While our curriculum is built for the ACT and SAT, many of the core skills overlap directly with the CLT. Use these alignment charts to see exactly which ChalkTalk lessons you can use to prepare your students for the CLT's Verbal Reasoning, Grammar/Writing, and Quantitative Reasoning sections.
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Part 1: 🚀 ChalkTalk ACT <> CLT Alignment
Math
Chalktalk ACT Math Lesson | CLT Skill |
2.3 Ratios | Solve real-life problems of proportion, ration, and rate |
2.4 Proportions | Solve real-life problems of proportion, ration, and rate |
2.6 Percents | Solve real-life problems of percent of increase & decrease |
2.8 Number & Quantity Foundations | Draw conclusions by applying properties of prime numbers... |
2.9 Algebra Foundations | Substitute terms or values into expressions and simplify |
2.10 Working with the XY-Plane | Find the slope of a line... |
2.11 Geometry Foundations: Angles | Find missing angle measurements & segment lengths... |
2.12 Geometry Foundations: Triangles | Determine and apply triangle congruence |
2.13 Geometry Foundations: Area and Volume | Apply spatial reasoning about geometric figures... |
4.1 Exponents | Use properties of exponents to simplify expressions |
4.3 Algebraic Expressions | Substitute terms or values into expressions and simplify |
4.4 Equations | Solve equations & inequalities |
4.5 Graphs of Linear Equations | Find the x- and y-intercepts of a line |
4.6 Inequalities | Solve equations & inequalities |
4.9 Absolute Value | Simplify absolute value expressions |
4.10 Quadratic Equations & Expressions | Factor and solve quadratic equations... |
5.3 Right Triangles | Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find missing side lengths |
5.4 SOH CAH TOA | Identify a trigonometric ratio for a given angle... |
6.1 Functions | Substitute terms or values into expressions and simplify |
6.3 Trigonometry Identities | Use trigonometric identities to simplify an expression |
6.5 The Unit Circle | Convert between degrees and radians |
6.7 Sequences and Series | Recognize patterns and identify terms in a sequence |
7.2 Combinations and Permutations | Calculate and interpret probability of an event |
7.3 Probability | Calculate and interpret probability of an event |
7.4 Data Collection... | Draw conclusions about an unknown integer... |
English (Grammar/Writing)
Chalktalk ACT English Lesson | CLT Grammar and Writing Skill |
2.1 Usage: Correcting Pronoun Forms | Grammar: Agreement |
2.3 Usage: Subject-Verb Agreement | Grammar: Agreement |
2.5 Usage: Verb Tense | Grammar: Agreement |
2.10 Usage: Commonly Misused Words | Writing: Word Choice |
2.14 Sentence Structure...: Parallel Structure | Grammar: Punctuation and Sentence Structure |
2.17 - 2.22 Punctuation... | Grammar: Punctuation and Sentence Structure |
3.2 Topic Development: Evaluating Intent | Writing: Style |
3.4 - 3.6 Organization, Unity, and Cohesion... | Writing: Structure |
4.2 Vocabulary: Precise Word Choice | Writing: Word Choice |
4.3 Vocabulary: Concise Word Choice | Writing: Word Choice |
Reading (Verbal Reasoning)
Chalktalk ACT Reading Lesson | CLT Verbal Reasoning Skill |
5.1 Explicit and Implicit Details | Comprehension: Passage Details |
5.3 Main Idea | Comprehension: Passage as a Whole |
5.7 Drawing Conclusions | Analysis: Textual Analysis |
6.1 Purpose and Audience | Analysis: Textual Analysis |
6.2 Text Structure | Comprehension: Passage as a Whole |
6.3 Determining Meaning | Comprehension: Passage Details |
6.5 Voice | Analysis: Textual Analysis |
6.6 Point of View and Perspective | Analysis: Textual Analysis |
7.1 Identifying Arguments | Analysis: Textual Analysis |
7.2 Paired Passages | Analysis: Textual Analysis |
Part 2: 🎓 ChalkTalk SAT <> CLT Alignment
Math
ChalkTalk SAT Math Lesson | CLT Skills |
1.1 Numbers & Operations | Draw conclusions by applying properties of prime numbers... |
1.3 Exponents & Radicals | Use properties of exponents to simplify expressions |
2.1 Algebraic Expressions | Simplify an expression using order of operations |
2.2 Solving One-Variable Linear Equations | Solve equations & inequalities |
2.4 Graphs of Linear Equations | Find the x and y intercepts of a line |
2.5 Systems of Linear Equations | Solve systems of equations and inequalities... |
2.6 Solving Linear Inequalities | Solve compound inequalities |
3.1 Functions | Substitute terms or values into expressions... |
3.2 Absolute Value Equations & Functions | Simplify absolute value expressions |
3.3 Quadratic Equations | Factor and solve quadratic equations... |
3.4 Quadratic Functions | Analyze a quadratic function modeling a real-life scenario |
3.8 Exponential Equations | Solve percent of increase & decrease real-life problems |
4.1 Ratios, Rates & Proportions | Solve real-life problems of proportion, ratio, and rate |
4.2 Percentages | Solve percent of increase & decrease real-life problems |
4.5 Probability | Calculate and interpret probability of an event |
4.6 Inferences & Evaluating | Draw conclusions about an unknown integer... |
5.1 Lines & Angles | Find missing angle measurements & segment lengths... |
5.2 Triangles | Determine and apply triangle congruence |
5.3 Right Triangles & Trigonometry | Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find missing side lengths |
5.4 Circles | Convert between degrees and radians |
5.5 Coordinate Geometry | Transform points, lines, and figures... |
5.6 Quadrilaterals & Other Polygons | Use properties of similar shapes... |
5.7 Area & Volume | Find the surface area, volume... |
Writing and Language (Grammar/Writing)
Chalktalk SAT Writing and Language Lesson | CLT Grammar and Writing Skills |
Agreement and Common Usage Mistakes | Conventions of Usage: Pronoun Agreement, Usage... |
Syntax (sentence structure) | Sentence Structure: Correcting Fragments, Run-Ons... |
Punctuation | Conventions of Punctuation: Semicolons and Colons... |
Logical Sequence and Coherence | Development: Generalizations and Main Idea... |
Outlining and Organizing Ideas | Organization: Transitions |
Diction (word choice) | Effective Language Use: Concision, Precision |
Reading (Verbal Reasoning)
ChalkTalk SAT Reading Lesson | CLT Verbal Reasoning Skills |
Information and Ideas: Explicit and Implicit Details | Making Predictions and Inferences |
Information and Ideas: Main Idea | Main Ideas and Supporting Details |
Information and Ideas: Cause and Effect | Common Organization of Texts |
Information and Ideas: Determining Meaning | Nuance and Word Meanings... |
Information and Ideas: Citing Evidence1 | Citing Evidence2 |
Craft and Structure: Point of View3 | Narrator's Point of View4 |
Craft and Structure: Purpose5 | Author's Purpose, Persuasion and Rhetoric6 |
Craft and Structure: Analyzing Claims...7 | Reading Argumentative Writing |
Craft and Structure: Analyzing Structure | Passage Structure |
Synthesis: Paired Passages | Comparing Two Texts |
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