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10 Days of Happiness from Action for Happiness
10 Days of Happiness from Action for Happiness
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"Boost your wellbeing during the crisis.

The Covid-19 pandemic brings big challenges for our mental health, whether you're isolating at home or trying to live with the new restrictions. This program can help you cope and find a little more happiness in these crazy times.

Learn how to be happier.
10 Days of Happiness is a free online coaching program which guides you through daily actions for happier living."

Subject:
Health Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Action for Happiness
Date Added:
05/13/2020
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25+ Free Digital Escape Rooms {Free!}
25+ Free Digital Escape Rooms {Free!}
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Try out one of these FREE Digital Escape Rooms to bring some well-deserved amusement to your home or classroom!

Escape Rooms are traditionally a physical “locked” room in which there are clues on how to escape. You need to solve each clue or problem that is presented in order to move onto the next clue, which, when you’ve solved enough, will eventually allow you to leave the room. Now, imagine this scenario, but in a virtual setting.

A digital escape room, like the ones described below, will give you a short story in reference to the theme. As you click through the prompts they give you, there will come a time where you need to solve a problem or a clue in order to click to the next prompt. Just as in real life, you won’t be able to “escape” until all the clues have been solved.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Author:
Mama Teaches
Date Added:
04/22/2020
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30-Day LEGO Challenge
30-Day LEGO Challenge
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30-Day LEGO Challenge Printable Calendar (instant download)
Sometimes, it only take a little bit of a prompt to get the creative juices flowing. The prompts included in this printable LEGO calendar do just that!
For each day, a specific LEGO building idea is presented.
For example:
Day 2: NASA needs you to build a new rocket.
Day 24: The local bank keeps getting robbed. Build a safe no one can crack!
Each day is assigned a task, and it’s up to your creative kiddo to complete it!

Subject:
Arts Education
Math
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Author:
Kristy Richardson
Date Added:
03/23/2020
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Accessing Everfi at Home - Amazing FREE Online Courses for Students
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Accessing Everfi at Home - Amazing FREE Online Courses for Students
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EVERFI provides unrivaled cloud-based digital courses to a growing and connected high-speed network base of technology users of all ages from K-12 students.

These courses are FREE and excellent. Students navigate engaging courses at their own pace.

This is a wonderful opportunity to continue learning at home!

(Courses for younger students will require adult participation, but courses for grades 3/4 and up can be done independently).

Subject:
Education
Health Education
Math
Science
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Author:
Melissa Lander
Date Added:
03/27/2020
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Action for Happiness - Joyful June
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Action for Happiness - Joyful June
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The world is in crisis. Keep Calm, Stay Wise & Be Kind.This Joyful June Calendar has daily actions for June 2020 to help us look for what's good even in difficult times. Download as an image for sharing or a PDF for printing. Please pass on to others.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Melissa Lander
Date Added:
06/01/2020
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Art for Kids Hub
Art for Kids Hub
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Welcome to our family YouTube channel, Art For Kids Hub! We love doing art together and hope you follow along with us. Many of our lessons are perfect for any age, all you need is a few supplies!

Subject:
Arts Education
Visual Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Date Added:
05/19/2020
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Book Creator
Book Creator
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Book Creator is a simple tool for creating awesome digital books. This site is a great way to bring creativity to your classroom or home. Students create, read and publish using a set of tools that is simple to use. Features include:
- 50 hand-picked fonts to choose from
- Add images or take your own photos
- Drop in video or music, or even record your voice
- Use the pen tool to draw or annotate
- Use shapes, arrows and emojis to express your ideas
- Portrait, square, or landscape book layouts

Students combine text, images, audio and video to create:
Interactive stories
Digital portfolios
Research journals
Poetry books
Science reports
Instruction manuals
‘About me’ books
Comic adventures

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
GAP 4
GAP 5
GAP 6
Homework/Assignment
Author:
Book Creator
Date Added:
04/22/2020
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CommonLit: Free Instructional Literacy Materials for Grades 3 to 12
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CommonLit: Free Instructional Literacy Materials for Grades 3 to 12
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"CommonLit delivers high-quality, free instructional materials to support literacy development for students in grades 3-12. Our resources are:
Flexible;
Research-Based;
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards;
Created by teachers, for teachers.
They believe in the transformative power of a great text, and a great question. That’s why we are committed to keeping CommonLit completely free, forever." (CommonLit site)

Subject:
Education
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Reading
Author:
Melissa Lander
Date Added:
01/24/2023
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CommonLit - Literacy Materials for Grades 3-12
CommonLit - Literacy Materials for Grades 3-12
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"CommonLit delivers high-quality, free instructional materials to support literacy development for students in grades 3-12. Our resources are:
Flexible;
Research-Based;
Created by teachers, for teachers.
They believe in the transformative power of a great text, and a great question. That’s why we are committed to keeping CommonLit completely free, forever." (CommonLit site)

Sun West teachers and students can access CommonLit via the Clever portal.

Teachers can search for content by grade, theme, content type, genres, literary devices, and more. Alternative options are offered for students that may require adaptations for reading an easier level.

Parent guides are also provided.

Benchmark and ongoing assessments are available.

360 Curriculum provides full integrated units E.g., Unit 1 Characters Who Change and Grow which includes a baseline assessment, vocabulary activities, reading lessons, writing lessons, quiz, grammar activities, media exploration, discussion, and a culminating task.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
GAP 4
GAP 5
GAP 6
Lesson
Reading
Unit of Study
Author:
CommonLit
Date Added:
01/23/2023
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Crash Course Kids - YouTube
Crash Course Kids - YouTube
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Crash Course Kids combines the same engaging lecture-style content delivery with animated graphics that focus on grade school science.

Topics include Earth Science, Physical Science, Biology, Geography, Engineering, and Astronomy.

These videos are amazing!

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Crash Course Kids
Author:
Crashcourse
CrashCourse
Date Added:
12/12/2019
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Dotopedia
Dotopedia
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Use Dotopedia to explore the world with Dot, based on the hit TV show! And in case you don’t know who Dot is, she’s a funny, tech-savvy eight-year-old with an enormous thirst for adventure and knowledge. Her best dog, Scratch, and her trusty tablet are always by her side. Dotopedia is an interactive information hub where kids can explore the subjects they’re most passionate about through pictures, audio clips, articles and games. Encouraged by Dot, kids will help build Dotopedia into a big, digital repository of the coolest information by uploading their own pictures, audio clips and stories. They can also upload content they create using Dotopedia’s interactive tools, and if they’re feeling adventurous like Dot, they can even dive into a real-world treasure hunt.

Copy and paste the following to download:
Apple ► http://bit.ly/Dotopedia
Android ► http://bit.ly/2eXNgp2

Features:
* Explore over 300 articles through games and activities. Read them to learn about the world, or add your own text, images and audio clips!
* Add stickers to your photos!
* Earn stickers and Rangeroo Badges and unlock new articles as you play!
* Create brand new articles about whatever you want! Add photos! Add sounds! Add text!
* Walled-garden exploration: no social sharing or connectivity means a safe environment.
* One device supports multiple accounts, which means siblings, classmates or friends can build their own unique Dotopedia together!

Subject:
English Language Arts
Creative Writing
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Game
Author:
CBC
CBC Kids
Date Added:
06/07/2022
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