Rethink Education Resources for Parents and Guardians

Rethink Education Webinars for Families

Our Rethink Education Webinars are BACK for the 2022-2023 school year! Our Rethink Education Webinars for Parents & Guardians are designed to support the needs of families who are helping students to be successful in online or hybrid learning environments. It is our goal to provide families with informative and supportive sessions to help students be more successful while learning away from school, as well as when in school. Please consider attending a session live or viewing our archived webinars on our YouTube playlist.

Rethink Education is committed to providing parents and guardians with the support and resources needed to set their child up for success, regardless of potential learning disruptions, and no matter where learning takes place.

Here, we’re sharing resources on important, timely topics to support North Carolina parents and families as we continue to adapt. Please consider taking a few minutes to read one or more of the following brief guides, which offer strategies for supporting your child through in-person and virtual learning:

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Parent and Family Content Support Guides

As part of our Rethink Education mission, we will provide parent guides to accompany our high-quality, standards-aligned and culturally relevant remote learning content for grades K-8. We want to support parents of students who are engaged in remote learning. We know from COVID 19 that many parents were at a loss in how to support their children in an online learning environment.  In order to build parent capacity for future learning disruptions, there will be parent guides that will accompany all created K-8 content.  These parent guides explain the content in straightforward terms so they can support their children’s learning at home and will encourage caretaker engagement with lessons. As courses are developed, Parent Guides will be added to this resource page.

Guides Available: English Language Arts (ELA) | Math | Science | Social Studies | Blended Learning Basics | Creating a Reading Rich Environment | Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Supports

English Language Arts Guides

Grade 6 ELA Parent Guide Grade 7 ELA Parent Guide Grade 8 ELA Parent Guide
English     
(PDF, 401 KB)
English     
(PDF, 412 KB)
English     
(PDF, 484 KB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 722 KB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 802 KB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 818 KB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 754 KB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 829 KB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 816 KB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 628 KB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 711 KB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 728 KB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 715 KB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 800 KB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 825 KB)

Math Guides

Grade 6 Math Parent Guide Grade 7 Math Parent Guide Grade 8 Math Parent Guide
English     
(PDF, 559 KB)
English     
(PDF, 583 KB)
English     
(PDF, 648 KB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 672 KB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 873 KB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 842 KB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 787 KB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 850 KB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 903 KB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 555 KB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 680 KB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 762 KB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 649 KB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 710 KB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 1.1 MB)

Science Guides

Grade 6 Science Parent Guide Grade 7 Science Parent Guide Grade 8 Science Parent Guide
English     
(PDF, 1.1 MB)
English     
(PDF, 661 KB)
English     
(PDF, 1.2 MB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 2.3 MB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 1.5 MB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 3.3 MB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 2.3 MB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 1.5 MB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 3.3 MB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 2.2 MB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 1.4 MB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 3.2 MB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 2.3 MB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 1.4 MB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 3.4 MB)

Social Studies Guides

Grade 6 Social Studies Parent Guide Grade 7 Social Studies Parent Guide Grade 8 Social Studies Parent Guide
English     
(PDF, 787 KB)
English     
(PDF, 1.2 MB)
English     
(PDF, 1.6 MB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 1.1 MB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 2.3 MB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 2.8 MB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 1.1 MB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 1.7 MB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 2.8 MB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 1 MB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 2.2 MB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 4.1 MB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 1.1 MB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 2.2 MB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 2.7 MB)

Blended Learning Basics

All Grades
English     
(PDF, 218 KB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 829 KB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 1.1 MB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 731 KB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 1.1 MB)

Creating a Reading Rich Environment

All Grades
English     
(PDF, 225 KB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 1 MB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 1.3 MB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 954 KB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 1.4 MB)

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Supports

All Grades
English     
(PDF, 232 KB)
Arabic / عربى     
(PDF, 914 KB)
Hindi / हिन्दी     
(PDF, 1.2 MB)
Spanish / Español     
(PDF, 810 KB)
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt     
(PDF, 1.2 MB)