Parent Resources

Videos for Parents:

  1. Social Media
  2. Five things you need to know about Cyberbullying
  3. Screen Time Advice
  4. Digital Citizenship
  5. Privacy and Internet Safety
  6. Violence in the Media

Information and Articles

  1. Center for Applied Linguistic- Parental Involvement
  2. Helping Your Child With Homework
  3. ¡Colorín Colorado! Helping children read and succeed
  4. International Children’s Digital Library
  5. Common Sense Media
  6. BBC News: Being bilingual ‘boosts brain power’
  7. Pacific Standard: How a Second Language Trains Your Brain for Math
  8. The Superior Social Skills of Bilinguals
  9. Pronunciator- Santa Barbara Public Library Resource

Information about Testing

  1. Smarter Balanced Testing
  2. Smarter Balanced Testing FAQs
  3. Logramos
  4. 2016 Smarter Balanced testing pamphlet
  5. Logramos Testing Pamphlet

Information about the Common Core Standards

  1. Common Core Standards Parent Handbook
  2. Common Core Standards
  3. Three-Minute Video Explaining the Common Core State Standards
  4. Ten things parents should know about the Common Core Standards

 

For Students:

  1. International Children’s Digital Library
  2. ¡Colorín Colorado!
  3. Smarter Balanced California Practice Test Portal

The following resources require a username and password which we will be happy to share with you if you don’t have them already.

  1. BrainPOP
  2. SBCEO Portal
  3. Dreambox