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General and Cross Content Sites
General and Cross Content Sites
Students use their PHASD Google sign-in.
District Bookmarks include:
Benchmark Universe (K-5)
ThinkCentral (K-5)
MeL.org (K-12)
BookFLIX (K-5)
Discovery Education (K-12)
- Teachers may have additional resources bookmarked in their classroom portals.
Online research sites, learning games, and reading resources.
The research sites are:
Student-friendly
Provide text-to-speech and leveled reading options
Are checked for accuracy
Khan Academy offers math and science practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that allows learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.
To access Khan Academy students should sign in using their PHASD Google Sign-in.
Wide Open School is a free collection of online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense. A group of more than 25 organizations came together and raised their hands to help, and many more are joining on a daily basis.
This collection of online learning resources covers pretty much every topic. Lessons include reading, activities, videos, and more to engage students.An account would need to be created but all content is free.
Interactive content, including sing-along videos, TV series, games, virtual lessons and more.
You can also download their PBS Kids Video app for live-tv streaming.
Scholastic Learn at Home
(https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html?caching)
Provides 20 days worth of active learning designed to reinforce and sustain student learning during the school closure period.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Enjoy science experiments, animal watch cameras and activities about the natural world.
Offering free accounts for parents/guardians of K-5 students.
Literacy (Reading and Writing)
Literacy (Reading and Writing)
https://www.readworks.org
Parents and guardians can create an account.
Many teachers already have an account for students to join.- Provides a large collection of non-fiction and fiction passages.
- Text sets include reading comprehension guides and questions.
- Many ebooks are available.
- Text-to-speech component for most items.
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/
Unite online library provides free access to more than 400 original picture books, one fourth of them written in Spanish. The digital books provide audio narrations in more than 40 languages, spoken by native speakers in warm, expressive voices.
Junior Library Guild eBooks Platform
With JLG Gold Standard eBooks for Elementary, Middle School and High School students, now you and your readers can have unlimited online access from any device.Titles enter and exit the digital stream regularly, so there are always new picks available!
Find additional Story Time Activities and Links to Read Alouds on the Story Time Page
Find additional Story Time Activities and Links to Read Alouds on the Story Time Page
Reycraft Books Authors from Benchmark Advance
offering one month free for K-5 students
Math
Math
Math Treats Weekly Videos Posing Math Challenges, Zoom call opportunity for hints, and Tips to work through the problems with your child
Math Treats Weekly Videos Posing Math Challenges, Zoom call opportunity for hints, and Tips to work through the problems with your child
https://www.mathplayground.com/
Solve logic puzzles, practice facts, and explore on Math Playground.
Premium games are currently free!
https://www.prodigygame.com/pages/parents/
Students can work through MATH topics based on their levels or you can assign specific skills for them to complete; all while they think they are playing a game!
https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/resources/apps
Apps for MATH available in multiple options (web app, Apple iOS, Chrome, etc.)
https://xtramath.org/#/home/index
XtraMath provides fast paced practice for basic facts - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
https://www.weareteachers.com/math-card-games/
All you need is a deck of cards!
25 Math Games To Do At Home
25 Math Games To Do At Home
https://matr.org/blog/fun-maths-games-activities-for-kids/?utm_medium=social
US Math Recovery Council Community Resource Hub
US Math Recovery Council Community Resource Hub
www.mathrecovery.org/resources
Free, public resources for educators and parents.
Math Resources for Caregivers
Math Resources for Caregivers
Free or freemium mathematical activities and games
Math at Home Ideas
Math at Home Ideas
Draw with math and geometry tools like a compass, triangle and circle protractors and rulers.
Make a mobius strip. Cut it and see what happens. It’s not what you think.
Print some Dot-to-Dots . Or get down on the floor with a DIY giant dot to dot.
Explore the Golden Ratio in art. (via Craftwhack)
Kiddo love KenKen (http://www.kenkenpuzzle.com/ ). Not only do these kind of number puzzles work logic and math skills but completing a puzzle gives a real sense of satisfaction.
Put together a DIY math puzzle game to show different ways of writing the same problem. (via Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational).
Read about Fibonacci and head out to the park to find math in nature.
Math in the Kitchen
Math in the Kitchen
Measure and fold hand pies for a practical application of geometry.
When using a timer, practice subtraction. For example, “We set the timer for 30 minutes. 20 minutes are left, how many minutes have the potatoes been in the oven?”
Find a kid friendly cookbook for recipes for further inspiration. (via KCEdventures)
Science and Social Studies
Science and Social Studies
Fun science experiments, facts, online games and more!
https://ssec.si.edu/game-center
Smithsonian Science Education Game Center
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPRCRM3JKm3sw55lB_427qg
View science videos on YouTube with Mystery Doug.
https://www.exploratorium.edu/explore
This site offers a collection of websites, activites, apps, and more related to the arts and sciences.
Wonders with Charlie at Wonderopolis
http://wonderopolis.org/wonders-with-charlie
Charlie Engelman is a writer, producer, and director of two National Geographic television series, Nature Boom Time! and Weird But True. Watch video responses to wondering questions from all over the world.
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/by-level/elementary-school
University of Colorado - Boulder
Virtual Simulations for topics in Math, Technology, and Science
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Enjoy science experiments, animal watch cameras and activities about the natural world.
American Panorama: An Atlas of United States History
Explore historical events through different types of maps
Time for Kids offers articles, many with video and audio.
They are continuing to add free materials to this site during the school closures.
Newsela provides a large collection of student-friendly articles focussed on current events and news.
Most articles have the option to change the reading level difficulty and include comprehension questions.
https://www.howstuffworks.com/
An articles based site providing interesting content about culture, science, money, technology, and more.
Games, quizzes, and videos are provided to supplement the articles.
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