Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by showing your class some of the amazing art created by Hispanic artists and giving students time to embrace and reflect upon them. For example, teach students about Frida Kahlo’s artwork and life’s influence. Consider giving students a virtual tour of La Casa Azul, the museum in Mexico dedicated to Frida Kahlo. Click here for your virtual tour!

Newsela is one of our district's newest premium licensed apps. Newsela serves as an important library for vetted news articles from a multiple of the most prominent publishers such as the Associated Press and Encyclopedia Britannica. Along with articles, the platform also provides various instructional materials including assessments and lessons that bring help bring your curriculum to life. Newsela's most significant feature is its ability to differentiate texts for students of various reading levels.

Flocabulary is a learning program for all grades that uses educational hip-hop music to engage students and increase achievement across the curriculum.

Flocabulary follows this lesson sequence:

1. Video: Engage all learners with a hip-hop video covering the lesson.

2. Vocab Cards: Build word knowledge by writing and drawing key words from the lesson.

3. Vocab Games: Test word knowledge through a variety of interactive exposures.

4. Read & Response: Practice reading with passages and text-dependent questions.

5. Quiz: Assess lesson comprehension through a 10-question auto-graded quiz.

6. Lyrics Lab: Demonstrate mastery through rhyme writing.

Go to this link and use your CUSD credentials to log in through Google.

Our very own Mr. Gonzalez has been showcased in a Verizon feature about how CUSD is engaging students with immersive learning tools. The feature highlights his students' use of the Visceral Science app, a VR experience that engages students in the world of astronomy and physics. Using this app, students are not limited to just reading about the science, but they are really able to experience science by immersing themselves in a 360 view of the galaxy and interactions between celestial bodies. Learn more here.

Midterm elections are just weeks away. Hear what your students have to say about the issues on the ballot.

KQED brings you ready-to-use classroom curriculum to get youth talking about the issues that matter to them. The Call for Change Youth Media Challenge asks students to research, write and create an evidence-based audio or video commentary about how to make the world a better place.

Although the Call for Change challenge is designed for middle and high school students, all grade levels are welcome to use the free, modifiable curriculum. Elementary and college educators are asked not to publish student work to the showcase.

We hope to hear your students' voices on KQED's Youth Media Showcasethis year!

Click here for October's collection of lessons on Privacy & Security.

• Create classes IN Aeries to have students automatically rostered in and sync your assignments with a click of a button.
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• Infographic guide on how to get started

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