8th Grade

Newsela is a student-friendly news resource for the classrooms. Articles are relevant and designed to increase reading engagement. The content can be easily filtered by grade level or reading ability. 

Free Interactive Read Alouds, Sing Alongs, and Drawing tutorials from various authors, illustrators, and educators.

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The excitement of learning that comes from curiosity and wonder is undeniable, and Wonderopolis helps create learning moments in everyday life.  Use the daily Wonder to jumpstart students' critical thinking, or dip into the ever-growing collection of Wonders for content that relates to specific themes and student interests.

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Discover books from around the world at the International Children’s Digital Library.  The free site does not read the books aloud, but students can read them independently.  This is a great site for extension activities when learning about different regions of the world and can be used effectively into the middle school grades. 

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Britannica Fundamentals - Interactive learning games about numbers, letters, sounds, and geography.

Britannica School Elementary - Encyclopedia articles, multimedia, and primary sources.

EBSCO eBooks - Full text, simultaneous access e-books to support grades K-8.

Kids Infobits - Magazines, news, and books on all subjects and current events.

Learn 360 - Videos and other multimedia resources for classrooms.

National Geographic Kids - Images, videos, and magazines on science, nature, and culture.

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Sora is the new user-friendly app that lets you access it through your laptop, phone or tablet. The Sora app was designed around the modern student reading experience. It empowers students to discover and enjoy ebooks and audiobooks from their school, for both leisure and class-assigned reading 

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Khan Academy produces short math lessons in the form of videos. Its website also includes supplementary practice exercises and materials for teachers and students. 

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Free online graphing calculator and math activities for students. 

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Digital collection of textbook and activities following the 5E model which meets the needs of all students in science.. (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate). 

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Free online graphing calculator and math activities for students. 

Khan Academy produces short math lessons in the form of videos. Its website also includes supplementary practice exercises and materials for teachers and students. 

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Sora is the new user-friendly app that lets you access it through your laptop, phone or tablet. The Sora app was designed around the modern student reading experience. It empowers students to discover and enjoy ebooks and audiobooks from their school, for both leisure and class-assigned reading 

Access through the student SSO

Rockalingua is an online resource to help children with their Spanish. Our methodology is effective because we present Spanish high frequency structures in a way that students enjoy. They love watching our videos, singing our songs, playing our games and doing our worksheets. And, the best part is that all of that is done in Spanish! 

Learn over 30 languages online or app in short lessons. 

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Exercises for all English learners including grammar and pronunciation exercises, vocabulary videos, and interactive quizzes. 

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