Online Resources
If you're a parent or caregiver, visit our new Resources for Families During the Coronavirus Pandemic hub. You'll find articles, lists, and more on:
- Learning at home and homework help
- Helping kids understand COVID-19 news coverage
- What to watch, read, and play
- How to stay calm for you and your kids
- Spanish language resources for Latinx families
Common Sense Education
ReadTheory features a ton of online quizzes. The game-like format of these interactive quizzes is designed to motivate students to work hard to “win” specific reading accomplishments. Exercises are tailored for students who are reading at the high school level or beyond
Lift2Go
This website pairs passages from classic books, like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Around the World in 80 Days, with different reading exercises and activities that ask students to answer questions about the text. Not only does this introduce classic literature to all students, but it breaks them down in a way that helps them better understand the material. You’ll find a range of authors, poems, genres, and more—making it an ideal resource for all students.
Inspiring Tools for Playful Learning.
Helping students learn through the joy, wonder, and fun of OK Go’s music videos.
While the Cincinnati Zoo is closed and kids are home from school, let us help make your children’s hiatus from school fun and educational.
Join us for a Home Safari Facebook Live each weekday at 3pm EDT where we will highlight one of our amazing animals and include an activity you can do from home.
Don’t have access to social media? No worries! All videos will be posted on our website and to our YouTube channel shortly after the Facebook Live ends.
The at-home activities will all be posted to this webpage -
Click here for a Persuasive Writing Organizer
Great Site for author information for students who are working on book projects. This resource has thousands of online resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors. Immediate access to short movies, audio book readings, book discussion guides, and more.
A free online English dictionary and much more. The free dictionary search gives you definitions, thesaurus entries, spelling, pronunciation, and etymology results for your word. Alternately, you can browse the dictionary alphabetically or by related terms to find meanings and synonyms.
Encylopedia of Texas History
A reliable source for Texas history, georgraphy, and culture. It is published by the Texas State Historical Association.
The Internet Public Library
Have a question? Find the answer here.
Find books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts about American History here.
Great source for
primary documents.
primary documents.
Thesaurus
Great site for working with words. Find synonyms; make flashcards and crossword puzzles; translate English into many other languages; great Spanish site for students learning Spanish. Check it out!
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Scholastic Daily Learning Activities for grades 6+