March 30, 2020
Families of Students with Disabilities,
Instruction in the form of virtual learning is being developed to support students and families during this closure. This includes special education and related services, such as speech language therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy.
- Special education services and accommodations will be provided via virtual learning.
- Special education teachers and related services providers will collaborate with general education teachers and make all reasonable efforts to make virtual learning resources accessible to students with disabilities.
- Virtual instruction will not look the same as classroom instruction.
- Focus will be on progress toward IEP goals and providing access to the general education curriculum delivered.
Please see below resources to support virtual learning. We will be providing updates and additional resources which can be found on this page as well as linked on the Students and Families page
Each school has in-home learning resources on their school webpage. Special education teachers and related services providers (e.g. OTs, PTs, SLPs) are developing resources for these school pages as well. Additionally, teachers and related service providers are available via email and video conferencing.
Please reach out to your student’s special education teacher or related service provider if you have questions about support for your student at home during the closure.
Our educators, therapists, office support, and administrators are working virtually during normal school hours.
The week of April 6-10 is spring break. Staff will be unavailable during break. Staff will return on Monday, April 13th with continued distance learning.
Please reach out to your student’s general education teacher and special education team members via their district email with any questions.
If you have any questions you believe require district level assistance email special.education@rentonschools.us.
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If a resource is marked with this symbol, contact your child’s teacher. They can provide student log-ins and may have already provided lessons or access.
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If a resource is marked with this symbol, please see page 3
for a visual guide to access Clever, the district’s portal for this app.
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Resource
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  Dreambox
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Grade Level / Content
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K-8 Math
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Description
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Adaptive, engaging math games individualized to each student’s skill level
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Availability
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All SpEd students
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Student log-in
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Access via RSD Log-in > Clever app: username@rentonstudent.us and their password
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Resource
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  MyOn
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Grade Level / Content
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K-12 Reading
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Description
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Digital library (with audio in English and Spanish) with texts at students’
“just right” reading levels, both fiction and non-fiction
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Availability
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Contact your student’s teacher
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Student log-in
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Access via RSD Log-in > Clever app: username@rentonstudent.us and their password
(through Google Chrome or Firefox browsers ONLY)
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Resource
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 Raz-kids
Headsprout
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Grade Level / Content
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K-5 Reading
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url
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https://www.raz-kids.com/
https://www.headsprout.com/
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Description
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· eBooks, in both English and Spanish
· interactive online episodes to teach reading fundamentals and comprehension skills
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Availability
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Free trial for both with parent sign-up:
· Raz-kids
· Headsprout
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Student log-in
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Check with your student’s teacher for existing log-in
Create your own student’s log-in after setting up free trial
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Resource
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  NewsELA
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Grade Level / Content
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All grades: Social Studies, Science, ELA
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url
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https://newsela.com/
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Description
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· Thousands of real-world texts that feature diverse perspectives and people
· Texts published at 5 reading levels; up to 10 new texts added every day
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Availability
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Many (but not all) features are free
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Student log-in
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Elementary: RSD Log-in > Clever app username@rentonstudent.us and their password
Secondary: contact your student’s teacher
Toolkit for students
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Resource
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CASEL
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Grade Level / Content
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All levels; social/emotional/
behavioral supports
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url
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https://casel.org/covid-resources/
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Description
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Ideas and resources on anxiety management, family routines, feelings wheels, and
other activities at home
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Student log-in
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No log-in needed!
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How to Access Clever
STEP 1: Open a web browser on your device.
STEP 2: Visit www.rentonschools.us
STEP 3: Click on RSD LOGIN PORTAL in the upper right corner of the page.
STEP 4: Students login with their username@rentonstudent.us and their password.
(Contact your student’s teacher if you need this information)
STEP 5: Once logged in, your student can see all the learning apps available to them.
STEP 6:Choose Clever to access Dreambox, MyOn, or NewsELA.
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Add-ons for Chromebooks or Google Chrome to support accessibility
Google Read&Write:
· Text-to-speech to hear words, passages, or whole documents read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting
· Text and picture dictionaries to see the meaning of words explained
· Dictate words (with speech-to-text) to assist with writing, proofreading & studying
· Word prediction offers suggestions for the current or next word as you type
· Collect highlights from text in documents or the web for summarizing and research
· Create and listen to voice notes directly inside of Google Docs
· Simplify and summarize text on web pages to remove ads and other copy that can be distracting
Google Read Aloud:
· Click a button and have a webpage article read aloud to you
· Supports 40+ languages
· Choose from many available male and female voices
· Set the pitch of the voice and the reading speed
· Supports PDF
