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StudySync
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StudySync

Superb ELA/EL resource is a complete package

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Learning rating
Updated review coming soon Editorial review by Common Sense Education
Community rating
Based on 8 reviews
Privacy rating
54%| Warning Expert evaluation by Common Sense
Grades
6–12 This grade range is based on learning appropriateness and doesn't take into account privacy. It's determined by Common Sense Education, not the product's publisher.
Subjects & Skills
English Language Arts, English-Language Learning, Communication & Collaboration, Critical Thinking
Price:  Free to try A one-year subscription starts at $21.42 per student. The print student reading and writing companion units cost $10.20 per student per year, and the print bundles (including two novels) start at $31.11 per student per year.
Platforms:  Website
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Search through 2,000+ texts and filter by Lexile level, grade, tags, special features, genre, and date.
Text pages provide a wealth of info and help teachers quickly add to assignments and view units linked to the text.
Blasts challenge students to write short responses to daily prompts about current events or important ideas.
High-quality videos model Collaborative Conversations about texts and writing prompts.
Core Units provide grade-level program guides, scope and sequence, and pacing guides for ELA and EL.
All of the Core ELA units have an EL companion that follows most of the same texts but has an Extended Oral Project.
Teachers can personalize learning by adding scaffolds to meet students' needs.
Students can access the scaffolds within the text and view them side-by-side.
Grammar skills practice is embedded in the Core Units, in addition to key reading skills and academic vocabulary.
The student dashboard organizes assignments and due dates, a binder of all work, and the text library.
Students work through each step of an assignment. Written work is saved in a portfolio.
Teachers can create, edit, preview, and duplicate assignments, as well as track student progress.
The teacher dashboard links to the four primary areas of the program. The interface is clean and easy to navigate.

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Kate H. , Classroom teacher
Classroom teacher
Excellent platform to support transformed teaching that puts powerful learning in the hands of students.
I LOVE using StudySync in my classroom because it challenges the students, yet engages them in learning using modes that are increasingly pervasive in modern culture. It helps me to truly differentiate my instruction and spend time with individual students who really need more assistance, but then also allow those who want to push forward more the opportunity to do that, too. It does not not much time to set up and get started, but, like any robust curricular support there are so many great resources ...
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Users can interact with trusted users and/or students.
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User-created content is not filtered for personal information before being made publicly visible.
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Users can create or upload content.
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Data are not shared for third-party advertising and/or marketing.
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