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Digital Learning Resources

• Sora: the student reading app is the school library side of Overdrive/Libby. Download the app or visit soraapp.com and add Roeper as your school. To borrow books, log in with your library account information.

• EBSCO eBook K-8 Collection - robust catalog of children's books, fiction and nonfiction, provided through MeL.org

• Internet Archive - lots and lots and lots of free ebooks (some require creating a free account--ask your adult before doing this!) Includes books for children through adults. Use the search box

• Audible children's books - free audiobooks

*Bonus: Not sure what to read? Check out NoveList K-8 for a great way to search and discover the perfect books to read next.

For some fun reading challenges, click over to the Summer Reading page :)

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Research Resources

Cornell Constitution & Bill of Rights

1. https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx3yVXTqvvnJJPq_kV9EI2Z0HkqOtL6pRg?feature=shared

2. https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxuQG2yaKAEEIFXGpE96E64UG-4PN04Qju?feature=shared

3. https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx5QYUnCpAOocOFZInv7fUTzaO-p66unT4?feature=shared

4. https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx8VE2gcA89nkGcHF-zEMN65xHfFt3MzGf?feature=shared

https://attachments.convertkitcdnn.com/47511/455b1ffc-6fbd-4a5f-83b7-b96ff96fac0d/Half-Hour%20Hieroglyphs%20Guide.pdf

Detroit History Padlet

History & Biography research websites for kids, collected by the American Library Association

Biography websites collected by Middle Tennessee State University's library

Women's History resources curated by the Library of Congress 

mel.org/kids: This is Michigan's electronic library and it is full of fabulous resources. Below are some highlights.

Dinosaur websites courtesy of the Library of Congress

Encyclopedias for basic information:

• Britannica School Elementary

  • How to Use Britannica School Elementary

• Britannica School Middle

• World Book Kids

Databases for in-depth research

• • PebbleGo (Stages I and II, for animals and social studies)

  • Explora (Stages III and IV, for all subjects)

Video Tutorials from Carmen

• How to save articles from MeL.org so you can access them again later without searching all over again

• How to search Britannica School Elementary encyclopedia

• How to search Explora database

• How to search eBook K-8 Collection

• How to use Newsela

• How to cite a BOOK in Noodletools

• How to cite WEBPAGES in Noodletools (examples are from Newsela and Ducksters)

• How to cite an ARTICLE from a DATABASE (example from Explora)

• How to cite an ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE (examples from World Book Kids, Britannica School Elementary, and Explora)

• How to cite an eBOOK found in a DATABASE (example from Explora, but works the same for eBook K8 Collection)

• To be continued!

Skills practice

• • Britannica Fundamentals (Stages I and II)

    • How to Use Britannica Fundamentals

  • School Center from LearningExpress (Stages III and IV+)

Virtual Lessons, Tours, & other Cool Experiences:

• Michigan Science Center virtual science lessons

• National Parks virtual tours through Google

• Harry Potter: A History of Magic tour through Google

  • Know of some others? Send me an email and I'll add your recommendations to the list!

Author/Illustrator Read-alouds

• Links to the many, many children's authors/illustrators who are sharing read-alouds of their work and offering writing/illustrating workshops via social media and their websites

• Another collection of videos and links of/to authors sharing their work through read-alouds and writing/drawing workshops