Newsela-free access: teachers can download articles as PDFs and print them out.
Sora- Orleans and Irasburg have access for grades 3-8 (I will try to add more students to our account this week). Students could download their books on their phones/devices when they are at school or any place with wi-fi. Once books are downloaded, they will have access to that book for 2 weeks with or without wi-fi. They can check out 3 at a time:
Either download the free app in Google Play or Apple Store or go to soraapp.com.
Click the green button that says “My School is Vermont Schools Shared Digital Collection”
Find their school (orleans or irasburg) in the dropdown menu.
Britannica: Teachers can print individual articles and add to their packets.
Username: ocsu
Password: ocsu
As of right now, students aren’t able to access it outside of the school building
Poetry Ideas -teachers can print out and include in their packets or students can go to the website
Films may be downloaded from the Library of Congress and added to Google Drive where they can be used in rich docs and downloaded for offline viewing. (Please review the films before you assign them)
Podcasts: Can also be downloaded onto devices when there is access to wi-fi and then listened to at home.
Story Seeds Podcast- recommended for kids age 6-12. Meet your favorite author!
Circle Round Podcast: Circle Round is a podcast that adapts carefully-selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for kids ages 4 to 10. Each 10- to 20-minute episode explores important issues like kindness, persistence and generosity. And each episode ends with an activity that inspires a deeper conversation between children and grown-ups.
But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids: Even has an episode on COVID-19 and the importance of soap
- Kidnuz (5 minute daily news podcast for kids, with a quiz available)
- Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian (13+ hour mystery/scifi story about an 8-year-old space explorer)
- Noodle Loaf (interactive, music-themed podcast)
StoryPirates
Sesame Street Podcast
Recommended Lists From Common Sense Media
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