Printable at-home activity packs are designed to provide students with valuable self-directed exercises and practice during extended absences from school. Each pack is designed to reinforce key concepts for a given grade.

• Fourth Grade:

  • • Math - Teacher Guide

    • Reading

• Fifth Grade:

  • • Math - Teacher Guide

    • Reading

• Additional Math Resources

• Additional Reading Resources

NASA has compiled a variety of offline STEM activities that students can complete at home. These resources have various projects, games, and coloring sheets. Click on the appropriate grade level below.

• Kindergarten to 4th Grade

• Grades 5-8 - Offline resources are located under Stuff to Make, Do, Play or Print

UNC-TV and the NC Department of Public Instruction are partnering to support school-age children learning at home by providing free, curriculum-informed, over-the-air content that is widely accessible to students—especially those with limited or no internet access.

Each weekday, two blocks of programs on UNC-TV's North Carolina Channel will serve students: fourth through eighth grade, from 11 AM-2 PM, and ninth through twelfth grade, from 2 PM-5 PM. These educational program blocks are available on the North Carolina Channel, available statewide for free over-the-air, through cable providers and streamed online here.

Click here to learn more.

Click here to check the weekly schedule.

ADVANCED LEARNING LABS are provided for K-12 students each week beginning May 1st. Students explore logic puzzles, go on field studies, engage in research explorations, participate in mindfulness activities and more -- all through remote learning. These may be printed or used online.

• Grades 4-5

Istation provides at home practice for students to support reading instruction.

• Istation Home - Students that have access to a device at home can download and install the Istation program. Students will log in as they do at school via NCEdCloud. However, they do not have access to take assessments, but are able to select Reading with ISIP to continue their educational path and move forward with the same activities they see in the classroom. Click here for installation instructions.

• NEW - Students now have access to additional practice at home via Istation. When students log in, they should now see the following options:

  • • • • • Reading with ISIP - Reading with ISIP is an adaptive reading program based on your child's current level. This program will provide students with reading instructional practice based on their current needs.

          • Books - Books provide a library of online books for your child.

          • Writing Rules! - Writing Rules! provides your child with writing instruction and practice opportunities.

          • Math with ISIP - Math with ISIP is an adaptive math program based on your child's current level. This program will provide students with math instructional practice based on their current needs.

          • IPractice - IPractice provides students with a variety of learning activities to practice their skills.

Into Math is the core curriculum resource for math students in grades K-5. Students have access to the digital content online, which matches his/her classroom textbooks. Students may complete interactive lessons and activities as a review of concepts already learned or exploring new concepts. Click here for instructions on accessing Into Math.

Social Studies Weekly is a supplemental social studies resource for students in grades K-6. Students have access to read weekly units online and complete interactive activities. Each week allows students to delve deeper into history through primary source images and videos. Students also love the audio reader, highlighting tools and rewards system. Click here for instructions on accessing Social Studies Weekly.

Destiny Discover is our schools' library catalog system that provides all students in grades K-12 with access to high quality print and digital books, as well as online resources. Students can access Destiny Discover at home to read ebooks as well as research topics that they are interested in learning more about.

• eBooks - Students have access to a wide-variety of ebooks that can be read online on laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Click here for instructions on checking out an ebook.

• Research & other resources - Students have access to a wide-variety of digital resources via the Destiny Discover Collection. Students can read articles, view videos, and explore interactive learning opportunities. Click here for instructions.

Students can access the Discovery Education Science and Social Studies techbook to support learning. Built on the 5E model, Science Techbook provides exciting multimedia, virtual activities and hands-on labs with model lessons, STEM project starters, and standard-aligned assessments. The Social Studies Techbook is a standards-aligned, core-curricular resource that uses an inquiry-based approach to enhance literacy and critical thinking skills, allowing students to approach inquiry through the 5Es: Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend, and Evaluate. From stories of ancient cultures to current events, this comprehensive digital textbook takes concepts off the pages and brings lessons to life. Click here for instructions on how to access.

• Daily DE - The Daily DE features a grade-band appropriate learning activity for every day of the week. From digital interactives to virtual field trips to fun science experiments and more, these daily activities are great for keeping the learning going at home! These activities include only and offline activities

  • • • • Grades 3-5 Daily DE

Safari Montage is a K-8 learning object repository. It provides students and teachers with access to educationally vetted video content, audio files, images, ebooks, website, interactive lessons and more. The K–8 curriculum titles in this package come from the most highly acclaimed publishers, such as Ambrose Video, BBC, Biography, Disney Educational Productions, The History Channel, National Geographic, PBS, Scholastic, Weston Woods and others, in addition to award-winning programs from Schlessinger Media. Each title is correlated to Common Core and State Standards. All video titles have been segmented into chapters and key concepts, and many include a quiz. Schlessinger Media titles also include closed-captioning, a teacher's guide and a Spanish language track. Click here for instructions on how to access.

Learning.com is comprehensive suite of digital literacy resources that are available to K-8 students and teachers. Students are provided with fun online interactive learning opportunities in the areas of Online Safety & Digital Citizenship, Computer Fundamentals, Keyboarding, Internet Usage & Online Communication, Computational Thinking & Coding, and more. Click here for instructions.

NCWise Owl is North Carolina's K-12 source for research databases, E-Journals, primary sources, magazine subscriptions, collections, encyclopedia, ebooks, and more. NCWiseOwl’s subscription databases provide access to articles from thousands of magazines, from online encyclopedias and reference sources, and from a variety of other sources that are only available through subscription services. Using NCWiseOwl for online research places students in a safer, advertising-free environment with age-appropriate information and tools that assist students with the research process. NCWiseOwl resources are available anywhere that Internet access is provided. No passwords are required when using devices on campus. However, passwords are required for at home use. Students and/or parents may contact their teachers and/or Digital Learning Media Coordinator to obtain the passwords. Click here to get started.

Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Our math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. We've also partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content. Click here to get started.

CK-12 is an open educational resources that is free to students and teachers. It provides access educationally vetted interactive lessons, resources, textbooks, videos, images, and other materials. CK-12 is free to all students and teachers in grades K-12. Click here to get started.

The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify "code", to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. It has since become a worldwide effort to celebrate computer science, starting with 1-hour coding activities but expanding to all sorts of community efforts. Coding challenges are available in 30 different languages and available for any age group. There are even offline coding opportunities. Click here to get started.

• Parent's Guide

Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Reading aloud to children has been shown to improve reading, writing and communication skills, logical thinking and concentration, and general academic aptitude, as well as inspire a lifelong love of reading. Storyline Online is available 24 hours a day for children, parents, caregivers and educators worldwide. Each book includes supplemental curriculum developed by a credentialed elementary educator, aiming to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners. Click here to check it out.

Brain Pop is a supplement resource that help students learn and explore the world around them. Students engage in learning through learning games, animated movies, and activities. Designed with relevance, depth, and humor to encourage kids on their unique learning paths. Brain Pop is offering free access to families during school closures. Each day they offer a free lesson on their home page. Parents can register for a free account to access additional lessons. Click here to get started.

• Link to Create Free Account

National Geographic Kids offer students a variety of videos, images, articles, quizzes, and games to help them understand their world and their place in it. Click here to check it out.

Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments. Students can explore music and its connections to science, math, art, and more. Check it out.

Tinkercad is a free online collection of software tools that help people all over the world think, create and make. Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding. Tinkercad is an ideal introduction to Autodesk, the leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. Student over 13 can create a free account. Students under 13 can have a parent create their account. Click here to begin.

Scratch is a programming language and an online community where children can program and share interactive media such as stories, games, and animation with people from all over the world. As children create with Scratch, they learn to think creatively, work collaboratively, and reason systematically. Scratch is designed and maintained by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. Click here to get started.

The Spanish Experiment has taken well-known children's stories translated into Spanish and spoken by a native Spanish speaker. Great for kids... and adults too! Read along in Spanish or English. Click here to check it out.

ABCya provides over 400 fun and educational games for grades PreK through 6. Activities are designed by parents and educators, who understand that children learn better if they are having fun. Games are categorized by grade and subject and are standards aligned, and cover topics such as multiplication, parts of speech, typing, pattern recognition, and more. Click here to check it out.

Breakout Edu Fun @ Home provides a wide variety of digital breakout challenges similar to modern day Escape rooms. Students will use critical thinking skills to locate the clues to open the locks. Click here to get started.

Go Noodle provides students with videos that encourages students to get up and get active. These videos promote physical wellness, academic success, and social-emotional health. It inspires all students to be active and mindful with a wide range of offerings that appeal to kids' different ages, interests, skills, and abilities. Click here to get moving.

D-PAN has created a site with popular children's stories being read using American Sign Language (ASL). Check out these titles.

PBS Kids offers a large variety of game and videos to support student learning in all subject areas. Click here to check it out.

Explore NASA's online resources to help students learn more about our space program. Click on the appropriate grade range below.

• Kindergarten through 4th Grade

• Grades 5-8

TIME for Kids publishes weekly magazines for students that are standards aligned. These resources are now available for free online.

• 3rd - 4th Grade

• 5th Grade

PBS LearningMedia producers and educators have come together to curate a special collection of resources organized by grade and subject area. Find videos, lesson plans, and activities that support learning at home. Click here to take a look.

Mystery Science has ready-to-go mini lessons and full lessons to inspire students to love science. Click here to check them out.

As part of our QuaranSTEAM efforts, UNCW Engineering Expectations is challenging kids and families to engineer a prototype face mask with items found in their home. Just like the Apollo 13 mission astronauts who experienced a most extreme form of social isolation in space along with hostile environmental conditions due to a buildup of CO2, you can only use supplies that you can find in your house (or spaceship) to engineer a solution.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKOfbPb86hPIEMD-3PJ11V6Ev0YruM6uJ

Details about the design requirements can be found here

(https://uncw.edu/engineeri…/apollo-13_pandemic_challenge.pdf)

Upload your design, tag @UNCWEngineeringExpectations, and we will repost them.

You’re invited to the 2020 North Carolina Virtual Science Festival! Find virtual events and activities to kick off your celebration of science this month. Click here for more info.

Wide Open School is a free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense. There is so much good happening, and we are here to gather great stuff and organize it so teachers and families can easily find it and plan each day. Click here to check it out.

Developed in partnership with NC Association for Gifted and Talented (NCAGT)

The resources below are compilations of high-quality, online resources for educators and families of AIG learners to enrich and extend learning. Click here to access.