English Language Arts
Everfi: Word Force
Grades: 1-2
WORD Force - A Literacy Adventure for K-2 Students is a game-based program that teaches students key foundational literacy skills. It includes 15 interactive games that offer opportunities for students to learn and practice skills for beginning reading, including phonological awareness, letter-sound/letter name correspondence, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, sight words, and reading comprehension. As the commander of the WORD Force, a motley group of superheroes, students will develop a strong foundation in key beginning reading skills. The video below is just a DEMO of what it looks like. The voice-over is not applicable for our school.
*All Everfi modules provide teachers with individualized, student reports for progress monitoring.
Access Everfi by logging into your Clever account. Student accounts can be found in the same way.
BrainPop is a unique and awesome resource to creatively teach students about a variety of topics. In this section, I have linked it directly to the Art topics that are offered through BrainPop. Mid-Buchanan offers the premium version of BrainPOP to all teachers. Use your Clever account to access BrainPOP and browse through all of their amazing content!
This is a free resource which aims to develop students into critical readers, writers, and thinkers. We hope to widen their perspectives so that they can better understand themselves and the world around them. In order to select different grade levels, simply click the "Curriculum" button at the top and then select the grade level you are interested in.
NewsELA for ELA
Grades: 2-12
Newsela takes authentic content from the world's most trusted providers and turns it into learning materials that are classroom-ready. Articles are available in a variety of lexile levels to allow for differentiation during instruction. NewsELA also allows you to sync your google classroom so that you can easily share articles with your students.
Frayer Model Slides Template for Vocabulary Assignments
This template is already created for you to assign to students and have them practice using new vocabulary terms. When you post to Google Classroom select to "Make a copy for each student" and they will easily be able to edit their slide deck with their responses and turn it in on Google Classroom to make it easier for you to grade!
"Instagram Stories" of Book Characters
Have your students find pictures, text, and/or video to create an "Instagram Story" using Google Slides. Google Slides can be recorded using Screencastify when in "Present Mode" and allow for videos and pictures to easily be embedded. The end product will view similarly to an Instagram Story! EXAMPLE: Create an Instagram Story that is based off the events that take place in "Harris and Me" from the perspective of your favorite character.
PreK-2
Bitmoji classroom collection of popular children's books that are read aloud to young students. Browse through the months and click on the story of your choice to operate the digital read aloud!
Readworks allows teachers to search through articles and fiction stories for all grade levels. You can also search by reading skills such as theme, sequencing, etc. The passages come with comprehension questions, can be adjusted for reading levels, and assigned directly to Google Classroom. This is a free resource.