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Epic Books
Epic Books
Epic Books

Epic provides access to over 40,000 high-quality illustrated books and chapter books for children ages 12 and under. Create a login and it's free!
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Phonics Games for Kids
Phonics Games for Kids
Phonics Games for Kids

Phonics Games for Kids Phonics Games Online by Level, Preschool Reading Games, Kindergarten Reading Games, 1st Grade Reading Games, 2nd Grade Reading Games. Covering, Letters of the Alphabet, Short Vowels, Beginning and Ending Consonants, Long Vowels, Vowel Digraphs, S Blends, R Blends, L Blends, R-controlled Vowels, Special Vowels, Diphthongs and more. Copyright KizPhonics.com
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Engaging Phonics Games for Kids
Engaging Phonics Games for Kids
Engaging Phonics Games for Kids

Phonic sounds help kids identify alphabets. Identifying and reading phonics form the building blocks of a child’s language development. At SplashLearn, we’ve merged this fundamental learning requirement with interactive games to make learning phonics an engaging experience for your child!
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Reading Machine
Reading Machine
Reading Machine

The Reading Machine provides links to 36 online games to help you teach and reinforce important reading skills, and to help your students practice and enhance their skills. The games make great "reward time" activities too.
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Teaching Vocabulary
Teaching Vocabulary
Teaching Vocabulary

The importance of vocabulary and tips for teaching it.
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Read Works
Read Works
Read Works

ReadWorks is a free website offering research-based strategies and resources for differentiated reading instruction, specifically comprehension. Access thousands of high-quality, free K-12 articles.
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What is the Science of Reading? Video
What is the Science of Reading? Video
What is the Science of Reading? Video

Reading is like a mathematical equation, find out what helps to move reading forward in our young readers. YouTube Video by University of Florida Literacy Institute.
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What is the Science of Reading? - Timothy Shanahan
What is the Science of Reading? - Timothy Shanahan
What is the Science of Reading? - Timothy Shanahan

Timothy Shanahan shares best practices for teaching reading and writing. This week he answers questions and share more about the Science of Reading.
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What is the Science of Reading?
What is the Science of Reading?
What is the Science of Reading?

Online article providing information about the Five Key Elements of Scientific Reading Instruction and the Three Elements of Science-Based Phonics Instruction.
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CREEC Network
CREEC Network
CREEC Network

The California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) Network is a program of the California Department of Education. The CREEC Network fosters regional partnerships throughout the state of California to promote environmental education and environmental literacy by providing teachers with access to high quality professional learning opportunities and education resources. Along with statewide sponsors and partners, each of the 11 California CREEC Regions provides professional learning opportunities and resources to educators as well as foster communications among schools and organizations interested in supporting the environmental literacy of California’s teachers and students. More information on the CDE’s CREEC Network program is posted on the CDE website. For Region 10 - RIMS information & resources go to: https://www.creec.org/Home/Region/10
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GeoInquiries Collection
GeoInquiries Collection
GeoInquiries Collection

GeoInquiries™ are short, standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content found in commonly used textbooks. Each activity is designed using a common inquiry model and can be presented quickly from a single computer and projector or modified for students’ hands-on engagement. Collections of 15-20 activities per topic enhance your curriculum throughout the year.
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Spelling Bee
Spelling Bee
Spelling Bee

The Spelling Bee is an annual contest held amongst the winners of the thirty-three school districts in San Bernardino County where K-8th grade students are challenged to spell words from a given list, as well as more challenging words that require students to have an in-depth knowledge of word morphology. San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools promotes and encourages students to improve their spelling, expand their vocabularies and learn correct English usage that will positively affect communication, reading, and writing skills for the rest of their lives.
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Academic Decathlon
Academic Decathlon
Academic Decathlon

Academic Decathlon promotes educational experience for teams of high school (9th-12th) students to compete in ten academic events and a super quiz centered around a competition theme. Students of all GPA levels can compete. The goals of the Academic Decathlon are to encourage students to develop a greater respect for knowledge, to promote wholesome inter-school competition in academic areas of study and interest, to stimulate intellectual growth and achievement, and to encourage public interest and awareness of outstanding programs in secondary schools.
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International Children's Digital Library
International Children's Digital Library
International Children's Digital Library

This digital library hosts a collection of books from around the world. Ultimately, this organization hopes to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature available from the world community.
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Starting Smarter
Starting Smarter
Starting Smarter

The Starting Smarter website includes information on student score reports, sample test questions, parent-teacher conferences, and other no-cost resources in English and Spanish.
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Multilingual Learning Toolkit
Multilingual Learning Toolkit
Multilingual Learning Toolkit

The Multilingual Learning Toolkit is an online hub for research-based key principles, instructional strategies, and associated, free, practical, and easy-to-use resources that are geared towards educators who teach PreK-3rd Multilingual Learners.
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Translanguaging: Theory, Concept, Practice, Stance… or All of the Above?
Translanguaging: Theory, Concept, Practice, Stance… or All of the Above?
Translanguaging: Theory, Concept, Practice, Stance… or All of the Above?

This CAL Commentary from Marybelle Marrero-Colón examines emergent practices, debates, and examples of translanguaging in the classroom and highlights the educational advantages and benefits of translanguaging in multiple contexts: dual language immersion, English as a Second Language, and more!
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CalSNAP SBCSS
CalSNAP SBCSS
CalSNAP SBCSS

CalSNAP is an all in one media library that allows teachers and students to search premier licensed media content through multiple vetted resources. The media resources that are available through CalSNAP include California Streaming, Khan Academy, Pics4Learning, Library of Congress, Common Sense Media, CK-12 and so much more! CalSNAP is a tool that can be used to help promote student agency and empower students to take their learning journey into their own hands as they acquire and synthesize information. Students are able to practice the digital citizenship skills that they have learned while becoming avid researchers.
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Grade Retention Research Brief
Grade Retention Research Brief
Grade Retention Research Brief

Hanover Research reviews literature on the academic, social-emotional, and equity-related effects of grade retention. This research brief also presents potential alternatives to retention and social promotion, and includes case studies of two school districts which have successfully implemented alternatives to grade retention.
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Copyright & Creativity-For Ethical Digital Citizens
Copyright & Creativity-For Ethical Digital Citizens
Copyright & Creativity-For Ethical Digital Citizens

These materials aim to provide accessible and practical information about copyright – its protections, its limitations, and its role in encouraging creativity. Rather than just emphasizing what copyright prohibits, the goal here is to offer useful and positive information about what copyright allows and how students can successfully navigate and rely on copyright in their own roles as creators. It is important to note that these materials focus on copyright in the United States. Other countries have similar frameworks, but their rules may differ on certain concepts such as fair use.
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The ABLE Guide (Accessing Blended Learning Education)
The ABLE Guide (Accessing Blended Learning Education)
The ABLE Guide (Accessing Blended Learning Education)

The ABLE Guide adapts content from the Distance Learning Playbook by Fisher, Frye and Hattie (Corwin Press) and focuses on four principles of learning and connects and aligns numerous digital tools to help these principles come to life within different learning environments. The four principles of learning are Relationships, Engagement, Monitor & Feedback and Demonstrating Mastery. In each of the four sections of the ABLE Guide we provide some introductory information, a vignette, some additional insights/information and then a link to a digital toolbox which aligns various digital tools to support implementation of the principle. The ABLE Guide also aligns the four principles to important standards in education. The Guide draws connections between the ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) standards, the CASEL (the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning) competencies and the NSQ (National Standards for Quality Online Learning) standards. Links to each of these standards are found in the section for each principle.