Gwinnett County Public Schools

Classworks is a digital program purchased by GCPS and accessed through the student portal that offers curriculum in math and language arts. ALL Gwinnett students in grades 3-8 can access the program from the homepage of the student portal. All tasks in Classworks are assigned to students for math or language arts after the completion of the benchmark assessment.

Here are resources to help you better understand Math AKS taught during Spring 2020 Digital Learning days.

Check out these reading and writing resources from GCPS that are geared to early Elementary students, grades K-5.

Strong reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills are essential to both academic and workplace success. In fact, studies show that strong communication skills are one of the most important attributes that students will carry into college studies and the work world. So, consider these level-appropriate strategies you can use at home to nurture and grow your child’s literacy seeds into a bumper crop of knowledge.

In partnership with the Gwinnett County Public Library (GCPL), GCPS provides Tutor.com as an online tutoring resource for students. Live tutoring support is available daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. In addition, students can receive “drop-off support,” 24-7, by uploading a document for tutor feedback that will be reviewed and returned at a later time.

In kindergarten, students learn to count, compare numbers, investigate addition and subtraction and measure and analyze data. Students also learn about 2-D (flat) and 3-D (solid) shapes. The intention of these summer activities is to promote engaging and fun learning experiences for students and their families, maintaining math knowledge and skills throughout the summer.

First grade students construct the meaning of numbers based on their relationships to one another along with meaning of the operations to make sense of mathematics. They develop an understanding of addition and subtraction strategies and build on their understanding of place value. Engaging in number sense activities provides opportunities for meaningful practice where students continue to construct and develop their understanding of mathematics.

In second grade, students extended their place understanding through the hundreds place and applied this understanding to add and subtract within 1000. They learned measurement skills including measuring length and telling time to the nearest 5 minutes. They deepened their understanding of plane and solid figures, and started developing multiplication concepts.

In third grade, students learn to multiply & divide within 100, add & subtract 3-digit numbers, develop fraction concepts, measure area, perimeter & elapsed time, reason about shapes and their attributes, and create picture and bar graphs. Students also solve one– and two-step word problems using all four operations. The intention of these summer activities is to promote engaging and fun learning experiences for students and their families, maintaining math knowledge and skills throughout the summer.

Fourth graders have been busy this year working on addition and subtraction, as well as multiplication and division of larger numbers. Students continued to work with fractions and began adding and subtracting with like (or same) denominators.

Learning in 5th grade focused on developing number sense, understanding and using numbers through mathematical operations, fractions, geometry, measurement and data, and algebraic thinking. The intention of these summer activities is to promote engaging and fun learning experiences for students and their families, while maintaining math knowledge and skills throughout the summer.

Exposure to writing— as early as possible— creates the foundation for strong comprehension skills for readers, a better grasp of grammar concepts, and a lifelong appreciation of writing in all its forms. Here are some activities that may spark the “writing bug” in your child.

First, what is number sense? It’s a person’s understanding of number concepts, operations like addition and subtraction, and the application of numbers and operations. This group of key math abilities includes estimation, measurement, relative size (more, less), number relationships, and mental math. Try these activities to help your child build number sense!

If your kids jump out of bed excited to do math activities, that’s great! However, if you have a reluctant math learner in your house, one way to make math more fun is to add movement and outside activities to math practice. Here are a dozen ways to incorporate movement, math, and the great outdoors!

Strong reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills are essential to both academic and workplace success. In fact, studies show that strong communication skills are one of the most important attributes that students will carry into college studies and the work world. So, consider these level-appropriate strategies you can use at home to nurture and grow your child’s literacy seeds into a bumper crop of knowledge.

The more kids read, the better readers they become, and, when kids are better readers, they are more successful in school. Here are a dozen ways your whole family can enjoy reading and reading activities together to boost literacy.

One key way for families to support learning at home is to incorporate real-life math word problems for children in grades K-5. Here are 12 at-home situations to give your student some grade-specific math practice at home.

Georgia Public Broadcast (GPB), the Atlanta-based PBS affiliate, and the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) have teamed up to make sure all kids have access to free educational programming and digital resources aligned with Georgia’s state standards to provide continued at-home learning. Through this partnership— called Georgia Home Classroom— families have access to an online library of free resources from GPB Education, PBS LearningMedia, and Discovery Education, which includes videos, activities, and related lesson plans for teachers.

These 12 STEM challenges bring together activities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to engage the whole family in learning. Check out these hands-on STEM activities and take the challenge to have fun learning!

In these times of COVID-19, everyone is in uncharted territory. How do we protect ourselves and those we care about? How do we maintain some sense of normalcy for our children? How do we handle our own anxiety? In the box, see a list of online resources recommended by GCPS school counselors and school psychologists. We’ve pulled a few ideas together, but encourage families to learn more through the recommended resources.

With young children, every moment is an opportunity to learn! And parents are a child’s first teacher. Here are tips to support your preschooler, rising kindergartner, or new reader.

If you and your child are looking for a fun and challenging family activity, try these Open Middle math problems! Each one has a beginning and an end, but it’s up to each child’s thinking to do the work in the middle. Instead of giving the answers, just ask your child questions like these— “How did you solve it?,” “Is there a different way?,” and “Can you explain your thinking?”

Authors, illustrators, and performers are sharing their work and talents with young people and their families! From videos to live events on social media, check out a baker’s dozen of virtual activities, read-alouds, and how-to events.

Provided by Amazon, Audible’s collection is geared for the “Littlest Listeners” to “Tweens” and “Teens.” Stories are available in six different languages and one click lets users stream free on desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone.

Download the free Nook app for smartphone or tablet to access free eBooks that appeal to students from pre K to middle school.

Classworks is a digital program purchased by GCPS and accessed through the student portal that offers curriculum in math and language arts. ALL Gwinnett students in grades 3-8 can access the program from the homepage of the student portal. All tasks in Classworks are assigned to students for math or language arts after the completion of the benchmark assessment.

These interactive math games will have students (pre-K to 5th grade) playing to win. Sort by grade level and math concept. Mark your favorites so you can play again to beat your high score and watch your knowledge grow!

This K-8 website allows students to practice their estimation skills while working on mathematics concepts. Find 180 different estimation activities to build number sense, one day at a time!

This math resource for grades 4-8 brings real-life math to family conversations. Instead of practicing math on worksheets, families can work together to investigate real-life math problems on topics like salaries, life expectancy, and fair decisions. Families can download to view on their device or view online.

Get in the Math Zone with Fun Brain! Kids in grades K-8 can practice mathematics through games, books, comics, and videos that develop skills in operations and problem solving. Games like Math Baseball, Cake Monster, and One False Move will keep kids coming back for more practice and fun!

The Gwinnett County Public Schools Book Mobile will be visiting over 80 locations this summer!  Students will be able to choose two brand new books to take home.  Check out this flyer for a calendar and more information!

Also available in 

• Spanish
• Vietnamese

Usually a go-to resource for summer reading, Get Georgia Reading made its collection of more than 6,000 high-quality, high-interest digital books available early this year. Use the following to log in to this program— School Name: Get Georgia Reading; Username: GWINNETTCOUNTY; Password: read.

Math author and educator Greg Tang created this website for K-8 students to practice important math skills through games and activities.

These K-12 interactive games and activities offer students a dive deep into mathematical concepts. Illuminations also offers mobile options.

Users can choose from elementary, middle, or high school collections, free through May 31. No username or password on a computer. Find log in information for the app online.

This K-12 resource allows students to engage in problem solving through puzzles. The puzzles are organized by grade and subject, each designed for a 45-60 minute period.

Give your brain a workout with this website for students in grades 1-6. The site features math games and logic puzzles. Discover your math superpower, watch videos for step-by-step explanations, and take math video challenges!

Organized by domains and concepts, these K-12 mathematics games are an engaging and fun way to learn for students of all ages. Content includes games, puzzles, activities, interactive quizzes, practice sheets, and a math-related forum. Domains include numbers, algebra, geometry, data, measurement, money, and calculus.

A service of PBS Learning Media, this resource brings PreK-12 math concepts to life through interactive games, animations, and engaging media resources. Kids can see math in action in various careers, play games, and more. The content is sortable by grade and resource type.

Once logged in to the Student Portal, students can narrow their search to “e Book format” in Destiny Discover to locate and read digital books available through their local school.

Check out these reading and writing resources from GCPS that are geared to early Elementary students, grades K-5.

In the Student Portal, elementary students can access eBook versions of popular storybooks, chapter books, and graphic novels by selecting the “Tumblebooks” link from the Databases in the Online Research Library. Many titles are available in Spanish and French. Also located on the Database option of the Online Research Library link is BookFLIX, which pairs interactive fiction and non-fiction eBooks for elementary students based on theme.

In the Student Portal, select the “eBook option” in the Online Research Library link to find eBooks that are available district wide. Thanks to the generosity of publishers, GCPS is able to provide access to hundreds of additional titles through September.

Using their Branch Out account from the Gwinnett Public Library, students can access thousands of eBooks and audiobooks. Overdrive Kids and Overdrive Spanish allow the user to search specific collections.

Cyberchase supports learning of PreK-2 math concepts and skills through games, videos, and hands on activities. Kids also will enjoy 3D Builder and Shape Quest— free apps from PBS for math practice, geometry, spatial reasoning, and problem solving.

Here are resources to help you better understand Math AKS taught during Spring 2020 Digital Learning days.

This collection includes fiction as well as nonfiction for all age levels and many are recently published titles. The username and password are embedded in the link. Use 1 as the student ID.

This educational website has hundreds of free online math games to help kids in grades K-6 practice math in a fun way, with many levels, skills, and types for all ages and all abilities!

Fourth graders have been busy this year working on addition and subtraction, as well as multiplication and division of larger numbers. Students continued to work with fractions and began adding and subtracting with like (or same) denominators.

In kindergarten, students learn to count, compare numbers, investigate addition and subtraction and measure and analyze data. Students also learn about 2-D (flat) and 3-D (solid) shapes. The intention of these summer activities is to promote engaging and fun learning experiences for students and their families, maintaining math knowledge and skills throughout the summer.

In third grade, students learn to multiply & divide within 100, add & subtract 3-digit numbers, develop fraction concepts, measure area, perimeter & elapsed time, reason about shapes and their attributes, and create picture and bar graphs. Students also solve one– and two-step word problems using all four operations. The intention of these summer activities is to promote engaging and fun learning experiences for students and their families, maintaining math knowledge and skills throughout the summer.

First grade students construct the meaning of numbers based on their relationships to one another along with meaning of the operations to make sense of mathematics. They develop an understanding of addition and subtraction strategies and build on their understanding of place value. Engaging in number sense activities provides opportunities for meaningful practice where students continue to construct and develop their understanding of mathematics.

Learning in 5th grade focused on developing number sense, understanding and using numbers through mathematical operations, fractions, geometry, measurement and data, and algebraic thinking. The intention of these summer activities is to promote engaging and fun learning experiences for students and their families, while maintaining math knowledge and skills throughout the summer.

In second grade, students extended their place understanding through the hundreds place and applied this understanding to add and subtract within 1000. They learned measurement skills including measuring length and telling time to the nearest 5 minutes. They deepened their understanding of plane and solid figures, and started developing multiplication concepts.

This resource provides our Branch Out users an up-to-date collection that includes popular graphic novels in eBook format. Users have the option of changing the background and font color to make the eBooks easier to read.

In partnership with the Gwinnett County Public Library (GCPL), GCPS provides Tutor.com as an online tutoring resource for students. Live tutoring support is available daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. In addition, students can receive “drop-off support,” 24-7, by uploading a document for tutor feedback that will be reviewed and returned at a later time.

Using their Branch Out account from the Gwinnett Public Library, many popular titles are available and users may put a book on hold for future viewing.