• WEBSITES TO USE IN THE EVENT OF A SCHOOL CLOSURE

    *PLEASE USE PASSWORDS

    THAT WERE SENT HOME WITH YOUR CHILD*

    They are located in the Manila Envelope

     

    Website with specific login information, particular to your child, was sent home in the envelope as well.

     

    • http://www.pebblego.com – Pebblego is actually 4 databases — Earth & Space, Animals, biography, and social studies.  This resource is intended for students in grades K-3. It may be accessed from home using www.pebblego.com

    Brainpop & Brainpop, Jr.
    Sister sites, but Brainpop, Jr. is intended for kids up to grade 3.  This website has videos and extension activities about science, Language arts, social studies, health, and many other topics.  These resources may be accessed from home.

    IXL is a great way for students in grades B-6 to practice math skills.  Students may select their grade levels as well as specific standards.  The program will test them until they’ve “mastered” the skill— it sends students congratulatory notes when they answer questions correctly and also provides corrections should answers be incorrect.  Students may access this program from home; each student has a personal username & password.

     

    •  Raz-Kids and Reading A-Z

         Raz-Kids https://www.raz-kids.com/ provides students with practice in reading.  Teachers place students in appropriate reading levels.  Students are able to either practice reading by listening to the books be read by the program, or read independently.  Most levels have quizzes following the books to test student comprehension. This resource is accessible at home; each student has a personal username and password.

    • www.morestarfall.com – Site subscription for Jeffrey Clark School.  Teachers may authorize a computer at their homes, but students do not have home access (so please don’t share the authorization code with students, families, or colleagues in another building).  Letters, colors, geometry, measurement, phonics, nursery rhymes and much more are offered.  You do have to authorize new computers, so if have a new device and aren’t able to see the full content, please be sure to sign in using the following:
    • Mystery Science is a set of open-and-go lessons for K-5 that inspires kids to love science.  To gain access via Clark’s membership account, please use the following link:  
    • BookFlix is an online literacy resource which pairs stories and informational texts on the same topic.   The stories may be “watched” and include narration and highlighted text. The nonfiction text is a PDF version with read-along text options.  There are many possible themes, including “Earth and Sky”, “Family and Community”, Animals and Nature”, etc. You may access BookFlix in two ways while at Clark:

     

    option 1:  To establish access to any computer on our network, please bookmark the following site (let’s you bypass the login screen):

    http://auth.grolier.com/cgi-bin/go_up_login?formu=274860&formp=bk&link=bkflix.grolier.com   

     

              option 2:  To access the resource from outside of Clark, please visit: http://bookflix.scholastic.com

     

    Need a book?  Before you Amazon, B&N, or Target that title, check the Clark AND/OR Mickle library catalogs!  If it’s at Clark, I can pull it from the shelf for you -- if it’s at Mickle, I can request it be sent over.  The catalogs do have to be searched separately.

     

     

    • United Streaming (aka Discovery Education)

    https://app.discoveryeducation.com/public:main/signup?next=