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Canvas Support for Parents

Canvas Parent Login.pdf (PDF)

Canvas Parent Login

Canvas support for students

Canvas Student Login Tutorial.pdf (PDF)

Canvas Student Login Tutorial for iPad

Canvas Student Login Tutorial for Computer

Teaching Support

9 Ways Online Teaching Should Be Different from Face-to-Face

Elementary

Code - Free K-12 computer science lessons and games to help students learn how to code.

Accelerated Reader

Achieve the Core - Free, ready-to-use classroom resources that support excellent, standards-aligned instruction for all students in English Language Arts and Mathematics.

Duolingo - Students can practice a new language with fun games and creative lessons. Duolingo offers experiences in over 20 languages.

**Go Boardmaker - Offering a free trial for parents. Kids can play interactive games with visual supports

Go Math! District adopted Math curriculum for K-6 students

Go Noodle - This site has free videos that kids can follow along to. These are great for Brain Breaks and Physical Activities inside. There are activities, music, sing-alongs, dance-alongs, and more.

iReady - Students that have accounts; can maintain 45 minutes per week per subject

iReady AtHome - other resources

Khan Academy Kids - Khan Academy Kids is a free, fun, educational app with thousands of activities and books that will inspire a lifetime of learning and discovery for young children ages 2-7. Download the app on the Apple, Google Play or Amazon app stores, open the app to sign up with a parent email address, and then head to the Home screen to let the joyful learning begin!

Mystery Science K-5 - District curriculum

National Geographic for Kids - This website has free articles, resources, games, and activities for students of all ages. Search by topics that include science and history lessons.

PBS Kids - Kids can play games and engage in learning activities with their favorite PBS characters

PE Central - PE Lesson Plans & Activities (arranged in Grade Spans - PreSchool, K-2, 3-5, 6-8)

Reflex Math - Students with already existing accounts can login - Click ‘Student login’ and enter the teacher’s name. Students select their class, and then their name.

**Smarty Symbols - Free trial for visual supports for home learning.

Star Fall - Early elementary students can practice phonics skills with read-along stories.

STEMscopes, Grade 6

Storyline Online - Have your kids listen to some of their favorite stories read aloud by movie stars.

TimeForKids - Students can click on their grade level to view student articles

Vooks - Vooks brings children's books to life with animated illustrations, read-a-long text and narrated story. Families can enjoy one month free.

Who Was books - This site provides lesson plans and thinking prompts for many historical figures. There is also a Netflix series that the kids can watch if they are Netflix subscribers

Wonders Login through Canvas - district ELA adopted curriculum

Lifewire - 12 best free learning websites for kids in 2020

*Little Sports - *posts a disclaimer (consult your physician and/or medical doctor etc.) for viewers at the start of each video.

*Cosmic Kids Yoga

*Youtube should always be monitored by parents

**Beneficial for students with special needs

Wellness Resources

Social Emotional learning

SEL Toolkit

SEL_Toolkit_Planning_for_Reentry.pdf (PDF)

Proxy Authentication

Students, if you checked out an iPad from your school, and you are having an issue with Proxy Authentication, please follow these instructions:

Student Proxy Issue.pdf (PDF)

Secondary

AP/College Board

Big Ideas (Integrated Math 1, 2, 3)

Kahoot! - Engaging learning games that are easy to use

PE Central (Grade Spans 6-8, 9-12)

Schoolinks - free college and career planning for students

Social Science - Pearson (CHS/SAHS)

STEMscopes (Grades 7 and 8)

TCI Program (El Roble)

Lifewire - 12 best free learning websites for kids in 2020

ELD Resources

ABCya - The site includes educational games organized by grade level, from 1st to 5th, and is particularly good for spelling and phonics.

BrainPOP ELL - BrainPOP is a site with engaging learning games, animated movies, and activities covering a variety of topics. There are numerous sites that kids can access, including BrainPOP, BrainPOP Jr. (grades K-3), BrainPOP ELL, and BrainPOP Espanol.

Colorin' Colorado - A bilingual (English and Spanish) site of resources for teachers, families, and students.

Dave's ESL Cafe - Includes quizzes, grammar explanations, and discussion forums for students.

Duolingo - Students can practice a new language with fun games and creative lessons. Duolingo offers experiences in over 20 languages.

Easy World of English - This free website has grammar and pronunciation lessons, readings, and a picture dictionary. This site would be great for beginners and family members learning English.

Ellevation Distance Learning - This is a page that teachers can access to find strategies to include ELs in distance learning. A new activity, with lesson plans, will be posted each week.

LACOE Parent Activities and Resources - LACOE has put together a list of activities that parents and students can complete at home. This PDF is on both English and Spanish

National Geographic en Espanol - National Geographic science and literary activities in Spanish

Nearpod EL - Nearpod EL is an added subscription that CISD has specifically for English LEarners. Access this through your Nearpod account, and click on the English Learner library.

Readworks - Readworks lessons are completely free. Students can read, highlight, and annotate digitally, or teachers can print out lessons and send them home. Readworks passages include a variety of topics.

Ventures Arcade - An online supplemental tool to the Ventures textbook series to practice vocabulary and grammar in theme-based contexts.

Speech and Language Enrichment

Home Speech Home

Mommys Speech Therapy

Speech Language Therapy

Storytime from Space

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