FASTalk

FASTalk (Families and Students Talk) is a family engagement tool that promotes equity and builds partnerships between teachers and historically underserved families by sharing engaging, at-home learning activities via text messages in each family’s home language.

With FASTalk:

Educators easily send to families welcoming and inclusive text messages with weekly activities to reinforce classroom learning.
Students experience literacy gains, especially when parents do not share a home language with the teacher.
Messages automatically translate into 100+ languages, facilitating two-way communication between educators and families.
Activities are fun, fast, and easy for busy families to complete on their own time, anywhere.
Any caregiver with access to a cell phone can engage. No computer or internet connection required.
Curriculum alignment with 10 of the most widely used, high quality ELA instructional materials such as EL Education, ELA Guidebooks, and more.

FASTalk sends test messages to families Picture

FASTalk send text messages to families aligned to curricula

FASTalk Reinforces More Than 10 High-Quality Curricula

ELA Curricula

EL Education's ELA Curriculum
ELA Guidebooks
Wit & Wisdom
ARC Core
Core Knowledge Language Arts
Benchmark Adelante
Collaborative Literacy
Units of Study
KIPP Wheatley
Illustrative Mathematics

Additional Support For

Teaching Strategies GOLD
Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP)
Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)
Sanford Harmony SEL
Learn the Signs, Act Early CDC Resources

Preview FASTalk Messages

FASTalk Supports 100+ Languages

FASTalk messages with learning activities are professionally translated into the following languages:

Arabic
Amharic
Chinese (traditional)
Farsi

Khmer
Mongolian
Pashto
Spanish

Tagalog
Tigrinya
Vietnamese

If your district or state has additional language needs, please let us know. We are happy to customize support for your families.

In total, FASTalk SMS messages translate into 100+ languages based on a family's preference, bridging two-way communication between school and home.