Read & Write at Home

Read! Children need to read or be read to every day. This includes reading to learn as well as reading for enjoyment. Reading should be no less than 20 minutes a day.  If you are home all day, a few 20 minute sessions would be great. The Resource Bank has plenty of audio books, story times and online reading available if you are short on books at home. 

Write! Your child should do a bit of writing (this includes typing) every day.  They can respond to what they read, write a journal or poem, work on a story or essay, or write a "how-to" manual.  Kids could even watch one of our live animal cams and write an observation or story based on their expereince.  The possibilities are endless.  

If you find there are too many resources to sort through, you can filter the results using the “Filter Resources” area on the left side of the screen.  Select “Education Level” to narrow your results to a specific education level. (Please note - for the purposes of this site these "Education Levels" are used when filtering - Lower Primary = K-2, Upper Primary=3-5, Middle Years=6-8, High School=9-12)

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World Around You
World Around You
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Free digital stories in written and sign language in a variety of languages around the world. Enables communities to create content in local and national sign languages and share it in WAY’s open content digital library of folktales. The digital libraries are viewable from any web browser and can be remixed by anyone, including children, with simple text and video editing tools. The site enables learning about different cultures through stories.

For use with K-12.

Subject:
Education
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Lesson
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
World Around You
Date Added:
01/11/2021
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Writing Prompt - Create a Time Capsule (John Spencer)
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Writing Prompt - Create a Time Capsule (John Spencer)
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"A time capsule is a container filled with items that you can bury in the ground.

Later, archeologists, anthropologists and historians can dig it up and get a snapshot of life at a particular time.

We are living in a historic moment that you want to share with a future generation 100 years from now. For this reason, you will create your own time capsule.

You need to select one item that represents what kids your age are doing for fun when stuck at home."

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Date Added:
04/23/2020
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Writing Prompts from NoRedInk
Writing Prompts from NoRedInk
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"It’s important for students to keep their writing skills sharp with daily practice. To that end, we’re introducing our Quick Write Challenge to spark students’ creativity and encourage them to write at least 15 minutes every day."

Use these prompts online with NoRedInk
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Go old school and have students respond using pencil and paper.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
NoRedInk
Date Added:
03/30/2020
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e-Learning For Kids
e-Learning For Kids
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e-Learning For Kids is a great site with some wonderful interactive learning games that are engaging and fun.

Click - Kids Start Here to get students directed to the activities.

You can use the icons/tabs across the top of the page to filter the activities by subject and grade!

This site is for K-6.

Subject:
Computer Science
English Language Arts
Health & Fitness
Health Education
Math
Science
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GAP 4
GAP 5
GAP 6
Date Added:
06/06/2019
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