Reading

Students up to age 13 play games to learn across a range of topics (math, reading, social studies, science, and more), while also creating their own online persona and interacting with others in the game.

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Age of Learning provides schools closed due to the coronavirus with free home access for all affected families to leading digital education programs ABCmouse, Adventure Academy, and ReadingIQ. Programs serve students in preschool / pre-k, elementary school, and middle school.

Albert is an online practice and assessment resource for core topics grades 6-12. Teachers can assign modules and track student progress. Albert’s online learning resources include practice questions for a wide variety of AP programs too. It’s best used as a companion to other online teaching methods like web conferencing since it’s meant to review information students have already been learning.

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In addition to their 30-day free pilot program, schools closed due to the outbreak can get a free extended pilot for as long as the closure lasts.

Bamboo works with Amazon's Alexa to do free, voice-based activities around math, music, social studies, and stories. If you register on Bamboo Grove, it can track your child's progress and give rewards.

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Free service.

Book Creator is an easy-to-use tool that helps you create fun and engaging online books.

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Teachers always receive one free library with 40 shareable books when they sign up. Schools impacted by COVID-19/coronavirus can also receive free access to the collaborative tools.

BrainPop offers in-depth learning on topics across the curriculum for upper elementary and middle school students. Each topic includes videos, quizzes, related reading, and even coding activities. Teachers have access to planning and tracking resources too. They also offer BrainPop Jr., specially designed for younger kids.

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BrainPOP is here to help you and your curious learners stay informed and on-track with free access during school closures.

BrainPop offers in-depth learning on topics across the curriculum for upper elementary and middle school students. Each topic includes videos, quizzes, related reading, and even coding activities. Teachers have access to planning and tracking resources too. They also offer BrainPop Jr., specially designed for younger kids.

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BrainPOP is here to help you and your curious learners stay informed and on-track with free access during school closures.

At Circletime, educators host free, interactive videos in whatever their area of expertise might be. You can find video lessons in everything from yoga to family cooking to sing-along songs.

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Free service.

ClassHook offers quality media clips on every conceivable topic. Pre-curated playlists make it easier to find what you need for the subject at hand.

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Basic access is always free. Schools closed due to COVID-19/coronavirus can also get free access to ClassHook Premium

This site offers literary and non-fiction reading passages for grades 3-12. Teachers can assign reading and follow-up questions, and track student progress.

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CommonLit always offers free accounts for teachers to use with their students.

Free teacher resources, tradebook lists, and read alouds of varous books. Read alouds are conducted via YouTube. Read alouds include books from all content areas and genres (fiction, nonfiction, science, social studies, fairy tales, nursery rhymes).

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None at this time.

Curriki provides teacher-vetted, open-resource lesson plans and materials on a wide array of subjects. It’s a good place to find online learning resources for students to use at home.

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Curriki is always free to use.

Free Reading and Activities

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Kids can create an account for free with a parent email address.

InferCabulary is a web-based, research-backed, device-agnostic, K-12, fun, game-based, visual approach for teaching nuanced vocabulary that simultaneously improves students’ critical thinking skills. InferCabulary is the opposite of rote memorization of definitions—they mimic the act of avid readership so students deeply learn words and improve comprehension.

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Sign up for free for the next 30 days.

Kids read great classics aloud for other kids to follow along or to listen to if they are just learning to read.

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None at this time.

eBooks which students can listen to, read, and record themselves reading.

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None at this time.

ReadingIQ is a comprehensive digital library offering books, magazines, comics, and more for kids from ages 2-12. It’s a smart replacement for library time right now and makes it possible for teachers to monitor what and how much their students are reading.

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Age of Learning provides schools closed due to the coronavirus with free home access for all affected families to leading digital education programs ABCmouse, Adventure Academy, and ReadingIQ. Programs serve students in preschool / pre-k, elementary school, and middle school.

With this always-free app, kids can fool around with coding and eventually program their own interactive stories and games. The app is geared for kids ages 5 to 7, and then they can graduate to the regular Scratch.

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Free service.

Games which focus on foundational reading skills and reading comprehension. Squiggle Park is built on the concept that practice is the best route to mastery. Therefore every player, regardless of skill, must play and master every stage in a world. In Squiggle Park, we define mastery to be a combination of accuracy, speed and context. Students will encounter the same material in different games.

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None at this time.

Watch and listen to actors read picture books.

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None at this time.

An online learning environment for educators and students using Townsend Press materials. Now serving more than 20,000 educators and 1 million students.

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Starting now, that grace period will extend through June 19th. If for whatever reason students are unable to get automatic access, you can manually enter this access code for them (or have us do it for you): 31GJ-A9G1-FF8E-NUV5

The code gives students TOTAL ACCESS, which includes Vocabulary Plus, Ten Steps Plus, English Plus, and ebooks of the Townsend Library and the Bluford Series, along with numerous other features. All of this content is hosted in the Learning Center. You and your students will each need an account to get it. Get yours here.

Vooks is a kid-safe online streaming library of read-aloud animated storybooks.

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Vooks is offering a free one-year membership to all teachers.

This site was built in a matter of days on a shared vision. We plan to keep building until things get back to normal. A group of more than 25 organizations came together and raised their hands to help, and many more are joining on a daily basis. Watch for new features and content partners frequently.

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Wide Open School is a free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense. There is so much good happening, and we are here to gather great stuff and organize it so teachers and families can easily find it and plan each day.