Resources to help support your child
Read&Write for Google Chrome
The Read&Write extension is available to all students. It is the purple puzzle piece icon on the extension bar. When the extensions is clicked, it offers the following support tools:
• Text-to-speech to hear words, passages, or whole documents read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting
• Text and picture dictionaries to see the meaning of words explained
• With speech-to-text, dictate words to assist with writing, proofreading & studying
• Word prediction offers suggestions for the current or next word as you type
• Collect highlights from text in documents or the web for summarizing and research
• Create and listen to voice notes directly inside of Google Docs
• Simplify and summarize text on web pages to remove ads and other copy that can be distracting
EquatIO
EquatIO is an easy-to-use extension that is available on all student Chromebooks. It allows for the easy addition of math equations and formulas through typing, speech to text or writing on Google Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides and Drawings.