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Free 1 month trial. Incredible selection of popular and recently published books, broken down by reading/age level. Parent assistance required.

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Keeping kids busy at home: Books by reading level - Scribd Blog

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Since most schools are closed due to the coronavirus, you're likely stuck indoors with your favorite little loved ones (for better or worse). We've put together a list of kids' books to help your household stay sane and even enjoy this time of forced family togetherness.

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History podcast for kids, tweens, and teens.

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Brains On Universe is an independent media company for kids and curious adults. We make podcasts, books, videos and more. Our goal is to fill the world with stuff that is smart and funny, silly and serious, all at once -- just like the people in our audience.

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Listen here for biographies of boss babes throughout the centuries.

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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Podcast

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Fun, friendly, cheerful way to start your day.

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Sunrise Yoga  |  15-Minute Morning Yoga Practice

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Surprisingly relaxing to watch. Plus, sea otters!

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The Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Program has played an important role in the continued recovery of the southern sea otter population with our research, rescue, rehabilitation, and surrogacy work.

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With ten live cams to choose from, you can experience the wonder of the ocean no matter where you are. Be delighted by the antics of our sea otters or mellow out to the hypnotic drifting of our jellies. Tune in to one of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's web cams.

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Great cardio!

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Just Dance 2020: Full Song List | Ubisoft [US]

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There's almost too many options, and most of them are excellent. All free. Students may need help or direction to complete some activities/lessons.

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English Language Arts | PBS LearningMedia

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Explore teaching resources for English Language Arts. Inspire your students with videos, games, and activities aligned to state and national standards.

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Reading comprehension quizzes that adjust to fit students' reading levels over time. Free!

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ReadTheory | Reading Comprehension Exercises

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Reading comprehension exercises — online, free, & adaptive. Fits K-12, ESL and adult students. Easily track progress for the entire class.

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Global community of young writers ages 13-18. Monthly writing competitions, plenty of prompts, peer review: all free!

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Play on your own or with a friend! (Talk over the phone, obviously.)

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This is such a practical life skill.

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Turns NPR podcasts into online lessons. It offers targeted vocabulary words, online transcripts (that will highlight while it's being spoken), graphic organizers, discussion questions, and quizzes. Teachers can choose which assessment tools they want in a specific assignment.  It is also organized by lexile levels, and some podcasts include extra ELL scaffolding. It also connects with Google Classroom. I haven't been able to use it recently because my free trial ran out, but I got an email saying they are allowing for districts and schools to have free access to premium.

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Listening comprehension matters.

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Listenwise - Listening that sparks learning.

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Podcast lessons from the best non-fiction storytellers. Largest library of listening comprehension quizzes for the classroom. School closing due to COVID-19? Join Free for access to Listenwise PREMIUM for 90 days! Need a whole school set up? Learn more.

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Online books- Includes ebooks, Read-To-Me-Books, Graphic Novels, Audiobooks, educational videos, and even some bilingual books. Definitely focused more towards elementary ages, but it has some excellent middle-grade books, and I've been sharing it with my older (ELL) students as something they can use for themselves, or something they can use while they're babysitting their younger siblings. Books can be assigned w/ questions, or students can be free to search for their own books. Free to use.

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Instantly access over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids on Epic

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Get Epic to explore 40K+ kids' books online, from classic storybooks to audiobooks, comics & more.

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Free. Allows teachers to create lists for students to practice vocab and spelling skills through games. My favorite function is that you can copy and paste pages from a PDF (short story/novel/article) and it will automatically identify a list of potentially difficult vocabulary and let you select words from their generated list to create a vocab practice set.

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Find out how strong your vocabulary is and learn new words at Vocabulary.com.

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Vocabulary.com helps you learn new words, play games that improve your vocabulary, and explore language.

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Premium version is free through the end of the school year. Well-known for their grammar practice. Their guided writing practice has a lot of support that is built-in, and there are options for online peer review.

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NoRedInk is on a mission to build better writers

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NoRedInk is on a mission to build better writers

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Upload videos and insert notes/voice overs/MC questions and short answer questions. Always has been free.

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Great video platform to use to post a question/resource and have a dialogue created through student and teacher posts and replies. Always has been free.

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It has always been free to create an account and download fantastic prepared units (74 weeks to choose from). WordGen focuses on building academic language through five connected lessons on ELA, math, science, and social studies centered around an engaging debate question and 5 vocab words. It was created to be used during a remediation/resource time, and it's great for EL students or any student who needs to build their academic language. For long-distance learning, it could either be used to create packets for students without internet access or it could be converted into a digital format with the help of Google Docs/Forms and platforms like Flipgrid.

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SERP Institute - Access to SERP Materials

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Example (or template) for Long Distance Daily Journal

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Example (or template) for Long Distance Daily Journal

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Click "File" and "Make a copy" to use this eye-catching e-journal with your students!

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This is an important time in history and you’re living right in the middle of it, so record what’s happening! Use anything you can find to write down what you’re seeing, hearing,
and feeling in the midst of schools closing for COVID-19. Write how you feel about it and what you’re thinking. Jot down interesting conversations that you have or overhear. Make a record that you, your family, and maybe even your grandchildren can read one day to remember this time.

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Write a letter to a friend or family member. Write a story for a sibling - or just for yourself! Write poetry or rap lyrics based on songs you know. Write instructions for how to do something and see if someone else can follow them.

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Read anything and everything, but especially things that feel just a teeny tiny bit hard to understand. (That way, you’ll push yourself to keep growing as a reader.) Borrow
books, newspapers, or magazines. Check out the backs of packages and instruction manuals. Ask your family if there’s any mail you can look at. See what you can understand on your own and ask questions about things that are confusing.

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More Screen-Free Language Practice Activities

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More Screen-Free Language Practice Activities

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PSAT/SAT/ACT Practice

Genius Hour - Spend an hour each day learning something new

Select an elderly/retirement center, write letters and draw/color pictures and then mail them

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A really slick and cool online school that covers all core topics with lessons, games, quizzes, etc. It's specifically built for middle schoolers. This link goes to the homepage, where students can sign up for a free one month trial. BUT teachers can fill out a request form so their school's students can access the entire platform FREE, without a time limit.

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From the creators of ABCmouse.com, Adventure Academy is the newest educational product from Age of Learning Inc. featuring endless game play. Adventure Academy is an educational product that combines an Elementary School curriculum with an interactive 3D world. Sign up to buy or get the latest news!

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A free set of 5 really fun, engaging classes that kids work their way through. It was created as a summer learning opportunity, but you can use it during the school year! Register with Google, then pick a camp and start learning! There are badges and certificates and such, too. (Plus, parents can play along if they want! Student accounts are called "Campers" and parent accounts are "Counselors.")

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(free for 3 months) This is the world's best, most comprehensive, leading foreign language learning software. It's even better than Duo Lingo, believe it or not!

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7th Grade ELA Practice and Review Activities

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7th Grade ELA Practice and Review Activities

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Recommendations for Student Work during COVID-19 Closure, 7th LA, 2019-2020

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15 resources beautifully organized and explained by Loudon County Public Schools

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15 resources beautifully organized and explained by Loudon County Public Schools

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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Celebrities read stories aloud

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Free 2 month trial due to COVID closures

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Edmentum.com is now your newly improved one-stop-shop for all information about Study Island. Want to log in? The experience may look different from what you're used to. Log In now! [block:block=566] Boost Standards Mastery and Proficiency Students who use our standards-based formative assessment and practice program achieve higher math and reading assessment scores.

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Particularly excellent for primary students

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Great for grammar/proofreading skill-building. Also includes new EL diagnostics that can give directions in students' native language (diagnostic for levels 3-5 only has 6 languages, starter diagnostic for levels 1-2 has over 20 languages to choose from). I've been using the free version without a problem, but the premium version is free through the end of the school year.

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Set up your classroom, without IT

You can quickly and easily set up your classroom in Quill by inputting student names or providing students with a unique code. If you use Google Classroom or Clever, you can automatically set up your classroom with one click.

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Quill.org | Interactive Writing and Grammar

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Quill provides free writing and grammar activities for middle and high school students.

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ReadWorks | Award-Winning, EdTech Nonprofit Organization

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ReadWorks is an edtech nonprofit organization that is committed to helping to solve America's reading comprehension crisis.

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20 days worth of high-interest nonfiction and fiction articles

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