Online / Distance Learning Resources

●     Students

• Language Arts
  • Read alouds
    • The Big List of Children’s Authors Doing Online Read Alouds
    • net
    • Scholastic Bookflix – Username:learning20 Password:Clifford
  • Books and Text Sources
    • Audible: https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
    • Project Gutenberg
    • Overdrive (through Newark Public Library)
    • Bookshare: https://www.bookshare.org/cms/ (Special Education Only)
    • Learning Ally (Special Education Only)
  • Learning Resources
    • PreK-5: Lexia Core 5: Product Video Overview
    • 6+: Lexia Power Up: Product Video Overview
    • E-textbook: HMH https://clever.com/in/newark/student/portal
  • Tools
    • G Docs: Writing, feedback, Grammarly
  • Middle and Secondary Student text Resources
    • Words without Borders Magazine: An amazing resource. This magazine publishes short fiction and nonfiction from various authors across the globe. It has been published since 2003 and all of the literary work is available online and organized by year and issue.  The September 2003 issue featured writing from North Korea.  You’ll want to spend some time searching the archives.
    • Kelly Gallagher’s article of the week
    • High School
    • Idolatry by Sherman Alexie
    • Bread by Margaret Atwood
    • Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby by Donald Barthelme
    • The School ‘by Donald Barthelme
    • Snow by Ann Beattie
    • Major Maybe by Ann Beattie
    • Catch the Moon by Judith Ortiz Cofer
    • The Cheater’s Guide to Love by Junot Diaz
    • Monstro by Junot Diaz
    • Miss Lora by Junot Diaz
    • The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick
    • Black Box by Jennifer Egan
    • Accident by Dave Eggers
    • John Redding Goes to Sea by Zora Neale Hurston
    • When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine by Jhumpa Lahiri
    • Year’s End by Jhumpa Lahiri
    • The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. LeGuin
    • Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing
    • Tuesday 
Siesta by
 Gabriel
 García
 Márquez
    • A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings byGabriel
 García
 Márquez
    • Cinderella’s Stepsisters by Toni Morrison (Essay)
    • The Bear Came Over the Mountain by Alice Munro
    • An Astrologer’s Day by R.K. Narayan
    • Wants by Grace Paley
    • Pumpkins by Francine Prose
    • In the South by Salman Rushdie
    • Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith
    • Oliver’s Evolution by John Updike

 

• Middle School
• Snow by Julia Alvarez
• American History by Judith Ortiz Cofer
• Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
• Thank You M’am by Langston Hughes
• The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones by Stephen Leacock
• The Wife’s Story by Ursula K. LeGuin
• Boys Without Names by Kashmira Sheth (novel)
• The School Play by Gary Soto
• Seventh Grade by Gary Soto
• La Bamba by Gary Soto
• The Jacket by Gary SotoThe Night the Ghost Got In by James Thurber
• Links to Ray Bradbury stories: A Sound of Thunder, All Summer in a Day,  The Happiness Machine, The Veldt, The Pedestrian, There Will Come Soft Rains, The Murderer, The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.
• Next Generation Press (non-profit): These excerpts are from the book, Hip Deep: Opinion, Essay, and Vision from American Teenagers.  Brief writings by teens for teens. This is an interesting press and features teens voices from across the globe. FORTY-CENT TIP: Stories of New York City Immigrant Workers are texts written by NYC teens from three high schools. You can preview the entire book here.
• Narrative Magazine Since 2003, this online magazine has been publishing literature online. An extensive archive can be searched. This is a favorite site.

 

• General
  • 25 Amazing Virtual Field Trips for Kids
  • Pre-K
    • Teaching Strategies: Ready Rosie https://healthyathome.readyrosie.com/en/
    • Scholastic Watch and Learn

 

• Math
  • Self-directed
    • i-Ready
      • Parent Web site:
    • E-textbooks
      • K-8: HMH https://clever.com/in/newark/student/portal
      • 9-12 Pearson https://clever.com/in/newark/student/portal

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• Online tutorials
  • Brain Pop https://www.brainpop.com/
  • Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/
• Computer Science
  • org
  • Typingclub
• Science
  • Gizmos via Explore Learning
  • Mystery Science (K-5)

                

• INTERDISCIPLINARY

 

• Tween Tribune [Language Arts / Social Studies / Science / Tech]
  • ELA K-12 News articles (in English and Spanish) curated by the Smithsonian https://www.tweentribune.com/category/tween56/

 

• What’s Going On in This Graph? [Language Arts / Math / Science / Social Studies]
  • Infographic analysis activities posted weekly by The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/column/whats-going-on-in-this-graph

 

• But Why? Podcasts for Curious Kids [Language Arts and Science]
  • Science based podcasts
  • https://www.vpr.org/programs/why-podcast-curious-kids#stream/0

 

• The Radio Adventures of Eleanor Amplified [Language Arts and Science]
  • An adventure series [The world-famous radio reporter Eleanor Amplified, foils devious plots and outwits crafty villains using Science, all in pursuit of the big story.
  • o  https://whyy.org/programs/eleanor-amplified/