Learning at home can be a balancing act. However, sustained periods of distance learning are successful when students have a routine to follow and a space in which to work and learn.  As you think about how to support your child's online learning, consider the following: 

• Provide an appropriate learning space for the students when possible
• Help your child keep track of deadlines and what time any online video sessions are held for your child’s class if any.
• Plan a daily schedule for your child to follow.
• Communicate any instructional needs to the campus such as a lack of device or internet connection as defined in the campus communication plan
• Maintain communication with teachers as needed
• Connect with your student every day at a time that works well for your household. This might be a quick check-in a few times a day or a longer check-in in the morning or evening.
• Some questions that might help spark a conversation include:▪
• Were you able to complete all the assigned activities?
• What did you learn/practice/read today?
• What was easy or challenging for you?
• Do you have any questions for your teacher?
• Monitor your student’s time on task and encourage physical activity and/or exercise.

Dedicated learning space for distance learning should ideally be located in a shared area of your home such as at the kitchen table, a large kitchen counter, or a desk in a living room or family room.  When your student's learning space is separate from their bedroom and distanced from the television, it sets the expectation and tone that the space is for work and not play. Additionally, an online learning space in a shared area allows parents and guardians to readily support learning while also monitoring online activity.

For further inquiries outside of accessing instructional materials, please email schooloffice@houstonisd.org

To process your inquiry as fast as possible, please provide the following information with your question:

• School's Name
• Student's Name
• Student ID (can be found in a report card or progress report)
  
  

Many of our vendor partners provide wonderful help pages to get families and students started. You can find a list of these pages below:

• Imagine Math: Parent Letter
• Imagine Language + Literacy: Parent Letter
• MyOn: https://help2.renaissance.com/myON/get-started
• Ready Rose: https://www.houstonisd.org/readyrosie 
  
  

If you need further assistance, please contact the Instructional Technology team via email at InstTech@HoustonISD.org

You can access the full library of HISD Digital Resources your child has access to, by visiting: www.HoustonISD.org/DigitalResources

To login:

Username: student\s#######
(# is your child’s student ID number)
Please make sure to use the backslash not the forward-slash when typing the username.

Password: XXXXXXXX
(X is your child’s birth date MMDDYYYY)

For example: 
Username: student\s1234567

Password: 01072008 
(If birthday is January 7, 2008)

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