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This allows the computer screen to look like apps on a phone - and it is totally customizable. I give my students monthly choices of activities. Each square is linked to a website allowing students to click on the square and it takes them directly to the site. You can also link it to a Google Doc. It is FREE

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Pixton Comics makes it easy for students to create comic strips that show what they have learned or create stories. I do suggest getting the year subscription to unlock all the features, but even the free version works well. I used to it have older students create a comic strip on digital citizenship to share with my younger classes.

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Educators! Learn how to use Pixton in the classroom. Set up your classroom and begin teaching any subject in minutes through the super-power of comics.

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I use Gimkit to review and assess students. You can have them play in teams or individually and there's a variety of games. The favorite is one that is based on Among Us (of course!)

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Provide comfortable seating and places to charge devices
Sponsor after school or lunch time clubs
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Over 200 titles in their free starter kit. They also have free ebooks for summer reading.

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Storyboard That: Easy online storyboard creation! Perfect for filmmakers, teachers, and students. Create storyboards and comics with Storyboard That today!

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Resources for the books you are reading/teaching. Book hooks, lesson plans and more.

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Much like Kahoot, Blooket allows you to review, test for understanding... and more.  through gaming.  The kids love it! Kids like to create their own Blookets using questions they create from our lessons or books:)

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Who we are Bernie's Book Bank sources, processes and distributes quality children's books to significantly increase book ownership among at-risk infants, toddlers and school-age children throughout Chicagoland. What we value Moving children from poverty to gaining knowledge through reading which enables a legitimate pursuit of happiness.

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I use Kahoot as a fun way to assess what students have learned, while letting them play a game.

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I use Kahoot as a fun way to assess what students have learned, while letting them play a game.

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Last year I did Book Reviews using Flipgrid with my Second Graders and it was a huge hit.

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Fun extracurricular activities like Book Clubs.

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Fun extracurricular activities like Book Clubs.

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Students receive a bag of books to take home and keep forever.

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Who we are

Bernie's Book Bank sources, processes and distributes quality children's books to significantly increase book ownership among at-risk infants, toddlers and school-age children throughout Chicagoland.

What we value

Moving children from poverty to gaining knowledge through reading which enables a legitimate pursuit of happiness.

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We believe that books and reading are both the vehicle and the road to a better life.

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My 5th and 6th graders listen to this podcast in library class. Teachers Pay Teachers has an activity pack that goes along with the podcast. It has over 300 episodes and each is 5-6 minutes in length. My students love it!

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We had so much fun with this in the library!

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Here's a fun LEGO® challenge - use your bricks to build spinning tops! This is one of our favorite challenges because there are so many ways to build a spinning top, and they spin REALLY WELL. You don't have to have a lot of special pieces - I can almost guarantee that everyone will have the parts for this! Spin them on the table, or build a battle arena!
Kids can spin the tops directly on the table or floor, or they can build a "battle arena" for them, sort of like Beyblades. They spin longer on the table because they don't bump into anything, but the downside is that they often find their way to the edge of the table and fall off, which results in pieces coming off.

Really, it's fun to do both! Spin them on the table, and then try battling more than one of them in your arena. We built a frame for our LEGO® spinning tops out of basic bricks. Since our table has little grooves in it, I cut a piece of poster board to fit under the frame. I used some Scotch tape to attach the bricks to the poster board - but not a lot, because I don't want the bricks to get sticky.
LEGO STEM!
At the bottom of this post, there are tips for maximizing the STEM learning that will take place with this project! I love using LEGO® bricks for STEM challenges - such as these wind-powered LEGO contraptions and these LEGO® pulleys.
See a video demonstration of the spinning tops below: How to Build LEGO Spinning Tops
There are a couple ways to go about building a top. Here's the first method.

Find the largest round plates that you have. (Plates are the flat bricks.) This one is 6 studs by 6 studs.

You'll need to use an axle for the top to spin on, but the larger round plates have a round hole in the center. If you attach a 2 x 2 round plate underneath, the x-shaped hole on the 2 x 2 plate with help hold onto the axle.

Add a round brick and a dome brick to create a handle. The axle will run through these bricks as well.

Then you're ready to give it a spin!

Here's another top with an axle in the center.

Another way to build a LEGO spinning top is to use a 1/2 length Technic pin instead of an axle. One of the boys built this cool looking top. Find a blue pin like the one in the photo below.

Then insert the pin in the hole of the round plate.
There are so many ways to design LEGO tops! It's fun to keep tinkering and experimenting!
The spinning top on the bottom left in the photo below has a bar instead of an axle in the center, and at the very bottom is an upside-down 1 x 1 cone. It spins well!
Add some STEM learning to this project!
There are some great physics principles to discuss when you do this project.

Does the top spin better with a long axle or a short axle? In other words, where should the center of gravity be? We found that the tops spin the best when the axle is short and the center of gravity is low, but if the axle is TOO short, then the top will scrape the ground as it wobbles, which makes it slow down.

What is the best method of releasing the top? Spinning it between to fingers? Or using the palms of both hands? Or another way?

Do the colors of the bricks on your top appear to change when it's spinning? We had good success getting orange by building a top with yellow and red bricks. But for some reason, yellow and blue did not appear to make green.

Find this LEGO® building idea plus 49 more in my book - Awesome LEGO Creations with Bricks You Already Have

This book is perfect for kids who love to tinker! Give them tons of inspiration - 50 projects to build with their big tub of random bricks.

Order Here: Awesome LEGO Creations with Bricks You Already Have

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Here's a fun LEGO® challenge - use your bricks to build spinning tops! This is one of our favorite challenges because there are so many ways to build a spinning top, and they spin REALLY WELL. You don't have to have a lot of special pieces - I can almost guarantee that everyone will have ...

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My deaf students can watch ASL read alouds and captioned videos from DCMP.  It is a free resource for anyone working with Deaf students and has tons of resources! dcmp.org

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Through fun and short activities with sets of LEGO® DUPLO® bricks in six bright colours, children can practice their memory, movement, creativity and more. You can adapt activities and of course make your own activities to match the children's skills and interests.

When children are engaged and challenged in playful ways, children practice skills for learning:

Language such as describing in rich detail, giving clear instructions, explaining your reasons, and telling stories, which helps you to communicate with others and express your ideas.

Problem solving including to stay focused, and remember a task or a challenge, set goals and make plans, come up with creative ideas, and reflect on what you do and how you do it.

Collaboration as in working together in pairs or teams, share turns and the materials you work with, learn from your peers and their ideas, and give each other roles and responsibilities.

Download activities to try Six Bricks with your children or students, and join the Six Bricks Facebook community to share your experiences or to get inspired by others.

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Current books that students WANT to read.

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Smash Boom Best is a debate show for kids and families from the makers of the award-winning podcast, Brains On! Every episode takes two cool things, smashes them together and lets you decide which is best. Our debaters use facts and passion to make their case -- teaching listeners how to defend their own opinions along the way.

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Original audio stories to delight the tiny people in your life.

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With Google’s 3D objects, you can put virtual animals in your real world. (Plus some other options.)

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Experience the immersive wonder of 3D Augmented Reality with engaging coloring experiences that let your creativity run wild.

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