July 30, 2020
Hello Colfax Families,
My name is Susan Lasken and I am honored to be the interim principal of Colfax Charter Elementary School community. I will be holding down the fort until the new principal is in place. I am a retired principal from LAUSD and since retirement, I have had multiple assignments throughout the District.
I am sure you have many questions regarding your child's educational processes for the 20/21 school year, and we will be doing our best to reach out to you to keep you informed.
Finally, I have below some quality digital learning resources you may find helpful.
Family Distance Learning Resources
Most of the following resources are free or have free components. Although they have been hand-selected from multiple sources, and approved by educators and various districts, I don't represent or endorse any of these vendors.
Virtual Field Trips
12 Free Virtual Museum Tours -A list of museums/zoos/aquariums/etc. that offer virtual field trips
Virtual Field Trip Guides – 20 virtual field trips to take with your kids
Literacy Links
Fun Brain - Reading & Grammar Games
Storyline Online - Digital Read-alouds for All Ages
Just Books Read Aloud - Read-alouds by Reading Level
Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry 4 Kids - Read, Write, Listen.
Seussville - Everything Dr. Seuss
Unite for Literacy - Non Fiction for Little Learners
Sight Word Play List - Created by Ms. Pinto from Holly Ave
Reading Rockets - Reading resources for students and parents
Readtheory.org - Reading comprehension at the learner's individual ability level
TeachYourMonstertoRead.com - A game for students in the early learning stages of reading
CommonLit: Free access to a range of literature based content that is searchable by literary techniques for Grades 3-12
CAASP - ELA, Math, & Science: Student Interface Practice and Training Tests
Math Links
Prodigy - Math Practice Made Fun
Khan Academy - Math and Science Digital Lessons Grades K-8
Math Playground - Games Sorted by Topic/Math Strand
Fun Brain - Math Games with Grade Level Recommendations
Mr. Nussbaum.com - Math Games
PBS Kids - Math Games for Little Learners
CAASP - ELA, Math, & Science: Student Interface Practice and Training Tests
Science Links
Brainpop - Animated Educational Site for Science Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology.
Galileo Anywhere- A week's worth of free activities to inboxes each weekend. Kids engage in engineering and art projects, energizing movement games and live experiences facilitated by expert educators
Steve Spangler Science - Science experiments you can do at home with a few items around your house
Bill Nye - Videos, instructions for in-home demos
Social Science/History Links
Newsela - Newsela is a curated collection of current event articles for learners gr.2-12
Crash Course Kids YouTube Channel - Science and Social Sciences Content Videos
icivics - students learn more about History through interactive game
Elementary Music
Music Links - multiple activities to enrich music practice, explore, and have fun with music at home
Enrichment Websites
APlusMath – Interactive math resources, worksheets, games and more (Grades K-5)
Education.com Earth & Space Science Resources – Lots of free astronomy games (Grades K-5)
Education.com Life Science – Free human biology and animal biology games (Grade K-5)
Education.com Math Games – Online Math Games with printables (Grades K-5)
Education.com Reading and Writing Resources – Reading and writing resources (Grades K-5)
Education.com Spelling Resources – Spelling activities (Grades K-5)
Enchanted Learning – Crafts and More!
Freerice.com – Answer questions to end world hunger (Grades 4-6)
KidsEcologyCorps.org – Good primer on pollution, acid rain, includes activities (Grades 1-6)
SesameStreet.org – Great and safe for Pre-K
The Science Explorer – Science experiments. Site and instructions are simple and easy to follow!
Time for Kids (free until the end of the year)
Electives Links & Other Resources
Code.org - Coding: Challenge the Mind & Learn 21st Century Skills
Girls Who Code at Home - Unplugged and online activities for students in Grades 3-12
Arts for Kids - Art lessons for kids
Directed Drawing - Videos to teach drawing
Free Maker Stations - Design challenges that help learners practice science, technology and music created by Brook Brown.
Google Arts and Culture - Explore collections from around the world
Incredibleart.org - Art lessons that you can look up by grade level, subject, artist, medium, or art period (Pre-school - College available)
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems - Grab some paper, pencils, and crayons and explore ways how drawing and writing come together.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Infused Home Learning Lessons - Katie Novak & Alison Sancinito created day by day lessons you can print and use tomorrow! They embed authentic choice and resources for your learners at home.
Dance Mat Typing - Improve Your Touch Typing & Speed
Directed Drawing: Videos to teach drawing
Scavenger Hunts: A fun scavenger hunt for each day
Type Rocket - Practice Your Typing Skills
Health and Wellness
Family GoNoodle - Gets kids moving and practice mindful activities
Play at Home - Playworks resources
UCLAhealth.org-Guided Meditations - Guided meditations
30 Things to Support SEL - A list of home activities to support social-emotional health
Destressing- Ideas for how to cope with uncertainty
English Learners (ELD)
Actively Learn - Reading Comprehension Practice
Resources for Dyslexia
Decoding Dyslexia - Comprehensive list of resources aimed at supporting students who have dyslexia or who have disabilities that impact reading.
