Digital Resources for Families
Portland Public Schools uses a variety of digital resources to support and supplement student instruction. These resources are connected directly to classroom instruction for English Language Arts and Math. Families access these programs via their student’s My.PPS (Classlink).
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K-3 Learning A-Z is a parent-oriented educational platform offering a variety of resources to improve children's learning in reading, writing, and comprehension. It provides leveled reading materials and interactive worksheets. PPS uses this resource to focus on specific foundational skills a student is working on.
3-12 CommonLit is a platform for parents that offers a wide range of free reading and language arts resources for students in grades 3-12. It provides a collection of high-quality fiction and non-fiction texts, along with accompanying assessments and guided reading questions to improve comprehension and critical thinking skills. Parents can use CommonLit to support their child's reading progress and monitor their development in various literary areas. PPS uses this resource to add various levels of texts to the topics that is being studied in the classroom.
K-5 Learning Ally is a valuable platform for parents that focuses on helping students with reading difficulties or visual impairments. It provides a vast library of audiobooks and other accessible learning materials. Parents can use Learning Ally to assist their child's reading journey, enhancing their literacy skills and fostering a love for learning through audio-based resources. PPS uses this resource to provide the scaffold of audio books for students who need this support for Wit & Wisdom core texts and various other texts that align to the topics that are being learned in the classroom.