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Parents/Guardians

Understanding the CAASPP Student Results
Starting Smarter
Understanding your Child’s Score Report
 
Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. It tackles math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more.
 
Go Math Academy – Online Video Library: An online library with hundreds of high-quality video tutorials. The Go Math! Academy Video Library offers:

  • Homework help for struggling students
  • Skill refreshers and concept reminders
  • Extra enrichment for advanced students
  • Tips and tutorials for all young learners, compatible with any classroom program
 
Best of all, the videos are available at no cost for a limited time—a parent or adult over age 18 simply has to register an email address to get started.
 
Accelerated Reader- Home Connect: Home Connect gives students and parents access to personal AR information including: books read, quizzes taken, and personalized book bags. Parents may sign up to have their child’s AR quiz sores sent to them via email.
 
U.S. Department of Education: California Reading List Web Site.
 
EGUSD Student Forms: Elk Grove Unified School District requires a number of forms for a variety of reasons.  Please print these forms, fill them out and return them to the appropriate department or school, depending on what is stated on the form.
 
Educational Freeware: Free educational websites and downloads are available here.
 
Tux4Kids (Free) Educational Software: Math, Typing, and Artistic Expression.
MySchoolBuck.com: Parents can say goodbye to sending cash and checks to the school cafeteria, by creating a secure online account. Wherever there is internet access, Parents can view what meals their child purchased for the week, or simply set weekly or daily spending limits.
 
A Parent’s Guide to Internet Safety
EGUSD Digital Citizenship
FBI Guide
 
KidsHealth.Org: Includes articles, animations, games, and health resources for parents, teens, and children.
 
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Education:
Common Sense is dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology.  We empower parents, teachers, and policymakers by providing unbiased information, trusted advice, and innovative tools to help them harness the power of media and technology as a positive force in all kids’ lives.
 
BigFuture: The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity.
 
Colorín Colorado: A bilingual site created to provide parents with the information needed to help children become good readers and successful students.
 
Esta sección bilingüe ha sido diseñada pensando en ustedes, con el fin de brindarles información útil para ayudar a sus hijos a convertirse en buenos lectores y en estudiantes de éxito. Siga los siguientes enlaces para ideas sobre maneras sencillas y duraderas para ayudar a sus hijos, sugerencias sobre lo que se puede hacer en el hogar, actividades para divertirse juntos y mucho más.