Remote Learning
REMOTE DAY Tuesday, February 13, 2024
TeachHub(Open external link)Opens in a new browser tab is a portal to support students and teachers. The portal provides quick links to essential applications for remote learning, including:
- iLearnNYC, the NYCDOE Learning Management System
- Student report cards (available in the Student Documents icon)
- Student grades (available in MyDashboard - if published from DOE Grades)
- Multiple educational applications
- G Suite, Microsoft O365, and Zoom (using secure central accounts)
- And more!
To Sign In
- Students must sign in with their DOE Student AccountsOpens in a new browser tab
- Teachers must sign in with their DOE credentials
- School-issued G suite accounts will not work, you must use the DOE log in.
You can now download the TeachHub mobile application in the Google Play StoreOpens in a new browser tab or Apple App StoreOpens in a new browser tab. Additional information about the application can be found at the TeachHub Mobile ApplicationOpens in a new browser tab page.
For Attendance, Please visit this LINK HERE
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmB3021RBdoa_A1bSN3n3Z2R0v2iM5pVIac5ST084E9hwPlw/viewform
For Classwork please visit here!
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/learning/digital-learning/applications-and-platforms/teachhub
Student Hub Site Click Here
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/learning/digital-learning/applications-and-platforms/teachhub
ELA
Epic! (Grades K-5)
A digital library for ages 12 and under, Epic is like a Netflix for books. Resources include text-to-speech, quizzes, learning videos, and more. Books can be saved to the app to be accessed without internet. Parents and educators can track student progress. Epic is offering a free month.
Raz-Kids (Grades K-5)
This is a leveled reading resource for students K-5. Resources include text-to-speech, Spanish translations, student recordings, quizzes for determining comprehension and instructional needs. Teachers can make online assessments. This is also subscription based but is offering free membership.
National Council of Teachers of English ReadWriteThink (Gades P-12)
ELA resources for all grade levels for students, teachers, and parents. Includes lesson plans, activities and projects, etc. Resources are filterable by grade level, learning objective, theme, etc.
New York Times Learning Network
Activities for students include writing, current articles and trends, crosswords, multimedia, and contests. Teachers resources are organized based on content areas.
NewsELA (Grades 3-12)
Immediate and free access is provided for teachers. District administrators can request access. Topics are organized according to content/subject and genre. Aligned to standards with reading passages adapted to meet the needs of the student.
A YouTube channel created and run by children’s books writers and illustrators. Users will find workshops, readings, activities, art projects, writing games, and writing advice that will offer fun and creative distractions during potential school closures and quarantines.
Readworks offers free content and curriculum for grades K-12. It includes remote learning resources for educators, families, and students. Content includes reading passages, question sets, paired texts, vocabulary, ebooks, audio narrations, and lessons and units.
Audible Stories (Grades K-12)
Offers free streaming on all devices where students and families can access a variety of books across educational levels. Books are available for listening in six different languages. No sign-in or subscription is required.
Quill (Grades K-12)
Provides free writing and grammar activities for elementary, middle, and high school levels. Includes lessons, diagnostics, and assignments allowing teachers and students to work together.
Poetry Foundation (Grades K-12)
This site offers a collection of over 40,000 poems for children, teens, and adults. The collection is organized by genre and includes, but is not limited to, historical time periods, culture, pastime, and humor. Students also have access to archived and current Poetry magazines, poems read aloud by poets, and Poetry magazine podcasts.
Math
The EngageNY curriculum modules are a free, open education resource aligned to the CCLS for grades K through Pre-Calculus. Additional supplemental materials, including parent tip sheets may be found at Great Minds (Eureka Math).
Great Minds (Eureka Math) Knowledge on the Go
Knowledge on the Go is a free collection of recorded math lessons aligned to the Eureka Math (EngageNY) modules for Grades K–Pre-Calculus. These lessons are delivered by Great Minds’ own teachers and will be viewable on any device. New videos are being posted daily to help broaden the spectrum of lessons/topics covered. The sequence of the released videos align to curriculum maps found in the Story of Units, Story of Ratios and Story of Functions.
Math Studio Talks: Common Core Instruction Video Series provides games, activities and models to help students develop flexible thinking and deep understanding of math concepts from kindergarten to Grade 5. These videos demonstrate key concepts that build students’ conceptual understanding and highlight the coherence in the standards from one grade to the next. These videos can be used to reinforce/review skills that have been learned.
eMath Instruction offers an asynchronous online curriculum for the middle level grades 6-8, and the high school courses of Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II. Each eMath Instruction course consists of lesson plans and homework sets. These resources are available for free download (except for answer keys) on each course page. For each lesson there is a full length (15-30 minute) YouTube video. The content of the high school courses is aligned to the CCLS and the current high school state assessments. The curriculum at the middle level (6-8) is aligned to the Next Generation Learning Standards, however, can be adapted, if necessary, depending on topics.
JMAP offers free instructional resources aligned to New York's Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and PreCalculus and AP Calculus AB. New York standards related resources include worksheets, lesson plans, and previous Regents examinations (with and without answers) for all mathematics curricula. JMAP's print based resources are available in docx format for easy customization and pdf formats for easy reproduction.
Achieve the Core offers free, open-source resources to support the content of the CCLSM for grades/courses K-Algebra II. Website contains a collection of standard aligned lessons, tasks (Illustrative Mathematics and Student Achieve Partners) and mini assessments. All materials are downloadable.
Standard aligned tasks also can be found embedded in the available coherence map.
Delta Math is a free on-line resource which provides practice problems aligned to the content of the CCLSM for grades 6-8, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Pre-Calculus. Solutions utilize visual tools, animation, and interactive hints. Platform allows for students to be able to graph functions, as well as apply various transformations.
GeoGebra is a free open-source mathematics software/apps that can be used to support the teaching and learning of the CCLSM for elementary, middle and high school. Available resources include activities, simulations, exercises, lessons and games that allow for students to be able to visualize and interact with mathematical concepts.
Math Studio Talks: Common Core Instruction Video Series provides games, activities and models to help students develop flexible thinking and deep understanding of math concepts from kindergarten to Grade 5. These videos demonstrate key concepts that build students’ conceptual understanding and highlight the coherence in the standards from one grade to the next. These videos can be used to reinforce/review skills that have been learned.
Science
National Science Teachers Association (Grades K-12)
This site offers science K-12 Classroom lessons and other resources aligned to the NGSS standards that may be applicable to the New York State – P-12 Science Learning Standards These are free resources.
NGSS Resources (Grade K-12)
Spotlight on Quality Science Lessons and Units – peer review process;
* NYS P-12 Science learning Standards were developed based on two foundational documents: A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards; many of the free resources emerging and available are aligned to NGSS and is at the discretion of local level educators.
NASA (Grades K-12)
NASA works collaboratively to promote education as an integral component of every major NASA research and development mission. These efforts result in innovative and informative educational materials that engage student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. NASA makes these resources available in convenient ways.
Mystery Science (Grades K-5)
This site houses lessons to rely on simple supplies. Parents might have many of the materials at home or can readily find them at local stores or on Amazon. If you’re planning to have parents do activities at home, you may want to send students home with the needed printouts. To make printing easier for multiple lessons at a time, we’ve created grade-level PDFs with all printouts.
Smithsonian Science Education*
Various types of science resources are available to explore (video, games, e-books, curriculum) targeting for K-8 students by grade level and by different topics
Twig Science (Grades K-12)
An award-winning supplemental resource with short videos in English and Spanish, visuals, and hands-on investigative activities. Twig Science Tools allows you to sort ready-made resources by NGSS standard or grade level, ideal for extending or reviewing prior Performance Expectations and standards.
Virtual Labs (Grades 8-12)
Helpful website that provides links to virtual science labs including Glencoe and Pearson.
U.S. Dept. of Energy-Explore Online Learning Resources
STEM Rising is an initiative to inspire, educate, and spark an upwards trajectory to lifelong success in STEM through sharing the Department's National Labs, National Nuclear Security Administration, and program office's programs, resources, competitions, events, internship opportunities and more.
Additional resource from this site: Energy Kids
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-Education (Grades 6 & Above)
These lesson plans show educators and students how to use real scientific data to explore some of Earth's dynamic processes and understand the impact of environmental events on a regional or global scale.
The New York State Museum offers standards-based lessons inspired by the research, collections, and exhibits of the museum, developed by cultural educators, and vetted by classroom educators. Enjoy lessons that support Science, Social Studies, and Art subjects for a variety of grade levels at the Education Page.
The New York State Museum offers standards-based lessons inspired by the research, collections, and exhibits of the museum and developed by cultural educators and vetted by classroom educators. Enjoy lessons that support Science, Social Studies, and Art subjects for a variety of grade levels at the Education Page.
To learn more about the collections and research of the Scientists, Historians, and Collections Technicians of the New York State Museum, visit the Research & Collections Page of the museum. Access to additional research, publications, and online collections are available as well as contact information for the Museum’s Scientists, Historians, and Collections Technicians.
For content specific interests based on exhibits, enjoy a listing of the Art, Science, and History-based exhibits along with additional resources and educational activities on the New York State Museum’s Exhibitions Page.
STEM FOR ALL MULTIPLEX - COVID-19: Providing STEM Resources to Teachers and Families (Grades PK-12)
STEM for all video clips – for families to use. This includes playlists of 3-minute video presentations created by federally funded projects. These projects have developed quality STEM resources for teachers, students, and parents. A list of appropriate grade-levels starting from Pre-K and continuing to High School are available. They may be useful to many during this time of school closures. The site provides
NYSED DEC Resources (Grades PK-12)
While at home, educators, caregivers, and families, can engage students in activities at home. Explore lessons, popular sites to watch wildlife and other community science resources for all ages. Access Animal Cams links, zoo projects, and NY Botanical Gardens, and Education tools like to name a few.
National Institute of Health – Science Education (High School)
Access free, easy-to-access, SEPA-funded resources that educators can use to engage their students in science. Explore, Images, videos and more like “Being a Scientist” - Learn about different scientists and their research.
Social Studies
New Visions (Grades 9-11):
New Visions for Public Schools has developed full scope and sequence curricular frameworks designed for the Global History and Geography I and II courses and the U.S. History course. The curriculum integrates rich primary and secondary texts, maps, images, videos, and other reputable online sources into materials that meet the New York State K-12 Social Studies Framework’s objectives and provide students an opportunity to improve literacy skills by focusing on thinking critically while reading, writing, and speaking like historians.
World History for Us All (Grade 6, 9-10)
World History for Us All is a national collaboration of K-12 teachers, collegiate instructors, and educational technology specialists. It is a project of the National Center for History in the Schools, a division of the Public History Imitative, Department of History, UCLA. World History for Us All is a continuing project. Elements under development will appear on the site as they become available.
Ducksters Education Site (Grade 4-12)
The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University has launched of Selma Online – a free, downloadable teaching platform that aims to change how the civil rights movement is taught in the United States. Selma Online prompts students to seize upon the rights guaranteed to them in the Constitution to challenge injustice. Selma Online uses twelve scenes from Ava DuVernay’s award-winning film “Selma” as a storyboard for exploring the events in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 and the complexities of the voting rights movement.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
DPLA provides access to Primary Source Sets that explore topics in history, literature, and culture. These sets were developed by educators and include teaching guides. DPLA also provides access to a collection of free e-books.
The New York State Archives presents historical records (1630-present) and standards-based learning activities developed by New York teachers. Find learning activities by topic. Browse and search all digitized primary sources available from the New York State Archives from the Digital Collections page.
New York State Archives Partnership Trust
The Trust provides online access to primary source-based lessons, information about the annual Student Research Awards Program, and tools for teaching with historical records. The Student Research Award program will be held in 2020. The deadline for submitting entries is July 1, 2020. Entries must be emailed to: ARCHEDU@nysed.gov. Please consult the program guidelines for more information.
The Institute provides online resources for teachers and students to explore New York’s colonial Dutch heritage, including: digital exhibitions; a virtual tour of New Amsterdam; discovering, “What was New Netherland?”; and analyzing historical documents to discover what it was like to live in the Dutch Colony of New Netherland and participate in 17th century transatlantic trade.
Icivics is a non-profit organization in the United States that provides educational online games and lesson plans to promote civics education and encourage students to become active citizens.
The New York State Museum offers standards-based lessons inspired by the research, collections, and exhibits of the museum, developed by cultural educators, and vetted by classroom educators. Enjoy lessons that support Science, Social Studies, and Art subjects for a variety of grade levels at the Education Page.
The New York State Museum offers standards-based lessons inspired by the research, collections, and exhibits of the museum and developed by cultural educators and vetted by classroom educators. Enjoy lessons that support Science, Social Studies, and Art subjects for a variety of grade levels at the Education Page.
To learn more about the collections and research of the Scientists, Historians, and Collections Technicians of the New York State Museum, visit the Research & Collections Page of the museum. Access to additional research, publications, and online collections are available as well as contact information for the Museum’s Scientists, Historians, and Collections Technicians.
For content specific interests based on exhibits, enjoy a listing of the Art, Science, and History-based exhibits along with additional resources and educational activities on the New York State Museum’s Exhibitions Page.
Presidential Libraries and National Archives (Online student programs)
Free online interactive learning programs. Programs are available for preschool through 12th grade and are scheduled weekly through the end of May. All programs, offered in partnership with the Presidential Primary Sources Project, will take place at 2pm ET.
An online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives.
Primary Source Collection from the National Archives
Docs Teach is a product of the National Archives education division. Their mission is to engage, educate, and inspire all learners to discover and explore the records of the American people preserved by the National Archives. Parents, Teacher and Students can access thousands of primary sources – letters, photographs, speeches, posters, maps, videos, and other document types – spanning the course of American history.
New York Historical Society History at Home
History at Home is a comprehensive suite of online social studies programs and materials aligned to the NYS Social Studies Framework. It provides live interactive Student Sessions every day, leading a session for every grade (K-8 and HS) each week. It includes and adds one lesson plan per day that any teacher or parent (or self-motivated student) can pick up and use immediately without additional prep, but that they can go more deeply with via the NY Historical Society online curriculum library, featuring our Women & the American Story curriculum website that explores women's roles across all of US history.
English Language Learners
ESL/ELL Education: Interactive Websites for Learning
A website full of interactive websites that can be used to support ELLs.
Accessible in multiple languages
Scaffolded grade-level learning experiences and language instruction. Free subscriptions offered for COVID-19.
Web-based resource to support reading in both English and Spanish.
NYPL English Resources: Free ESOL websites
These general ESOL websites offer many types of activities (grammar, listening, pronunciation, vocabulary, reading, etc.) for language learners of all levels.
PBS LearningMedia: Resources for Emergency Closure – Spanish Edition (Grades PreK-12)
As teachers, students, and families deal with school closures, PBS LearningMedia producers and educators have come together to curate a special collection of resources organized by grade and subject area. Find videos, lesson plans, and activities that support learning at home. Featured lesson plans in this collection contain full contextualization for the media they include. Plan and adapt our lessons in creative ways, using the Lesson Builder tool, Google Classroom, Remind, and more.
Unite for Literacy (P-5)
Read alouds of books and stories. Users can choose the language of both the text and the narration (English or Spanish).
Movies, quizzes, activities, and games, for English Language Learners of all ages. Curriculum organized in three levels of varying difficulty, each building upon the grammar and vocabulary of the last. 6 units and multiple lessons in each level.
Global Storybooks (2-12)
Global storybook includes digital stories narrated in fifty available languages, including open-licensed books for over 40 countries and regions on five continents
Learning Chocolate (2-12)
Online vocabulary building resource for ELLs. Users pick topics and themes and can click on images to hear the word. Topics include such things as colors, numbers, action words, routines, food, months, etc.
Lingo Hut (2-12)
A free resource for learning a language. Lessons begin with common words and phrases written and pronounced, and grow in difficulty.
Pre-reading materials focusing on letters, numbers, shapes, and colors.
The materials are available in Spanish, French, German, and English.
Classic fairy tales and fables told in Stories told in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German.
New York Times English Language Learner My Learning Network
A plethora of varied texts, podcasts, videos, and lesson plans to engage and instruct ELL/MLL students in reading and writing. Aligned to Common Core.
A site for Spanish-speaking families containing videos, texts, and digital applications instructing children and sharing information for parents.
Languages Other Than English Activities
Students can practice math and build English vocabulary while referencing their home language. Languages include French, Turkey, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Long Island Regional Bilingual Education Regional Network (L.I. RBERN) Videos
A collection of professional development videos on how to support distance learning for ELLs
Distance Learning for ELLs - A collection of resources from Colorín Colorado, which includes distance learning resources and also resources on how to engage families
English Learner Family Engagement During Coronavirus - Resources from Immigrant Connection on how to engage families with ELL students
Arts: Visual and Media Arts, Dance, Theatre, and Music
Google Arts and Culture (Grades PK-12), Free
Google Arts and Culture offers free access to visual artwork, musical, dance and theatre performances. In addition, students can virtually visit museums, performance spaces and theatres or search by theme, and zoom in on arts work.
Music, Performing Arts, Art and Architecture Online Collections (6-12), Free
Arts for Kids Hub (Gades PK-12), Free
Students of all ages can follow along with these directed drawing videos of an artists and one of his children drawing various subjects. Appropriate for younger artists and more advanced artists.
Visual Coding with Scratch (Grades 8-12)
Students can create animation, games, interactive stories online. Students can also upload their own artwork/music to manipulate with scratch. Teachers can also create classes online where student accounts can be linked so that teachers can provide feedback to students.
Possible Platforms for online art creation (High School):
Gimp, Free
Open source image manipulation software
Sketchpad 5.1, Free online, Cost for downloading and using offline
NYS Arts Go Online: Virtual Events for All Ages
Although doors to our cultural institutions have closed, across all regions of the state, many are offering streaming movies and performances, hands-on activities for kids and families, and virtual galleries.
From family art projects to theater, independent film, opera, streaming house concerts and centuries of incredible painting and sculpture, as we practice social distancing, we can still connect through the arts
State Education Agency Directors of Art Education (SEADAE) - Arts Resources available by discipline and grade level (PK-12)
The State Education Agency Directors of Art Education (SEADAE) has compiled a list of resources for arts education for students and educators. Resources are listed by arts discipline and grade level and continue to be updated.
The New York State Museum offers standards-based lessons inspired by the research, collections, and exhibits of the museum, developed by cultural educators, and vetted by classroom educators. Enjoy lessons that support Science, Social Studies, and Art subjects for a variety of grade levels at the Education Page.
The New York State Museum offers standards-based lessons inspired by the research, collections, and exhibits of the museum and developed by cultural educators and vetted by classroom educators. Enjoy lessons that support Science, Social Studies, and Art subjects for a variety of grade levels at the Education Page.
To learn more about the collections and research of the Scientists, Historians, and Collections Technicians of the New York State Museum, visit the Research & Collections Page of the museum. Access to additional research, publications, and online collections are available as well as contact information for the Museum’s Scientists, Historians, and Collections Technicians.
For content specific interests based on exhibits, enjoy a listing of the Art, Science, and History-based exhibits along with additional resources and educational activities on the New York State Museum’s Exhibitions Page.
Studio in a School ArtsBluePrint (Grades 2-8)
New York Arts Standard aligned and field tested visual arts lessons and resources developed by Studio in a School.
Standards-based theatre education tools and lessons for educators. Site includes resources for creating online learning, models of assessment, and lessons for student online learning. Resources are currently free of charge to support the field.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Grades 6-12)
Direct links to musical performances and suggested assignments after listening for students. Weekly playlists with activities. Resources available in Spanish and Chinese.
Rock Hall EDU (Grades K-12)
Free music education lessons, activities, and resources for educators and students from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Resources include a wide range of musical artists and methods of engaging with and responding to music. Active listening activities, writing prompts and responses, and art activities are available for download. Resources are searchable by grade level or time period. Teachers can generate a temporary link to give students access to lessons and accompanying resources without students needing to log-in.
PE & Health
Go Noodle (K-12)
GoNoodle® has movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. It is available for free at school and home
Jr NBA (K-12)
The Jr NBA Headspace mindfulness is a turnkey instructional curriculum designed for youth basketball experience for players, parents, and coaches. There are four levels for youth levels at four levels.
NFLplay60 discovery education (6-12)
The Jr NBA Headspace mindfulness is a turnkey instructional curriculum designed for youth basketball experience for players, parents, and coaches. There are four levels for youth levels at four levels.
Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America
SHAPE is dedicated to helping physical education and health education teachers across the country as many schools and school districts are moving to distance learning due to COVID-19. In response, SHAPE has created a collection of resources from SHAPE America and other K-12 health and physical educators to help continue providing high-quality, standards-based lessons despite the circumstances.
PBS Learning Media Resources for Physical Education and Health
PBS Learning media is a resource created by WMHT and PBS that has free, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for K-12 New York State physical education and health education teachers
Sesame Street Preschool-Grade 2 Physical Education and Movement Videos
Sesame Street has free physical education related videos for teachers and families that encourages movement and supports physical and mental health.
New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (NYSAHPERD)
NYSAHPERD has gathered ideas and resources that can be used by teachers, parents, and students at home to increase physical activity, stay fit and healthy. Resources are organized by Elementary, Middle and High School levels.
