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Steps to Improve Outcomes for Students with Disabilities

Find out how to move beyond "Can all students use this?" to "Can all students succeed using this?"

Janna Sakson
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Learning from Home: Remote Teaching Schedule and Tips for Grades K–3

Get tips on building a daily remote teaching schedule for young students learning from home amid COVID-19.

Adam Drummond, EdD
Associate Partner, The Center for Model Schools and Author, Instructional Leadership

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Tips for Remote Learning Without Internet Access

Every school year brings technological challenges, but remote learning without internet is an entirely new type of challenge. Yet students still need teaching. There are students who do not have reliable—if any!—internet access.

Richard Blankman
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Grades 1–2: Ready, Set, School! Podcast

Listen to our Ready, Set, School! podcast, developed especially for kids, to get tips and advice for starting this school year wherever you do your learning.

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Virtual Museum Offerings to Keep Kids Learning Year-Round

Museums everywhere are offering free virtual tours and hands-on activities for students.

Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Executive Editor

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Actividades de ciencias de Grados 1-2 para el aprendizaje a distancia de verano: Alto en el cielo

Exploren una variedad de actividades de aprendizaje para alentar a su niño(a) a realizar exploraciones científicas de objetos en el cielo.

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Grades 1-2 Remote Learning Summer Science Activities: Up in the Sky

Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage your child in objects in the sky.

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Grades 1–2 Summer Reading Activities: Fun and Games

Discover five days of reading and learning activities designed to engage your child in an exploration of sports, games, and having fun.

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Read by Grade 3: Developing Foundational Skills for All Children

Dr. Shane Templeton explains how students can be well on their way to reading proficiency by the end of Grade 3.

Dr. Shane Templeton
Foundation Professor Emeritus, Literacy Studies, University of Nevada, Reno; Into Reading Program Author

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Grades 1-2 Remote Learning Summer Science Activities: Conservation

Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage your child in environmental conservation.

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Grades 1-2 Remote Learning Summer Science Activities: Great Outdoors

Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage your child in the great outdoors.

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Actividades de ciencias de Grados 1-2 para el aprendizaje a distancia de verano: Los grandes espacios abiertos

Exploren una variedad de actividades de aprendizaje para alentar a su niño(a) a realizar exploraciones científicas en los grandes espacios abiertos.

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Forgotten Stories of the Oregon Trail: Capturing the Details

Students will learn how to describe objects in great detail, by reading about a woman pioneer who captured in writing the unfamiliar things she saw along the Oregon Trail.

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Actividades de ciencias de grados 1-2 para el aprendizaje a distancia de verano: Conservación del medio ambiente

Exploren una variedad de actividades de ciencias para alentar a su niño(a) a relacionarse con la conservación del medio ambiente.

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Grades 1–2 Summer Reading Activities: This Is America

Discover five days of reading and learning activities designed to engage your child in an exploration of our country and its symbols.

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Grados 1–2 actividades de lectura: Estos son los Estados Unidos

¡Bienvenidos a Estos son los Estados Unidos! We provide you with daily summer reading activities in Spanish about our country and its symbols.

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Grados 1–2 actividades de lectura: Al aire libre

Van a recibir lecciones de lectura y aprendizaje para cinco días con las que su hijo podrá conocer más sobre la naturaleza que nos rodea.

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Grades 1–2 Summer Reading Activities: The Great Outdoors

Discover five days of reading and learning activities designed to engage your child in an exploration of nature all around us.

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