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A list of Minnesota approved learning platforms covering various topics and skill levels.

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https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/money/

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Money - Online Math Curriculum - Money - Flocabulary

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Teach the values of the coins and bills of American currency with Flocabulary's educational rap song and lesson plan. Great for grades K-5.

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common lit is a free resource with resources for students to work on their own outside of class. It's been really easy for students to use. susan.clark@ahschools.us

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Access thousands of reading lessons and our comprehensive ELA curriculum, CommonLit 360.

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Tailor instruction to students' needs with text-to-speech, translation, and digital note-taking.

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Discover thousands of free, supplemental lessons and quizzes in English and Spanish - all featuring great authors.

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Measure growth in reading comprehension with three benchmark assessments when you unlock our premium packages.

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Support a successful rollout of our research-backed ELA curriculum with personalized webinars and on-demand trainings.

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CommonLit has made a tremendously positive impact on my teaching practice. I'm very proud to teach CommonLit!

Jennifer Lane ELA Teacher

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CommonLit definitely keeps me organized. It's easy for me to grade and it's easy for me to see students' reading growth increase throughout the year.

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The CommonLit assessment questions are aligned to our ELA standards, which is extremely helpful when prepping for the state exam.

Teachers trust CommonLit to foster students' reading comprehension

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CommonLit | Free Online Reading Passages and Literacy Resources

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CommonLit is a comprehensive literacy program with thousands of reading lessons, full-year ELA curriculum, benchmark assessments, and standards-based data for teachers.

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https://nearpod.com/library/

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https://esllibrary.com/sign_in

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I really like using Kahoot as a warm up game during online ESL lessons.

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Kahoot!'s new student passes are a one-way ticket to take students from players to creators! Empower your students to engage in active learning with the tools they need to create and host kahoots that demonstrate their learning to the whole class.

With student passes your class will have access to:

The full functionality of the Kahoot! creator to make fun and engaging kahoots for their peers

Award-winning learning apps from Poio and DragonBox to master everything from the basics of reading and numeracy to algebra, geometry, and even chess

Premium Kahoot! features including exclusive question types like brainstorm, type answer, and puzzles, plus creation tools to create advanced slide layouts with our premium image library

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Make your students the hosts of their own learning experiences

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A student-centered learning platform and content hub designed to help students to take an active role in their education through powerful play

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What is Adblock Plus?

Adblock Plus is a free extension that allows you to customize and control your web experience. Block annoying ads, disable tracking, block sites known to spread malware and lots more. Available for all major desktop browsers and mobile devices.

Adblock Plus is an open source project licensed under GPLv3 and subject to its Terms of Use.

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Adblock Plus | The world's #1 free ad blocker

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Adblock Plus, the most popular ad blocker on Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Android and iOS. Block pop-ups and annoying ads on websites like Facebook and YouTube.

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Liveworksheets.com - Interactive worksheets maker for all

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Liveworksheets transforms your traditional printable worksheets into self-correcting interactive exercises that the students can do online and send to the

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Interactive whiteboard

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Software, $20, to share your phone or mobile device live on screen during a meeting. Feel free to ask me about it. adam.kieffer@spps.org

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Reflector 4 | Screen mirror Android, iOS & Chrome OS to a bigger screen

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Reflector is a wireless mirroring and streaming receiver for Android devices, iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac and Windows computers and Chromebooks.

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Flash cards and games

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Flippity.net: Flashcards and Other Resources for Educators and Learners

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Create an interactive virtual breakout activity.

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https://www.readingskills4today.com/

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READING SKILLS FOR TODAY'S ADULTS UPDATE

Already Using Reading Skills for Today's Adults?

Want to increase student hours?

Try this new CCRS aligned online software family literacy program where adults work with each other, with their children, and with other family members:

In Partnership With:

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Home Reading Skills for Today's Adults Southwest Adult Basic Education Marshall

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This is the new Reading Skills for Today's Adults Website! If you searched us by Marshall Adult Education or Marshall Reading don't worry you've found the right place we are now better than ever with CCRS standards implemented in our new updated product: Reading Skills 4 Today!

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Great for studying new vocabulary.

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A free interactive teaching tool for in-person or distance, synchronous or asynchronous instruction. Easy to start and very robust if you want to get more techinical and creative.

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Desmos offers best-in-class calculators, digital math activities, and curriculum to help every student love math and love learning math.

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Fantastic tools to augment content.  Many templates available.  Easy to use.  Free (but limited) version available
Feel free to ask me about it. slear@mnliteracy.org

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Great for sharing and organizing content.

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About MN ABE Connect

MN ABE Connect is the professional development newsletter for Minnesota Adult Education. Contributors include staff from the Minnesota Adult Education Support Network, Adult Education state staff, and practitioners from across Minnesota. ATLAS coordinates, edits, and distributes the newsletter on a weekly basis ( every Tuesday) during the school year, and biweekly during the summer.

MN ABE Connect is the official method of communication about upcoming Minnesota adult education/ABE trainings in your area, resources for your program and classroom, and important ABE policy updates. Make sure you're signed up to receive it!

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MN ABE Connect is the professional development newsletter for Minnesota Adult Education. Contributors include staff from the Minnesota Adult Education Support Network, Adult Education state staff, and practitioners from across Minnesota. ATLAS coordinates, edits, and distributes the newsletter on a weekly basis ( every Tuesday) during the school year, and biweekly during the summer.

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Every MN ABE program has access to the assessments, practice, and Northstar online curriculum.

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Improve your computer skills and prep for your future!

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New Resources

In 2020, ATLAS created the ABE Foundations at a Distance webinar series to complement the ABE Foundations online course. These webinars are archived in the YouTube playlist linked here.

This free online Schoology course provides an introduction to the world of Adult Basic Education. Participants can complete the entire course or access specific topics for a refresher, and can earn 6 CEUs for successful completion of all lesson reviews in the course.

See the Remote Instruction section under Instructional Resources in the ATLAS online Numeracy library for remote math/numeracy instructional resources.

Presenter Information

Get information about stipends, reimbursements, and other instructions for presenters.

MN ABE YouTube Channel

The MN ABE YouTube Channel is a free online PD resource that you can use to explore teaching techniques and classroom ideas in action! Find out more in this MN ABE Connect newsletter article.

Registration Deadline: WED. 8/25/21 Incorporating writing activities into remote instruction for English language learners is a challenge for many teachers and tutors. In this webinar, participants will learn approaches for including writing practice throughout the lesson and activities for extended practice. Participants will also develop strategies for delivering... Learn More

Registration Deadline: THU. 8/26/21 Join Literacy Minnesota Adult Basic Education and ESL trainers for a virtual workshop on how to be an effective tutor from a distance! Learn best practices for connecting and communicating one-on-one with adult learners on the phone or online, get suggestions for correcting errors... Learn More

Registration Deadline: MON. 8/30/21 Research shows that explicitly teaching a set of comprehension strategies is a great way to help intermediate-level readers maximize their understanding of texts. Come learn a handful of great comprehension tools that will help students develop critical thinking skills and comprehension skills. Learn More

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In 2020, ATLAS created the ABE Foundations at a Distance webinar series to complement the ABE Foundations online course. These webinars are archived in the YouTube playlist linked here. This free online Schoology course provides an introduction to the world of Adult Basic Education.

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Minnesota Adult Basic Education webinars and training videos. Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/mnabepd

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Teaching with Technology

You know your subject, you know how to get your students engaged and focused, but what about how technology can enhance your lesson? Here is a new tool to help adult education teachers locate and learn about Web sites and other technology related to the lesson topic.

Start by choosing your program area: Adult Basic Education (ABE), English as a Second Language (ESL), or Adult Secondary Education (ASE). Then choose the level of your class, the subjects you want to address, and the standard or CASAS competency for the lesson. When you use the filter tool to submit your criteria it will display all the technology examples that match.

Look for a program area to match your lesson:

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Outreach and Technical Assistance Network | Resources | Teaching with Technology

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You know your subject, you know how to get your students engaged and focused, but what about how technology can enhance your lesson? Here is a new tool to help adult education teachers locate and learn about Web sites and other technology related to the lesson topic.

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Beginner Story Bank (@Beginner_Story_Bank) - Wakelet

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Collect and organize everything with Wakelet. Sign up to get started

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Create annotated, comprehension questions, quizzes, etc. with any online video. Assign to your Google classroom; grading options. Easily copy and adapt others' videos via the searchable users catalog.

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Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. Track students' progress with hassle-free analytics as you flip your classroom!

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Co-created by adult educators using stories from Reading Skills for Today’s Adults (RSTA), CrowdED Learning is proud to offer 345 leveled readings and engaging activities to learners and instructors in a variety of formats.

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SC Adult Education - SC Marshall Leveled Reading Lessons

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Developed by adult educators using stories from Reading Skills for Today's Adults (RSTA), CrowdED Learning's EdTech MakerSpace offers 345 leveled reading lessons to learners and instructors in a variety of formats. Each lesson includes the original story, along with a Quizlet study set to