Parent Guide for Remote Learning:

Let your child see you reading for pleasure and performing routine activities such as reviewing letters, recipes, instructions, newspapers, magazines, and e-mail.

Take advantage of the e-books provided by your school’s Library Services listed on your school’s website.

Ask your child to identify and create a running list of unfamiliar words in their text to help build academic vocabulary and help them find meanings by using online dictionaries, Google, etc.

Allow students to write creatively: poems, stories, songs, plays etc; write informational papers such as reports on topics important to them, news stories on issues in the community; argumentative writing to take a stand on an issue that is relevant to them, etc.

Audible is temporarily allowing free access to some of its books. The selection ranges from preschool stories to literary classics.

These resources from Common Sense Media with families will help them keep kids entertained, engaged, and learning while they're stuck inside.

Khan Academy is providing special services for teachers and parents who are home-bound due to school closings. This article lists some of those resources.

YouTube Learning provides educational videos for a range of topics and ages.

Wide Open School is the result of a collaboration among leading publishers, nonprofits, and education and technology companies. It features a free collection of learning experiences and activities for kids, organized by grade band and subject. You will also find daily schedules with creative breaks and recommendations to keep kids engaged and exploring, one day (or one hour) at a time.

Learning A-Z has made is currently offering a FREE subscription to Raz-Kids, valid through the end of the school year.

Common Sense Media presents this article to help take steps to protect kids' personal information and help make the internet safer for everyone.

Read articles about science and engineering and talk about them, who, what, where, when, why and have students support their answers with evidence.

Take a walk outside and talk about the natural phenomena that they see outside (weathering, erosion, pollution, solar system, stars, factors.

Textbooks: https://www.hmhco.com/one/login/

DoDEA Adopted Support Materials & Videos, Simulations: https://www.discoveryeducation.com/

DoDEA approved Tutoring & additional practice in all subjects: https://www.khanacademy.org/

Tutoring support: https://tutor.com/

DoDEA adopted Library Resources: https://mackinvia.com/

DoDEA adopted Library Resources: https://galesupport.com/district/dodea

DoDEA Learning Management System: https://schoology.dodea.edu/ or Google Classroom

Science articles and news: https://www.sciencenews.org/