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Literacy Tools
Digital Reading Resources & Assignments: large list of sources and activities
Scholastic Learn at Home: daily literacy resources and activities for grades K-8
Reading Bear: early literacy and letter sounds
Reading IQ: library of digital books levels A-Z
Listenwise: short audio stories and texts for all content
Vooks: animated picture books (free teacher subscription)
ABCMouse: early literacy and math support (free teacher subscription)
Newsela: assign articles and questions (our school has paid version)
ReadWorks: assign articles and questions for grades K-8
Scholastic Classroom Magazine
What's Going on in this Picture?: NY Times column where students analyze image
Video Writing Prompts: 1-2 minute videos with prompts in all genres
Guess That Book Title: guess the original book title
Scholastic Learn at Home: daily literacy resources and activities for grades K-8
Reading Bear: early literacy and letter sounds
Reading IQ: library of digital books levels A-Z
Listenwise: short audio stories and texts for all content
Vooks: animated picture books (free teacher subscription)
ABCMouse: early literacy and math support (free teacher subscription)
Newsela: assign articles and questions (our school has paid version)
ReadWorks: assign articles and questions for grades K-8
Scholastic Classroom Magazine
What's Going on in this Picture?: NY Times column where students analyze image
Video Writing Prompts: 1-2 minute videos with prompts in all genres
Guess That Book Title: guess the original book title
Math Tools
XtraMath: master math facts
Prodigy: math program mixed with fantasy game for grades 1-8
Math Learning Center: simple digital math manipulatives
Prodigy: math program mixed with fantasy game for grades 1-8
Math Learning Center: simple digital math manipulatives
Data Collection
What's Going on in the Graph?: NY Times column where students analyze graph
Data.gov: data collected by the U.S. government
24/7 Science: simple activities that collect data
Spinner, Roll a Die or Flip a Coin
PhET and Gizmos: online math and science simulations
Create a Graph
Data Classroom: current event topics with data to analyze
Data.gov: data collected by the U.S. government
24/7 Science: simple activities that collect data
Spinner, Roll a Die or Flip a Coin
PhET and Gizmos: online math and science simulations
Create a Graph
Data Classroom: current event topics with data to analyze
Science Tools
Mystery Science: lessons and activities for grades K-5 (our school has paid version)
Project Noah Nature School: interactive lessons and activities
Generation Genius: lessons, activities and Kahoot quizzes for grades K-8
Body Synth: make music by moving your body
Chrome Music Lab: different activities that make music from motion and position
Explore.org: live webcams
Mystery Class: global hide and seek game
Switch Zoo: design animal with different features
NASA's Climate Kids: videos with simple explanation
High Adventure Science: online lessons and models
Koantum: lesson and activities for grades K-5
Lifeliq: AR and 3D science models
Project Noah Nature School: interactive lessons and activities
Generation Genius: lessons, activities and Kahoot quizzes for grades K-8
Body Synth: make music by moving your body
Chrome Music Lab: different activities that make music from motion and position
Explore.org: live webcams
Mystery Class: global hide and seek game
Switch Zoo: design animal with different features
NASA's Climate Kids: videos with simple explanation
High Adventure Science: online lessons and models
Koantum: lesson and activities for grades K-5
Lifeliq: AR and 3D science models
Social Studies Tools
Dollar Street: images of families and living conditions around the world
History Mystery: Scholastic website guessing historical events based on series of clues
GeoGuesser: guess world locations based on a series of clues
iCivics: learn more about the government through these games
History Mystery: Scholastic website guessing historical events based on series of clues
GeoGuesser: guess world locations based on a series of clues
iCivics: learn more about the government through these games
Media for Kids
Khan Academy
TedEd
CNN10
Podcasts: list for all ages and content developed by Common Sense Media
Virtual Field Trips
TedEd
CNN10
Podcasts: list for all ages and content developed by Common Sense Media
Virtual Field Trips
Computational Thinking
Computational Thinking for Educators: free online course offered by Google
Computational Thinking Vocabulary and Progression Chart
CS Unplugged: unplugged computer science activities
Boot Up: Scratch Jr. curriculum with YouTube lessons
Ozobot Lessons/Activities
Kodable
Bot Logic
Tynker
Computational Thinking Vocabulary and Progression Chart
CS Unplugged: unplugged computer science activities
Boot Up: Scratch Jr. curriculum with YouTube lessons
Ozobot Lessons/Activities
Kodable
Bot Logic
Tynker
Creative Tools
Book Creator: user-friendly website and app for creating ebooks
Remove Image Background: web tool similar to green screen apps
Unscreen: web tool to remove backgrounds from videos
Autodraw: sketch an image and the icon will appear
Brush Ninja: simple, animated GIF creator
Flip Anim: create flipbook animations
Text Anim: animated text
ABCYa Make an Animation
Toonator
Para-Para Animation
Stick Man Animation
Weave Silk
Lite Brite
Street Art
Mandalas
Mandala Creator
This is Sand
Make Beliefs Comics
Voki: create animated, talking characters
Sites & Apps to Create Avatars
Remove Image Background: web tool similar to green screen apps
Unscreen: web tool to remove backgrounds from videos
Autodraw: sketch an image and the icon will appear
Brush Ninja: simple, animated GIF creator
Flip Anim: create flipbook animations
Text Anim: animated text
ABCYa Make an Animation
Toonator
Para-Para Animation
Stick Man Animation
Weave Silk
Lite Brite
Street Art
Mandalas
Mandala Creator
This is Sand
Make Beliefs Comics
Voki: create animated, talking characters
Sites & Apps to Create Avatars
Games and Activities
Quick, Draw!: digital version of "Pictionary"
Draw a Stick Man: watch your simple drawings come alive
Free Rice: vocabulary practice
Playingcards.io: multi-player synchronized card games to play with friends
Skribbl.io: multi-player synchronized game, like Pictionary, to play with friends
Scavenger Hunts: Emoji Scavenger Hunt, Hiking Scavenger Hunt
Jeopardy Labs and Factile: quiz show games
Duolingo: learn a foreign languate
Draw a Stick Man: watch your simple drawings come alive
Free Rice: vocabulary practice
Playingcards.io: multi-player synchronized card games to play with friends
Skribbl.io: multi-player synchronized game, like Pictionary, to play with friends
Scavenger Hunts: Emoji Scavenger Hunt, Hiking Scavenger Hunt
Jeopardy Labs and Factile: quiz show games
Duolingo: learn a foreign languate
Mouse Practice
Projects
Create Digital Breakout: examples, strategies and tutorials
Book Bento Project: photograph book with 5-7 objects that represent meaning from the story
Tour Creator for Literature: plan, strategies and tools
Narrator AR: turns basic numbers and words into augmented reality
Technovation Families: engineering challenges using household items
Pixar in a Box: discover what it's like to be an animator
Imagineering in a Box: design an amusement park
Book Bento Project: photograph book with 5-7 objects that represent meaning from the story
Tour Creator for Literature: plan, strategies and tools
Narrator AR: turns basic numbers and words into augmented reality
Technovation Families: engineering challenges using household items
Pixar in a Box: discover what it's like to be an animator
Imagineering in a Box: design an amusement park
Check it out!
Pear Deck and Nearpod: develop interactive slideshows that allow students to engage with the content
Flipgrid: students record short video responses to question or topic
EdPuzzle and Playposit: select a video and embed questions for student responses
Boom Cards: decks of questions based on content, ideal for early elementary
Padlet: collaborative digital bulletin board
Goosechase: engaging scavenger hunt
Curiosity Stream: library of documentaries
Edulastic: assessment tool
FlipQuiz
Deck.toys
GoFormative
Flipgrid: students record short video responses to question or topic
EdPuzzle and Playposit: select a video and embed questions for student responses
Boom Cards: decks of questions based on content, ideal for early elementary
Padlet: collaborative digital bulletin board
Goosechase: engaging scavenger hunt
Curiosity Stream: library of documentaries
Edulastic: assessment tool
FlipQuiz
Deck.toys
GoFormative
Social/Emotional Learning
Stop, Breathe & Think: audio, videos, lessons and games
