Scholastic Learn at Home supports students, PK-6+, with approximately three hours of learning opportunities per day, including projects, articles and stories, virtual field trips, reading and geography challenges, and more.
The website does not require a username or password and is open freely to all, on any device. The lessons allow students to learn independently or with their families.
Renaissance is supporting GISD with the myON digital library and news articles through an easy to use, shared login for all. The myON digital library provides students free access to thousands of digital texts, anytime, anywhere. MyON News publishes five daily news articles written just for students every weekday. This link is a one-page resource sheet that includes some tools to help you communicate this shared account to students and their families. Resources outlined in the document include:
This free animated web series is a teaching tool to help middle schoolers explore entrepreneurship, 21st century skills, STEM topics and using technology for social good. The mission of GPS: The Series is to inspire students to become aware of global problems and equipped to solve them. Help your students be ready to thrive in an connected and digital future by thinking as entrepreneurs, innovating as technologists and acting as social change agents.
On this site, you can test your geography knowledge by solving crossword puzzles, completing word searches, and even playing Geography Hangman. The colorful and interactive games reinforce learning of countries, capital cities, and world flags.
This award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
Storyline Online is available 24 hours a day for children, parents, caregivers and educators worldwide. Each book includes supplemental curriculum aimed at strengthening comprehension and verbal and written skills.
Instructional Strategies Playlists provide descriptions of instructional strategies to engage learners, provide practice without penalty, encourage interaction, and see and hear students’ thinking.
Choose and click on an Instructional Strategy.
Step-by-Step instructions for each strategy are provided.
Click on the Template (handout) icon where available.