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Vestal Central School District hosts a page with grade-specific ELA resources! In addition, we've collected resources to keep your kids reading and listening to stories.
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Celebrate Read Across America with Kelly Starling Lyons, reading her book Tiara's Hat Parade, illustrated by Nicole Tadgell. Find out more at the Read Across America website!
Need a pause in your day? Try a 35-minute giggle break with Story Pirates:
The New York Public Library is closed, but its online resources are always open. Its website also features lists of great links for preK through gr 2 and for grades 3-5.
at_home_storytime_for_families_-_animals.pdfIn addition to librarian-created storytime videos, the NYPL has created 5 Storytime Guides to help you host your own story time, complete with song and book links, plus activities.
learn at home april gr 3-5.pdfTo help with structure and the what-should-we-do blues, the NYPL has created monthly calendars for different age groups--this one is gr 3-5.
Some websites may require an NYPL library card, but any NY state resident can get one! Download the SimplyE app to your device and apply through it. Bonus: access to 300,000 ebooks for free!
Need a blank PARP sheet? Download one here! We have a blank one for printing, or a fillable version that can be completed right on your computer. Completed sheets can be sent to akgebbie@vestal.k12.ny.us.
PARP2019 _00.pdfPARP2019 fillable form.pdfWould you like someone to read to you?
Would you like someone to read to you?
Curl up with Storyline, a Daytime Emmy-nominated series created by the SAG-Aftra Foundation, featuring actors ranging from Chris Pine to Wanda Sykes to Betty White reading children's books.
You can find celebrities like Chris Evans and Lisa Ling reading favorite picture books on Instagram, by searching for #savewithstories. The videos have been created in conjunction with Save the Children.
The Vestal Public Library is closed, but they recommend this list of online storytime resources.
Josh Gad (the voice of Olaf in Frozen) reads books aloud on Twitter each night--just look for #GadBookClub.
Audible has made hundreds of audio books free at stories.audible.com. They range from Winnie the Pooh to classic fairy tales to chapter books for tweens and teens. Titles are in English, Spanish, Frech, German, Italian and Japanese.
Our faculty and staff celebrated Read Across America Day by recording themselves reading their favorite Dr. Seuss books. They are posted on our YouTube channel, as well as on our VHE Video page: Read Across America
Need a good listen? Check out these suggestions:
Would you like a new (FREE!) e-book?
Would you like a new (FREE!) e-book?
Abdo has a lot of titles, and you can filter by grade, genre, topic and more.
With the Junior Library Guild, you can select the Elementary, Middle School or High School stream, and then browse or search by title.
Login to Capstone Interactive with the user name "continue" and the password "reading" (don't include the quotation marks), then search by reading level, grade level, newest title and more.
Visit Follett Lightbox for dynamic ebooks. To access, leave location as "Any Location," enter "Follett eLearning, McHenry, IL" as the School. At the top right of the next screen, log in with username "guest" and password "follett"
Lerner has nonfiction titles and plenty of filters to make finding the right ebook easy.
Online Literacy Resources .pdfHelping your child become a better Reader - Fiction.pdfHelping your child become a better Reader - NonFiction.pdfFunnel your family's talents (writing, art, music, dance...) into documenting and responding to this unprecedented moment in history:
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