English & Language Arts

myNGconnect, your one-stop portal for online materials available with your favorite National Geographic Learning instructional programs (Reach for Reading). 

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Moby Reading pairs literature and informational texts with similar topics to encourage deep reading and facilitate learning. Informational texts draw in students with interesting topics, and all students love stories. The pairing of both creates a fertile ground for critical thinking. 

Khan Academy Kids is a comprehensive early learning resource that can be used to help students get individual practice with important foundational learning material. It's pretty easy to get started: Just let students follow their automatic learning path, and check in on a regular basis to see how they're doing. 

Reading Rockets is a national multimedia literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.

DOGO News has fun articles for kids on current events, science, sports, and more! There are also lots of stories, pictures, videos, games and the DOGO news. 

Common core games, it’s free, but has a premium version. Does have ads. 

Spaceteam ESL can get intense. To maximize learning potential, teachers will want students to practice their word pronunciation and listening skills outside Spaceteam ESL and then really put them to the test in the game. 

Free Learning games teach literacy and leadership in an immersive virtual workplace. Students are the boss, make big decisions, and gain critical skills along the way! 

In a nutshell, Padlet is an online bulletin board. Teachers can use this tool in myriad ways. For example, Padlet users can pose open-ended questions and elicit multiple student responses—ideal for posing document-based questions using primary sources. Users can also create their own "post-it" notes in response to a directed question among many other uses.

This website is full of free content designed to help educators understand and implement the Common Core State Standards. It includes practical tools designed to help students and teachers see their hard work deliver results. Achievethecore.org was created in the spirit of collaboration. Please steal these tools and share them with others.

Newsela is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news. It's easy and amazing. Register now to see the impact Newsela can have on your classroom.

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) is a state-led consortium working to develop next-generation assessments that accurately measure student progress toward college- and career-readiness. 

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SBAC Student Practice Tests 

Sample Smarter Balanced assessments by grade level and content in ELA and Math provided by the state of Hawaii Department of Education.

PD Toolkit, an online subscription-based resource that provides the tools that educators need to effectively plan and implement instruction. These tools can assist you in motivating and engaging your students to enable them to succeed.

Choose a video, give it your magic touch and track your students' comprehension.

LearnZillion.com offers a free and growing set of Math and English Language resources for grades 2-12 that have been developed by expert teachers directly from the Common Core State Standards.

Truth for Teachers is consistently ranked in the top ten K-12 podcasts on iTunes. Each Sunday, a new 15-20 minute episode is released to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and hearts of educators. Subscribe below to get a fresh dose of inspiration for the week ahead!