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General Interest
Alternatives to Google for Pictures Provided by Richard Byrne - a table of sites that have public domain(don't need to cite) and/or creative common images. Creative commons means that artists have shared their work for others to use, with citations.
BreakoutEDU. To find BreakoutEdu games and resources. They have a ton of games for all grades and subjects. There is also s very active FB group. Email me for the password.
Canva Graphic design program. Recommended for Infographics and poster projects. Publish to the web instead of paper.
Commonlit.org - Short text organized by lexile and grade level, both fiction and non fiction - some paired.
CommonSenseMedia.org This organization rates apps, websites and tools, has curriculum for digital citizenship and educational articles. It also has a great page on tools for formative assessments
Fact Checking - here's an article referencing 8 sites to use to fact check the news.
K20 Learn - University of Oklahoma - A site with 115 instructional strategies that can be searched by grade level, purpose, groupings, time, placement in lesson. It also has complete lessons in 4 subject areas (English, Math, Science and Social Studies).
National Park Service - Teacher Resources Lessons that are linked to the common core in literacy, social studies, science, and math. They are searchable by Common Core Standard, Subject and Grade Level. Many use primary sources, and all have lesson plans with materials.
Newsela.com - Articles that are leveled by Lexile on all different topics and current events. Use your Google id to sign in.
http://www.nonfictionminute.org/ 400 word essays written and recorded by children’s authors on a wide ranging list of topics.
Plickers The article linked describes a free product called Plickers which sounds like a great alternative to do a quick check in on students' thinking when they don't all have devices. (Look at the bottom of the first page) . Plickers uses your iPad or iPhone to scan the students' responses. Each student has a unique Plicker card with multiple choice a,b,c,d options on them. The unique shapes protect student privacy, I've included the link to the Plickers site with more information.
Researchitct.org - State of CT - access to e-books, audio books, popular magazines, newspapers and other resources/databases
State Library - extra copies of books to borrow for up to 3 months
Tween Tribune - From Smithsonian Magazine, articles for kids through teens in all content areas.
US Census Bureau - Lots of statistics for student use, lesson plans, US States information
Wonderopolis - Question/answer based site that has great explanations and links to good sources about a variety of topics.
Parlay- Discussion-based learning tool.
Literacy
Actively Learn - Similar to Newsela. Articles with Notes, Vocab and Questions
Blog entry with 165 books for Middle Grade categorized by obstacles the main character faces
Infographic of synonyms for the word 'very'
Social Studies
Actively Learn - Similar to Newsela. Articles with Notes, Vocab and Questions
C-Span.org - A ton of videos on Government from special events like State of the Union to Daily Press Briefings and Congressional Meetings
Primary Source Resources (particularly about Connecticut history)
Digital Breakout based on Hamilton
Discovery Education - Virtual Field Trip - Constitution Day and Tour of the Library of Congress. Starts Sept 16. Register.
Article about 13 year old veteran from Tween Tribune
Wonderopolis - What is a civil right? With link to activity - Good discussion for MLK Day, also Black History Month or Inauguration Day
Teaching how to spot "fake news": - With resources from schooljournalism.org - there are lesson plans and tips for students
Newspaper Navigator from the Library of Congress-Database of historical newspapers.
Science/Math
Actively Learn - Similar to Newsela. Articles with Notes, Vocab and Questions
CurioCity - STEM resources for educators
Discovery Education - Virtual Field Trip to the State Department to find out how governments are cooperating on issues like overfishing and marine pollution. Register -Starts Sept 14.
Science News for Kids - Articles about a wide variety of science topics. It's a program from Society for Science & the Public.
Music
Civil Rights Movement Songs - Lesson Plan - Integrate music with social studies with this lesson about music from the Civil Rights movement.
Tech Tools
GoFormative.com - Create formative assessments using multimedia. Links to Google classroom. Looks very cool!
Socrative.com - Create quizzes or ask discussion questions. Can be automatically graded, also can vote on top answers for discussion responses.
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