Middle School 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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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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Interactive activities covering everything from learning about language to creating poems and prose. Can be separated into grade levels and topics. |
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Videos and interactive lessons all focused on ELA. Can be separated into grade levels. |
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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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stories and lesson plans intent on bringing the world’s cultures alive in the classroom |
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Resources for bringing the world into your classroom with the New York Times. Includes articles, videos, writing prompts, and contests. |
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Activities, games, writing prompts, student opinion pieces, and more, all brought by the New York Times. |
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videos based on current events, history, science, and more. Each video has the option for a quiz, discussion topics, and an option to dig deeper. |
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A great resource through Purdue University that helps with the entire writing process including the writing process, rhetoric and logic, essay genres, style and language, and citation. |
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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) |
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A great list of discussion/writing starters for tracking your thinking throughout a text (pdf) |
Math
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mini lessons and explanations explaining different math concepts complete with practice problems with feedback. |
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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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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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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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Resources for building up your child’s financial smarts, including ideas on saving, earning, planning, and more. |
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interactive games on US geography |
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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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videos based on current events, history, science, and more. Each video has the option for a quiz, discussion topics, and an option to dig deeper. |
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Play and learn with interactive math and science simulations brought to you by the University of Colorado. |
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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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Virtual field trips hosted through Discovery Education |
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Virtual tours from the Museum of Natural History. |
Health and Wellness
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Over 100 pages of brain breaks with a focus on the secondary classroom (pdf) |
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A list of General and subject-based brain breaks and how to play them. (download) |
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A great 20 minute video yoga workout for teens. |
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Audio clips that guide you through meditations for mindfulness. |
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Activity sheets, videos and songs, and other resources focused on healthy eating habits. |
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A great website for overall health and nutrition ideas and resources. (free account) |
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Ideas and resources on fostering mindfulness such as journaling, breathing exercises, and other social/emotional practices. |
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Kids Health |
A great wealth of resources with sections for parents, kids, and teens. |
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Music with a healthy message (nutrition, mindfulness, physical fitness and physical literacy) |
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. |