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At-Home Reading and Learning Opportunities

Suggested Grade Level

Name of Resource

Description

TK-12

Overdrive

Access your library’s eBook collection on your Kindle, laptop, computer, or mobile device.

TK-8

BrainPOP English Learner Add-on

 

Adolescent Newcomers and Designated ELD.

More appropriate for elementary and middle school students in ELA or ELD. There are specific language lessons that include video and quizzes.

TK-8

BrainPOP Jr.

More appropriate for elementary and middle school students in ELA. There are specific language lessons that include video and quizzes.

TK-5

Storyline Online

Online read-alouds with supplemental activities with each book

3-12

Duolingo

Learn a new language through engaging and fun leveled games

3-12

VOA Learning English

Leveled mini episodes of real life scenarios to learn English with additional videos on speaking practice, conversation, pronunciation and a listening quiz for each lesson.

TK-12

Natural History Museum Virtual Tours of Exhibits

Offers a virtual tour of every exhibit

TK-12

Public Library Resources

Lists of opportunities for reading for all ages from both the Alameda County Public library system and the San Leandro Public Library.

K-5

Mystery Science Lessons

Open and go science lessons

TK-12

Virtual Field Trips

Links to 25 virtual field trips on a variety of topics and subjects

TK-5

Learn English Kids

Stories, games and songs.

TK-8

International Children’s Digital Library

This site has many books that students can read online in many different languages and levels.

TK-8

PBS Kids

Contains stories, games and videos on a variety of topics.  

TK-5

National Geographic Kids

Great site with many resources.This site also has vocabulary resources.

TK-5

The Spanish Experiment: Spanish and English Children’s Stories

Books read in Spanish and/or English

2-5

Newsela

Access to nonfiction articles about multiple content areas. Teachers can scaffold the readings by adjusting the lexile levels. Can also build text sets around a theme.

3-12

CommonLit Free Reading

The site has a collection of reading passages in all literary and nonfiction genres for grades 3–12. Reading passages are available in Spanish.

6-12

Word Mover: Found Poetry

Students can create found poems with Word Mover through manipulating words from existing or newly created word banks. Creating found poems in Science, Math, and Social Studies could be a fun way to learn Tier III vocabulary.

6-12

PBS Learning: High School

PBS has developed interactive lessons for multiple disciplines for middle and high school!