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Your student's teacher is the first and best resource for their learning. In addition, students can visit these web sites to continue or enhance their learning.
Your student's teacher is the first and best resource for their learning. In addition, students can visit these web sites to continue or enhance their learning.
Read for 30-60 minutes
Write for 20-30 minutes
Grow their vocabulary
Read about science and technology
Conduct inquiry and experiments
Engage with math
Listen to and talk about music
View and produce their own artwork
Engage in physical activity
Share their learning with others
Reading
Reading
Reading: Our local library has books you can access digitally. You can log into Evergreen, the Whittemore library's resource, with your library account. As students read/listen to a book, they can use reading journals to jot down:
Questions they have
What is happening in the story
Ideas they have about characters and their actions
What the author wants us, as readers, to learn at the end of the story
Writing and Social Studies
Writing and Social Studies
Using their notebooks, students should write about their opinions, thoughts and ideas every day. They can use the texts from the Whittemore Library's Evergreen system, or read nonfiction texts, as well, that promote Social Studies learning.
At Actively Learn, students can sign up for a free account and access news articles.
At NewsELA, students can sign up for an account and access hundreds of articles. They can adjust the reading levels, too, to meet their needs.
Access and read news articles at Tween Tribune
Run for president at icivics.org.
Play games connected to Social Studies concepts.
Learn about Native American stories and storytelling.
More digital games are available with a learning focus.
Mathematics
Mathematics
At Naugatuck Public Schools intermediate students engage in math learning with Pearson's enVisions 2.0. Through their PowerSchool login, students can access their math learning. They can also visit ST Math, an online program used in our classrooms.
PowerSchool access for enVisions/Pearson
ST Math - use your school website to access
Practice math facts
More digital games are available with a learning focus.
Students can visit Greg Tang's math site for games and other math learning opportunities. Students can also visit Jo Boaler's site to take a free online math mind sets course for students.
science
science
Inquiry and the observation of phenomena provide us with insights into our world. Students can continue to explore science concepts with these web sites.
NASA's Kids Club provides games and activities to learn about NASA.
Ask A Biologist has games and simulations for students.
National Geographic Kids offers videos and articles.
Study chemistry on this site.
More digital games are available with a learning focus.
Visual arts
Visual arts
Students can still engage in visual arts learning. Visit these museum web sites to view art and create art inspired by the works you see.
Mattatuck Museum Yale University Art Gallery
New Britain Museum of American Art Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Frick Collection: virtual tour The Wadsworth Athenium
Below are a variety of resources to explore digital creation of art in a variety of styles:
music
music
Listen to music and write about what you feel and think. Create music, too!
Recommended sites from the Music Teachers National Association
Play the drums (virtually!)
Music games: Make music, play music and play music games
Interactive music web site to make music and explore sound
https://www.classicsforkids.com/ - Great resource to learn about classical music and composers .
health and p.e.
health and p.e.
Play games and get exercise every day to maintain healthy habits. Here are some suggestions. NPS does not endorse any one way for students to be active.
Physical activity guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control
Kidshealth offers lots of opportunities to learn about health
PE Central challenges for students
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