Teacher Materials

    Teacher's Guide

    Gives teachers the structure they need to deliver ELPAC-aligned instruction with confidence:

     
    • Includes answer keys, pacing, and sample student responses
    • Flexible for whole-group, small-group, or 1:1
    • Designed for both Designated and Integrated ELD time
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    ELPAC Best Practices Guide

    Turn expectations into clear teaching moves:

     
    • Side-by-side rubrics and annotated student samples
    • Culturally sustaining routines and formative protocols
    • Helps educators align instruction with both ELD Standards and ELPAC demands
    • Strengthens instructional equity and accelerates reclassification
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  • Digital Resources

    Digital Support for Flexible Learning

    Each kit includes easy-to-access digital tools to enhance instruction in any setting:

     
    • Audio for Listening tasks
    • Fillable PDFs for digital practice
    • Ebook versions of readers
    • Great for remote, hybrid, and small-group instruction
    elpac-series-digital

Student Guided Practice Books

Each kit includes 21 full-color books designed to build academic language and ELPAC task familiarity:

 
  • Mirrors each ELPAC task type for authentic preparation
  • Supports all four domains
  • Includes scaffolded routines and built-in formative check-ins
  • Builds confidence while promoting academic language
elpac-series-student-book

Student Readers

Bring language to life with engaging titles tied to ELPAC themes:

 
  • 1 fiction and 1 nonfiction reader per grade (6 copies each)
  • Contextualizes language use and builds vocabulary
  • Available in both print and ebook formats
elpac-series-student-readers

Teacher's Guide

Gives teachers the structure they need to deliver ELPAC-aligned instruction with confidence:

 
  • Includes answer keys, pacing, and sample student responses
  • Flexible for whole-group, small-group, or 1:1
  • Designed for both Designated and Integrated ELD time
elpac-series-teachers-guide

ELPAC Best Practices Guide

Turn expectations into clear teaching moves:

 
  • Side-by-side rubrics and annotated student samples
  • Culturally sustaining routines and formative protocols
  • Helps educators align instruction with both ELD Standards and ELPAC demands
  • Strengthens instructional equity and accelerates reclassification
elpac-series-best-practices

Digital Support for Flexible Learning

Each kit includes easy-to-access digital tools to enhance instruction in any setting:

 
  • Audio for Listening tasks
  • Fillable PDFs for digital practice
  • Ebook versions of readers
  • Great for remote, hybrid, and small-group instruction
elpac-series-digital

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