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As we navigate this uncharted time, it is important that we continue to engage our children and students in daily literacy. Some ways to engage in daily literacy can include:
- Listening to reading every day. This can come in the form of the teacher or parent reading to the student, or listening to books read aloud online (i.e. Audible).
- Remember to continue to encourage independent student reading as often as possible.
- Provide students the opportunity to have a choice and voice in what they are thinking about, reading, and writing.
- We want to provide our students with opportunities to share their learning with authentic audiences. This can look like reading or writing to a parent or family member, responding to a favourite author or celebrity, or to a video camera for a YouTube video they can share with their peers.
Learning in this new environment is not always going to go smoothly and that is ok. We are all learning together. Below are some resources to support you in supporting daily literacy work.
ABCya provides over 400 fun and educational games for grades PreK through 6. Games are categorized by grade and subject, and cover topics such as multiplication, parts of speech, typing, pattern recognition, and more.
Literacy lens: Students will practice their literacy skills in the “ABC Letters” section of the website.
Free Books Online
Free Books Online
Epic! Books: This is a large online digital library where students can have books read aloud to them. *Check with your child’s teacher as they might already have access and can share the log-in information. Otherwise it’s a free 30-day trial.
Tumble Books: Students can engage in read alouds from the authors of their own books and access books online to read. If you have Telus TV, they also have a Tumble Books Channel.
Children can create their entire day based on activity guidelines from ParticipACTION.
Literacy lens: supporting physical literacy. Children can create exercise posters with a focus on sequencing of a workout regime. They can create a physical schedule for their family.
Kids will find a collection of comics that are incomplete. Look closely at the pictures, then figure out what you need to add to complete the comic! Kids can also find blank comic book pages to fill in with their own stories.
Go to the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts online (title is linked) and author, Mo Willems, of books such as “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” and the Elephant and Piggy books will lead you through doodle activities once a day.
Literacy lens: Once students draw their doodle, they can accompany their drawing with a written or oral story.
Find amazing facts about animals, science, history and geography, along with fun competitions, games and more here.
Literacy lens: Great non-fiction reading and learning.
Online Read-Alouds
Online Read-Alouds
- Dolly’s Stories: *For younger students. Children can listen to stories on their YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXlOesa1twbhiVSF09QCRsA?fbclid=IwAR0SazyLf06c5z3fyi5KX2lvSmYwhPjIuQ0FyoQ791-E9Hnw_QNX_Xx7rE4
- Kate Messner’s compilations of videos featuring authors and illustrators sharing their work and resources.https://www.katemessner.com/read-wonder-and-learn-favorite-authors-illustrators-share-resources-for-learning-anywhere-spring-2020/
- Indianapolis Public Library has a compiled list of read aloud with more than 100 titles https://www.indypl.org/blog/for-parents/free-video-read-alouds
Families can watch videos from the San Diego Zoo, access animal cameras and even explore the surface of Mars! Access the virtual field trip ideas page here.
Literacy lens: Have students brainstorm questions before and during their field trip experience.
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