Some curated content to help teachers support English Language Arts and Literacy topics during this Remove Learning collective. While there are many resources, take time to concentrate on learning 1 or 2 that you may want to introduce to students in a purposeful way.
Listening, Reading, Viewing
Aquila K-12 French read-aloud books – LOGIN, Username: aquilafrench Password: Mike845! Scroll down and click the VIEW button beside the book you want to read
- Audible – has released free online stories
- BigTimberMedia – various ebooks, gr9-12
- CAPstone Interactive – Login: linkearth, Password: lovetoread
- CrabTree eLibrary – K-9+ ebooks on variety of topics
- HippoCampus – explore 7000+ free videos
- JLG Digital – read K-12 books online. Middle School Username: JLGMID Password: JLGFREE
- Listenwise – listening comprehension, quizzes, Share with GClassroom, differentiated, ELL, free 90 day premium account. Webinar Tutorial.
- myShakespeare – the leading digital edition of Shakespeare plays
- Overdrive – need public library card
- Pinna – on-demand audio streaming service
- Raz-Kids – license needed, free for new schools thru link
- Ressources pour l’immersion française – ECSD curated FRENCH Immersion
- “Serial” Podcast – Podcast used for high school ELA
- WordWebs – online brainstorming and playing with words, synonyms
Reading Comprehension
- Book Hashtag Activity – this is a quick reading check-in activity. Can be used for a specific reading, article, blog post, podcast, video or novel.
- Commonlit – Practice reading comprehension K-12. Free access to digital texts, questions with differentiated supports
- Khan Academy – does have self-paced, interactive content–exercises, videos and articles
- Newsela – differentiated reading resources. Teachers visit the coronavirus resource center, and click “Get instant access.”
- Readtheory – K-12 adaptive learning for reading comprehension. Teacher needs to set up a free account and can monitor student progress.
- ReadWorks – Teachers can choose readings and assign them to students. Text options – reading passages, article-a-day (boost, challenge and ELL), paired text.
- Scholastic Learn at Home 6-9
Writing
- CK-12 – various online resources such as Writing and Spelling. Must Join as a Teacher for Free.
- Curriki – digital learning content divided into grades and subject areas. Can easily share with GClassroom.
- Jarrett Lerner – Blank Comic Book Pages, “Finish This Comic!” Comics, and Drawing/Writing Prompts.
- One Pagers – templates for a creative activity that you can do with any novel.
- Quill – Free writing and grammar activities for K-12. Includes lessons for teachers to lead writing instruction as well as diagnostics.
- ReadWriteThink – wonderful writing and literacy lesson plans and activity suggestions
- The Learning Network of NYTimes – offering students 16+ to sign in and respond to writing prompts
- Visual Thinking Strategies – Image of the Day, every weekday a new image with questions appear
- YouTube Channels – Cool School, Flocabulary, Grammar on Khan Academy, Grammaropolis, Video Writing Prompts or create your own as you have your own YouTube Channel in the GSuite for Edu platform.
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