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Remote Learning Resources
How to download Progress Reports
Technology Videos are posted on this page to help navigate Google Classroom, RingCentral and Nearpod.
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Google Classroom Website: www.classroom.google.com
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Student tutorial (10 minutes): https://youtu.be/KSKOHFh9ka4
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Parents’ guide to Google Classroom in 2020: https://youtu.be/2Iowi-gmbys
Remember to email your scholar's teacher for usernames & passwords.
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Talking to children about COVID-19:
parent resources
NPR: Just for Kids: A Comic Exploring the New Coronavirus
PBS Kids for Parents: Helping Children with Tragic Events in the News
PBS Kids for Parents: How to Talk to Kids About Coronavirus
NY Times Parenting: How to Talk to Kids About Coronavirus
From the National Association of School Psychologists: COVID-19 Parent Handout ENGLISH/SPANISH
Remember to:
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Share age-appropriate facts and correct misinformation
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Reassure them that they are safe
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Emphasize simple things ... to be “germ busters” — for all types of germs that are out there
FREE Access to broadband and Wi-Fi
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Spectrum and Optimum/Altice are offering free broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with K-12 and/or college students who do not already have a Spectrum or Optimum broadband subscription and at any service level up to 100 Mbps. Installation fees will be waived for new student households.
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To enroll:
Call Spectrum at 844-488-8395
Call Optimum/Altice at 866-200-9522
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Spectrum will open its Wi-Fi hotspots across our footprint for public use.
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Spectrum does not have data caps or hidden fees.
Community resources - more coming soon!
FREE TAKE-OUT MEALS
FOR REMOTE LEARNING STUDENTS
BREAKFAST & LUNCH
Meals are available at 400 NYC public school sites. A Google map of sites can be found on the DOE website: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/take-out-meals.
Meals are available for pick-up of DOE school buildings from 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Any NYC student can pick up meals. You can also call 311 for more information.
CHILDCARE FOR CHILDREN OF FIRST RESPONDERS
If you are a parent and work as a healthcare provider, FDNY, NYPD, OEM or other eligible front-line worker, there are Regional Enrichment Centers (RECs) set up for your children. For more information, eligible parents can complete the survey here: https://bit.ly/2xfzEVe.
NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDES
TO FOOD & ASSISTANCE
Hunger Free NYC Produces Neighborhood Guides to Food & Assistance containing detailed information on free food access in Brooklyn & Queens. Users can learn how and where to access SNAP/Food Stamps, WIC, School and Summer Meals, senior meals, soup kitchens and food pantries, and farmer's markets that accept SNAP as payment. The guides also include a map showing the locations of these sites.
Brooklyn Guide ENGLISH / SPANISH
Queens Guide ENGLISH / SPANISH
Virtual learning resources
LEXIA READING CORE5
Lexia is an individualized research-proven literacy computer program used at Bushwick Ascend. Scholars can also access Lexia at home at https://www.lexiacore5.com! Free online access is available for scholars to continue developing and practicing reading skills at home.
Lexia is accessible via iPad (Lexia Core5), Android tablets, Chromebooks, browser, or download.
Please email your scholar's teacher for online access information. Teacher contact info can be found under the About Us page on this site.
Learning A-Z is offering a FREE subscription to Raz-Kids and/or Headsprout to help learning continue while out of the physical classroom, in light of the coronaviurs. This offer is valid through the end of the school year.*
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Raz-Kids is a digital resource that provides a library of differentiated books students can use to practice reading wherever they are (Internet connection required).
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Headsprout is an online K–5 reading program that adapts to the needs of the individual student. It is self-paced, which makes it ideal for at-home practice.
Scholastic's Learn at Home resources includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Scholars can complete on their own and with their families. Just find your scholar's grade level and let the learning begin here!
List of education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closings here. Each of these websites will allow you to sign-up for FREE and help your child along with their education. Please browse and access as needed to support your scholar at home.
ELA & Math online resources
Click this link for additional online resources to support your scholar’s learning at home.
New York State Common Core aligned curriculum resources and information for parents and families.
Click this link for additional online resources to support your scholar's learning at home.
Free, online educational resource, including over 100,000 practice problems, and over 6,000 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube teaching mathematics, history, physics, chemistry, biology, American civics, art history, economics, and computer science.