Grade 6-8 Resources

On April 30, PSB finalized and released to all K-8 staff our Common Learning Expectations for Remote Learning. These expectations are based on PSB’s existing Learning Expectations and are designed to help provide clarity and direction for each K-8 teacher and make it clearer to families what their K-8 students will be learning between now and the end of school. They focus on the skills and concepts needed to progress to the next grade.

The Common Learning Expectations are intended as a guide to help prioritize teaching and learning goals under the context of our current constraints, and to help ensure that students have as a common foundation as possible at the start of the next academic year. They are not intended to dictate curriculum, activities, methods, or approaches. As always, PSB welcomes and encourages our teachers to use creative and innovative approaches will vary across classrooms and teacher teams.

Literacy Resources

Poetry Foundation: Read and listen to a vast collection of poetry.

Teen Ink: Writings for teens, by teens.

Science Resources

Science Snacks from the Exploratorium.

Learn Computer Science: Activities from Code.org

Math Resources

Estimation180.com: Improve both number sense and problem solving skills

Yummy Math: Engaging real world math activities organized by grade level and content.

OpenMiddle: Choose challenging problems with multiple ways solve

Illuminations: Interactive games and puzzles.

World Language Resources

MisCositas Channel: Music and cultural videos in Spanish, French, and Mandarin.

Spanish Playground: Songs and stories for novice and intermediate learners.

Growing Up with Chinese: Video lessons for novices.

Short Story in French: A story about school.

Wellness Resources

GoNoodle: Get kids moving. No need to create an account.

Create an Active Home

Yoga with Adriene: Yoga video series

Mind and Body Calendar: Activities for every day of the month

Art Resources

How to Make a FlipBook

33 Drawing Prompts

12 World-Class Museums You Can Visit Online

Social Studies Resources

Newsela: High interest articles with adjustable reading levels.

Music Resources

ChordChord: Create your own chord progressions.

Chrome Music Lab: Musical adventures and exploration.

General Resources

PBS LearningMedia offers a variety of interactive lessons for grades K-12. Each self-paced lesson features several engagement and assessment activities.

View grades 6-8 Interactive Lessons

Note that these represent just SOME of the interactive lessons on PBS LearningMedia. You can find more by searching for your subject of choice, then using the filter tool on the left to select "Interactive Lesson."

Please note that with an account student work can be saved. PBS does not sign student data privacy agreements with school districts and therefore the Public Schools of Brookline do not have a privacy agreement in place with PBS. Parents should look at the site’s privacy policy to ensure that you are comfortable with PBS use of data.