Reading: Our local library has books you can access digitally. You can log into Evergreen, the Whittemore library's resource, with your library account. You can also login to CHMS Overdrive with your student login credentials. As students read/listen to a book, they should use their 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

• Grade 7 and Grade 8 students can access learning through Khan Academy, as well

• Use your Naugatuck School Google Account to login to Actively Learn for high interest articles are different grade level and Lexile levels!

• Participate in Middle Grade & YA Book Club Podcasts

Using their notebooks, students should write about their opinions, thoughts and ideas every day. They can use the read-aloud texts they engage with above, or read and listen to nonfiction texts, as well, that promote Social Studies learning.

• 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.

• Run for president at icivics.org.

• More digital games are available with a learning focus.

Inquiry and the observation of phenomena provide us with insights into our world. Students can continue to explore science concepts with these web sites.

• CSI - Web Adventures is offered by Rice University.

• Ask A Biologist has games and simulations for students.

• Check out Engineer Girl for articles and information.

• Check out the NASA site about Galileo missions and space.

• Actively Learn also has science articles available for free.

• More digital games are available with a learning focus.

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

• Enrichment in key music theory concepts

• Sight reading generator

• Write your own music