Elementary Resources
Literacy
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One stop shop for library events, resources, and of course, finding the perfect books to borrow |
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Standards-aligned interactive lessons, videos, and games |
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Videos of actors reading childrens’ stories |
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Resources for parents to support lessons and activities for students |
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Student-friendly sports articles |
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Student-friendly news articles by Smithsonian |
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A great resource full of lessons and articles to help students explore identity and diversity, recognize injustice and learn to take action. |
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News following current events and special interest. All articles can change lexile, making it easier or more challenging to read. Students can also take a short comprehension quiz and answer a writing prompt. |
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A great resource for bridging the gap between home and school for reading. This includes activities focusing on phonemic awareness, fluency, phonics, vocabulary, and more. |
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Expand your student's reading genres with this genre wheel (pdf) |
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A great list of questions to help facilitate discussion and understanding of any book your student may be reading. (pdf) |
Math
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A mix of games and printable pdfs separated by skill and grade. Comes with answer keys. |
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Full of fun games based on math skills |
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Creative resources and lessons for math enrichment |
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Math units and additional resources such as games organized by grade and skill. |
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Practice sheets, activity of the day, family games, and online games, all organized by grade level! |
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Digital math manipulatives to help students solve math problems - includes fraction pieces, pieces for probability, place value, and more. |
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An easy math manipulate for using different shapes. It also includes a digital protractor students can manipulate! |
Social Studies
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Virtual exhibits and resources from the Museums of Western Colorado |
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Pictures and facts all about Colorado National Geographic for kids |
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Stories focused on personal finance and economics - students can read to themselves or be read to on the site! |
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Full of interactive games to help students understand how their government works |
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Resources focusing on the art of the West. |
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Different interactive games and maps of the United States that focus on different parts of history. |
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Resources for building up your child’s financial smarts, including ideas on saving, earning, planning, and more. |
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Articles geared towards different age groups that explain the workings of the US government |
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Interactive games on US geography |
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Online exhibits all about the history of Colorado. |
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Resources, articles, and lessons all curated for different age groups from National Geographic |
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Virtual Tours around the world |
An extensive list of virtual tours of museums, libraries, and live/360° cam views of zoos and aquariums. |
Science
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Daily-dos from the NSTA that focus on engineering and scientific thinking. |
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Short lessons and activities for students, separated by grade level. |
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Virtual field trips hosted through Discovery Education |
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Lessons and activities hosted by the Nature Conservancy. There are also links for self-guided ‘summer camps’. |
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Written by scientists and reviewed by kids! |
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Virtual tours from the Museum of Natural History. |
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Virtual exhibits and teaching resources from museums of Western Colorado. |
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Free science-based videos |
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Homepage for the McConnell Science Museum in Grand Junction, complete with parent resources. |
Health and Wellness
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A list of General and subject-based brain breaks and how to play them. (download) |
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A list of brain break ideas |
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A great resource for brain break videos, even for older kids! |
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In this video, participants get to choose between options and do the corresponding exercises (7 minutes) |
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A series of youtube video workouts based on superheroes, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and other pop culture icons. |
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A great website for overall health and nutrition ideas and resources. (free account) |
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A series of youtube workouts geared towards kids. |
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A series of yoga videos based on stories, video games, and movies |
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Ideas and resources on fostering mindfulness such as journaling, breathing exercises, and other social/emotional practices. |
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Activity sheets, videos and songs, and other resources focused on healthy eating habits. |
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Kids Health |
A great wealth of resources with sections for parents, kids, and teens. |
Other
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Typing games to help students hone their skills |
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Games and online learning for music including resources by grade and lessons for ukulele, guitar, and recorder. |
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Khan Academy kids is a great app full of educational games and even has books on the students level that they can read or have read to them, word by word! |
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List of math apps from the math learning center |
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Short stories perfect for bedtime that enforce mathematical thinking |