English Learners

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Family Supports for English Learners

This guide provides supports specific to families with English learners in addition to the resources on the Reading, Mathematics, and Science pages. Parents will find useful information and activities that promote family engagement at home by highlighting various important ways families support children’s learning. Families should also ask their child’s teacher about language supports during school.

Reading Resources for Grades K-2

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Literacy Resources for Families and Communities

It is important to read with children at least 20 minutes a day. Parents can access these digital websites which have books parents can use on electronic devices.

Math Resources for Grades 3-5

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FigureThis-Math Challenges for Families

Parents can use this website to engage in math challenges and activities with children. Some challenges are also available in Spanish. Tips for parents are provided in the Family Corner.

Resources for Grades K-12

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Resources to Strengthen Connections with Families

Parents will find useful information and activities for families of multilingual learners that promote engagement at home by highlighting various ways families can support children’s language development.

· Learning Language Every Day: Activities for Families (packet in several languages)

· Family Connections Through Home Languages (flyer in several languages)

· Introducing World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) (video)