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TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of children's e-books, available by subscription to Elementary Schools and Public Libraries around the world.

TumbleBookLibrary Premium has over 1100 titles for grades K-6, and includes our unique animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, non fiction books and videos, curated playlists, as well as books in Spanish and French. Plus, the collection features Graphic Novels - a student favorite!

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TeenBookCloud

TeenBookCloud is a curated database of e-books and other digital content for Middle Schools and High Schools, as well as Public Libraries.

The growing collection features over 1000 titles, including student-favorite Graphic Novels, enhanced e-books with full audio narration and highlighted text, classic literature, non fiction videos, and more!

The site supports a wide range of readers' interests and levels. We've partnered with Orca Books and Saddleback books to bring you hundreds of High-Interest/Low-Level content. In addition, our new AP English section makes hundreds of curriculum books available to readers at the click of a button!

Subscriptions are affordable and EASY to use, and include tools to simplify your students' access from home as well as from your building. There are no check-out times or wait lists: the books are always available, to everyone in your institution!

TumbleMath

Educators have long known that one of the most effective ways to teach math concepts, especially to reluctant learners, is by using stories and literature.

TumbleMath has the most comprehensive collection of math stories available anywhere- all in our world famous TumbleBook format which combines animation, narration, and sound to create a compelling and enticing story book for students of all ages.

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K-12 students can dig deeper into STEM topics and experience the thrill of exploration and discovery.

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On Monday we asked our community of educators what they need in the face of uncertainty caused by school closures and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nearly 2,000 educators responded, and the range of those responses illustrates the incredible responsibilities they feel for their students' learning and well-being. More than 98 percent were facing school closures-and the ensuing consequences fell on educators quickly.

What Educators Are Asking For

"I think people are going to feel helpless," one respondent told us. When asked what resources they'd recommend, another said, "At this point, I'm feeling overwhelmed. In the course of 72 hours, our school district shut down, we had to scramble to prepare lessons for students and now we're on a shelter-in-place order. I don't know of any resources right now. We NEED resources!" It was a sentiment we saw time and time again in the responses.

Overwhelmingly, these educators requested resources they could easily share with students, be it online or in packets delivered during food drop-offs. More than 80 percent requested "Do Something" projects that could easily be adapted for distance learning. And half asked for articles about ensuring equity during a time of school closure, distance learning and racism directed at Asian American students.

We also want to stress the range of specific needs educators brought up in this survey. Educators wanted recommendations for online resources and platforms. They wanted emotional support for students and educators alike. They wanted materials on the intersections of COVID-19 and social justice. Educators asked for best practices for distance learning. They asked for physical and printable resources for students without online access. They asked for information they could send families about basic necessities and resources for families trying to do their best to take on the role of educator in the household. Below, you will find links to resources that address these asks.

Amid the calls for specific resources to help with learning, there was also an overwhelming need for hope, for reminders of our collective resilience, for ways to cope with the intersecting anxieties students and educators are facing. We aim to address these requests as best we can-and to call on the education community to help where we feel less equipped.

Coming together begins with responding to what our community needs right now.

Resources to Share With Students

Teaching Tolerance has a bank of resources that can be adapted for take-home or online learning. Our Student Text Library has more than 500 texts (including readings, read-alouds, images and videos), filtered by grade level, subject and social justice topic. Our film kits include student-friendly documentaries and discussion guides. For copyright reasons, some of these texts and films require an account to access-but anyone can create a free account, whether an educator or a caregiver. Educators are welcome to create class accounts and share the login and password with students or to save texts as PDFs and email them to students or upload them to a password-protected course management system like Canvas or Blackboard.

Teaching Tolerance also has lessons that can be adapted for students with or without online access. While we are currently undergoing an evaluation of these resources, we feel confident that any of these can strengthen your lesson planning:

lessons based on the book The Color of Law, which can add depth to any unit on segregation, government-sanctioned discrimination or systemic racism;

Teaching The New Jim Crow, lessons about the criminal justice system that can help students understand the connections between historical and present-day injustices;

lessons on digital literacy and online citizenship, which are designed for students K-12, whether they have online access or not.

"Do Something" Projects

Our website features 34 "Do Something" tasks. Most of these are adaptable to distance learning and homeschooling. They are designed to allow students to apply their knowledge to real-world issues. Here are a few of our favorites:

Oral History Project, in which students can conduct interviews at home to see how personal experiences intersect with something they are studying;

Buddy Share, in which students could share art or writing with an online classmate;

Identity Artifacts Museum, in which students can create a display of items from home that represent aspects of their identities.

Articles With Recommendations About Equity

We know that-with such little time to plan-the absence of school programming or the implementation of distance learning may threaten equal resource access for a wide range of students. We know that students experiencing poverty, students with disabilities, English language learners, students living in food deserts, students with elderly caregivers and families without work flexibility are particularly vulnerable. In the coming weeks, we hope to produce or share articles and resources with recommendations for ensuring equity for these students and families.

Today, these resources may prove useful:

We cannot predict how the spread of coronavirus will affect schools tomorrow, next week or months from now. But we feel reassured by the knowledge that social justice educators have always been leaders in building our communities up. So we stand alongside you in not letting this crisis keep us down. To the extent that we can, we will humbly face this unknown with you and strive for a better tomorrow.

We hope these resources help.

Resource List for Educators
Note: This list is drawn from survey responses, TT staffers and youth-serving organizations. TT has not vetted all third-party lists. Please take special care in selecting online learning platforms and checking for equity, accessibility and-as we teach students to recognize how their personal data is monetized-privacy.
Coronavirus Resources: Teaching, Learning and Thinking Critically - New York Times Learning Network
This ever-updating resource includes items for staying current on coronavirus news, teaching media literacy around the coronavirus, essential questions and discussion suggestions, and advice for teaching and learning online.

Emotional Support
"We need to be sure our students have their fears acknowledged. ... We need to focus on their mental health along with their physical health." -TT survey respondent
Crisis Text Line
This resource offers 24/7 crisis counseling to those who text HOME to 741741.

The Trevor Project
For LGBTQ students-especially in non-accepting families-social isolation at home may be difficult. The Trevor Project provides them support.

Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource - National Association of School Psychologists
This site offers guidance for talking to young people about the coronavirus in a way that is factual and anxiety-reducing.

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Information and Resources - National Alliance on Mental Illness
This thorough resource includes tips for how to deal with anxiety caused by COVID-19 news and special considerations for people experiencing homelessness, people with vulnerable family members and people who feel isolated.

Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety
A website with resources for addressing anxiety that educators may be feeling, including that induced by xenophobia, financial fears, isolation and more. It also includes a special portal for parents.

Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope With the Coronavirus Disease 2019 - The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
This printable resource, available in several languages, includes information for families and caregivers that educators can use and share. Particularly helpful is the section outlining common reactions to stress and recommendations for supporting children that are broken down by age group.

Resources Students Can Use Online
"[I need] any online resources that students in grades k-12 can use at home." -TT survey respondent
Amazing Educational Resources
This crowdsourced document lists education companies that are offering free subscriptions during school closures.

Free Online Learning Resources for Schools Affected by Coronavirus/COVID-19 - Tech Learning
This list includes hundreds of free e-learning platforms and resources that cover a wide range of grade levels, subjects and needs, including topics such as sex education, drama and language learning.

125+ Amazing Online Learning Resources - We Are Teachers
This list includes sites with ready lesson plans and activities for all grade levels, as well as e-learning platforms.

Free Educational Resources for Distance Learning - California Department of Education
This is a list of education publishers offering free distance learning resources.

Discovery Education
Offering free access through the remainder of the school year, this platform includes digital textbooks and multimedia resources for online K-12 learning.

Doc Academy
Doc Academy features free clips from documentary films, including social justice topics, with accompanying toolkits and lessons.

TED-Ed
On the TED-Ed site, users will find free videos on a wide range of educational topics, with portals for students and educators.

Storyline Online
This website offers read-alouds of books for young readers. Books include a diverse range of authors and characters but should be vetted by educators.

Storytime From Space
On this site, astronauts read children's books aloud. It's out of this world cute, and the options include diverse representation of kids who love science.

Printables for Pick-Up
"[There are] issues of equity in access to online learning." -TT survey respondent
Curriculum Associates
This website includes printable activities for grades K-8 in math and reading.

All Kids Network
Mostly geared toward young learners, this website offers printable activities and worksheets.

Scholastic
This page offers printable activities for students in grades K-8.

COVID-19 and Social Justice
"Our school has several students from China who will not be able to go home during this break. I saw a few Chinese students out at a local restaurant and heard a few old white men at a table nearby grumbling about how the kids should have on face masks. How can we protect our Asian students against bias?" -TT survey respondent
Since February, we have stressed the need for educators to understand the historical context of the rhetoric surrounding the coronavirus-and to interrupt it. Even in online or distance learning contexts, our Speak Up at School and guides can help you formulate responses to such rhetoric from students and facilitate conversations about where that rhetoric is coming from.

When Xenophobia Spreads Like a Virus - NPR
This article provides personal narratives of how xenophobia has affected people across the United States during the coronavirus outbreak.

Support for Teachers During the COVID-19 Outbreak - Facing History and Ourselves
This collection includes resources on standing against racism surrounding the coronavirus and readings that can help students ground this moment in the history of crises and community care.

Coronavirus School Closings Expose Digital Divide - U.S. News
This article explains how some members of the Federal Communications Commission are advocating for ways the FCC can and should step in to mitigate tech inequities during quarantine.

COVID-19 and the Education of Students with Disabilities - National Disability Rights Network
This collection of resources from NDRN can help educators ensure equal access to online education for students with disabilities.

COVID-19 Response and Resources - The Justice Collaborative
This page helps explain how marginalized and incarcerated populations are more endangered by COVID-19.

Best Practices for Online or Distance Learning
"We are not ready for distance learning." - TT survey respondent
Learning Keeps Going
A coalition of education organizations developed this website that hosts tips, webinars and resource lists for transitioning to digital learning. It also contains a help desk for educators and a hotline for parents and students.

3 Ways to Turn Your Classroom Remote in a Hurry - KQED
This succinct resource from KQED includes a compilation of online learning tools and recommendations for implementing them.

Resources for Teaching and Learning During This Period of Social Distancing - KQED
This thorough article offers resources and suggestions for educators to transition to distance learning.

How to Teach Online Courses - Future Learn
These free courses can help educators learn strategies for remote and distance learning with students.

Resources for Families in Need
"The more vulnerable populations may be more at risk of environmental, natural crisis/disasters. How to become proactive and an advocate?" - TT survey respondent
These Organizations Are Helping People Get Food and Medical Help During the Coronavirus Pandemic - Buzzfeed News
This article includes a list of organizations working to deliver food, medical supplies and aid to people locally, nationally and internationally.

Coronavirus: Multilingual Resources for Schools - Colorín Colorado
These resources can help educators provide communication around this crisis to families in multiple languages.

Talking Points
This app can help educators send text messages and communications to students and families in their home languages.

Talking to Kids About Coronavirus: ASL and English Resources - American Society for Deaf Children
Resources in ASL that provide information on the coronavirus as well as its impact on the Deaf community.

Supporting Families During COVID-19 - Child Mind Institute
This collection of services includes video chats with clinicians, telemedicine services and tips for managing anxiety and discipline as kids are isolated at home.

Resources for Caretakers
"Lesson and online learning that parents can access as well. The teachers are putting things together, but the parents are at home implementing it." -TT survey respondent
Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus - Child Mind Institute
This article offers basic tips that include open and honest conversation.

Coronavirus and Parenting: What You Need to Know Now - NPR
This ever-updating guide from NPR includes advice for both health and education during the coronavirus outbreak.

Scholastic Learn at Home
This free resource includes days of projects for children in grade bands of PK-K, 1-2, 3-5 and 6+.

Khan Academy
Khan Academy offers free courses for kids in subjects such as math, science and history.

Free Resources and Subscriptions for Remote Learning and Home Schooling Due to Coronavirus- QNS
This is a curated list of free remote learning and homeschooling resources for a variety of subjects and grade levels.

Coronavirus: Learning Resources for Kids Home From School - KIRO 7
This article provides advice for structuring the home learning environment as well as a list of free online activity websites.

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Welcome to Historical Thinking Matters, a website focused on key topics in U.S. history, that is designed to teach students how to critically read primary sources and how to critique and construct historical narratives. Read how to use this site.

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Across the country, teachers and other educators share the exciting but sometimes difficult challenge of teaching English, literacy skills, and academic content to a growing number of English language learners (ELLs).

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Math at Home

A website filled with fun daily math activities, collections of practice pages, family games, and online games. Please share with anyone who would appreciate ready access to free resources. No login or registration required. Go to Math at Home website →

Additional Resources for Bridges Educators

Frequently Asked Questions

If my child's school is closed, does MLC have suggestions for continued learning at home?

First, we suggest you touch base with your child's teacher to see if they have ideas or plans. You may also want to visit our Math at Home grade-level pages , which features a collection of Additional Resources for each grade level. (8/11/20)

My child's teacher sent home some student book pages. Can I have access to an answer key or purchase a teacher's edition?

We recommend you contact your child's teacher, as they are the best source of information for assignments that are sent home. Our Bridges in Mathematics Second Edition materials are available only to educators who teach in schools or districts that have adopted the curriculum. (8/11/20)

Educator Support

Will MLC provide updated guidance for districts and schools?

MLC has provided Guidance and Resources for 2020-21 through the Bridges Educator Site (login required) to assist teachers in planning for the coming year, whether the district is returning remotely, returning in-person, or using a hybrid model. (8/11/20)

How can teachers prioritize areas of the Bridges curriculum to emphasize?

The Guidance and Resources for 2020-21 page on the Bridges Educator Site (login required) provides Guidance Documents. These documents include a revised scope and sequence, as well as unit planners, screeners, record sheets, and implementation guides. (8/11/20)

What are the options for workshops that can't be done in person right now?

To meet the needs of schools and teachers preparing to implement the Bridges in Mathematics curriculum, The Math Learning Center has created a remote version of the Getting Started workshop. We will also be offering remote versions of Bridges Intervention and Bridges PreK workshops. Please contact your regional coordinator for further details. (8/11/20)

Technology

Will MLC provide digital activities for Bridges classrooms?

MLC will provide a variety of resources to support daily work with students, including a collection of tech-enhanced activities (TEAs). These activities will be available from the Guidance and Resources for 2020-21 page on the Bridges Educator Site (login required). In addition, activities from Math at Home can be used to supplement instruction. (8/11/20)

Can students have access to materials on the Bridges Educator Site (BES), such as Work Places, student workbooks, and Digital Display Materials (DDMs)?

Although we aren't able to provide students with direct online access to materials on the Bridges Educator Site, we have made a number of the Digital Work Places available within the BES. Teachers can share those links with students, and then students will be able to play some of the DDM games without needing to log in. Additionally, the Math at Home activities and resources do not require a login or registration - they're free and available to everyone. (8/11/20)

Can Bridges in Mathematics Second Edition material be posted within a learning management system (LMS) such as Canvas or Google Classroom?

With any LMS, we assume the materials are password protected (i.e., students and families need to log in for access). Within this context, MLC does not object to posting Bridges materials. In fact, we even allow materials to be emailed to families if a district does not have a mechanism for securely distributing materials otherwise. We consider it equivalent to sending physical materials home with the student in their backpack or folder. (8/11/20)

Can I share Bridges materials on social media for students and families to access?

You can share downloaded PDFs of student materials with the students and families you support. However, this needs to be through email or a secured site like Google Classroom. Bridges Second Edition materials may not be shared through unsecured social media or other sites. On the other hand, all resources on the Math at Home site are open to the public and may be shared via social media. (8/11/20)

What resources are available for students who do not have internet access at home?

The module-level packets available within the Bridges Educator Site (login required) can be used as written instruction for all students, regardless of internet access. To complement the packets, we've developed new activities on the Math at Home site as options for home learning. These materials may be printed and sent home. (8/11/20)

Intervention

Can MLC produce e-worksheets based on the Bridges in Mathematics and Bridges Intervention materials?

While not in e-worksheet format, the packets available through the BES (login required) can be uploaded to Google Classroom or other learning management systems, or they can be printed, copied, and distributed to students. It's possible to then use an app such as BitPaper, Kami, Evernote, or Notability to collect student responses. (8/11/20)

What resources and support will be available for Bridges Intervention?

We are considering ways we can support Bridges Intervention, and in the interim, we offer the following suggestions for working with students who require intervention:

Assessment

Will Math Learning Center provide virtual assessments?

As part of the Guidance and Resources for 2020-21 , MLC created screeners that can be used to determine students' current level of readiness for grade-level content. These screeners will be offered both digitally and in PDF format. All other assessments within Bridges and Number Corner will remain available only in print. If you wish to use the assessments that appear within the Bridges curriculum, you can download them from the Curriculum tab of the Bridges Educator Site, then print, copy, and send them home for students. Responses could then be entered through a school learning management system. (8/11/20)

Will Pre-K Digital Display Materials be made available?

None of the materials within the Bridges Pre-K curriculum are currently available as DDMs. Our curriculum developers made a deliberate decision to keep tech out of the pre-K materials because learning occurs "from the hand to the head" for the youngest students. The Bridges Pre-K curriculum was designed for students to interact with geometric shapes, pattern blocks, and other manipulatives to develop understanding. Kinesthetic learning may be compromised if students are asked to complete similar activities on a device. Although MLC converted many existing DDMs in the other grade levels to student-facing versions, we have no plans to build new DDMs for pre-K at this time. That said, other pre-K resources , including read-alouds of selected math stories, are available on the Math at Home site. (8/27/20)

Spanish Materials

What materials are available in Spanish?

The Math Learning Center has created or translated the following resources in Spanish:

Math at Home activities. We will continue to add activities in Spanish as they become available. No login or registration is required to access or use Math at Home.

Digital Display Materials (DDMs) (BES login required). Teachers can use the button on the right side of the toolbar to toggle between English and Spanish.

Digital Work Places (BES login required) Teachers, students, and families can toggle between English and Spanish using the button on the right side of the toolbar.

Bridges Intervention Tech Resources (BES login required). The overview for each volume contains a resource chart, and links for both English and Spanish versions of the Tech Resources appear above the chart.

We plan to provide Spanish translations of the Tech-Enhanced Activities. While we had hoped to release the translated materials within weeks of the English materials, the complexity of the work means that we will not be able to achieve that ambitious goal.

We are aware that some teachers and districts, in the meantime, are attempting translations on their own. While we appreciate that this may be a matter of necessity, we ask that if you translate any TEAs, to please respect the following requests:

1. Clearly indicate with a prominent disclaimer that the translation was not completed by The Math Learning Center;

2. Distribute only internally, i.e., within your school or district;

3. Do not charge for use of the translations;

4. Substitute our official versions when they become available. (1/22/21)

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Is It Time to Detrack Math? - 8/9/19 - This article in Edutopia discusses districts that are moving to end the practice of tracking and review research that suggests tracking may deepen educational inequities-with little benefit for students' academic performance.

SFUSD Math Core Curriculum

The entire Elementary SFUSD Math Core Curriculum is now available to all under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).

This includes Grades PK, K-5, the combined 4/5 Curriculum, and the K-2 and 3-5 curricula for multi-age classrooms.​

Secondary and TK curricula are only accessible to SFUSD teachers.

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