Distance Learning Shared Parent Resources

Please note: these are not official Lincoln or SMMUSD resources, but items parents are sharing with parents.  Please have your child check Google Classroom for their official work from their teacher.  

If you didn’t see Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, perform at the Inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20th, now’s your chance. Gorman, who is only 22 years old, was named the first-ever Youth Poet Laureate of the United States in 2017. She is also the youngest inauguration poet in US history.

You can watch her performance of her inauguration poem, The Hill We Climb here.

Interested in learning more? Check out Amanda Gorman’s PBS NewsHour interview with Jeffrey Brown, in which she talks about her love of poetry and her writing process for the inauguration poem.

Please note: these are not official Lincoln or SMMUSD resources, but items parents are sharing with parents.  Please have your child check Google Classroom for their official work from their teacher.  

33rd District PTA has put together a list of books and podcasts that focus on equity, diversity and inclusion. If you’re interested to learn more about the work of equity, diversity and inclusion, check out the list here.

Don’t forget, you can also check out the Family Resources section of SMMUSD’s website for lots of materials and resources on anti-racism.

Please note: these are not official Lincoln or SMMUSD resources, but items parents are sharing with parents.  Please have your child check Google Classroom for their official work from their teacher.  

Sixth District PTA is offering a free Spring Speaker Series from January 21st through March 18th, which is open to all.

Each of the sessions will focus on an aspect of Parenting in the Pandemic. Attend one or more of the sessions to focus on things like Improving family Life While Working at Home, Supporting Children in Our Changing World, Tackling Technology and more.

See the flyer for full information about the series and for the registration link.

Please note: these are not official Lincoln or SMMUSD resources, but items parents are sharing with parents.  Please have your child check Google Classroom for their official work from their teacher.  

Read this interesting article from National PTA’s weekend newsletter, on the different ways that teachers are helping students make sense of the Capitol siege.

The article looks at the importance of teaching media literacy to students, and how teachers break down traumatic events for young learners.

Read the article.

Please note: these are not official Lincoln or SMMUSD resources, but items parents are sharing with parents.  Please have your child check Google Classroom for their official work from their teacher.  

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