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Read Alouds – Aesop Fables
Read Alouds: Aesop Fables Aesop Fables – Listen and view four of Aesop’s most famous fables: The Tortoise and the Hare, A Lesson for a Foolish Crow, The Lion and the Mouse, and The Fox and his Shadow. They are read with a modern interpretation. Key Ideas and Details CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events…
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Learn to Read English Online
Learn to Read English Online Starfall – Free learn-to-read web site. Free online tutoring, practice, games & more. Learn ABC’s, learn to read. Different levels of reading. Students click the words & it is reads to them. E-Holiday & activities. Great for ELL’s. Free printouts, phonics & writing activities. Learn to read with a systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with…
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Children’s Digital Library
Children’s Digital Library Children’s Library – A free collection of digital books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. Many cultures and languages represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children’s literature from the world community. Books can be searched by title, language or/and by ages. Registering is optional. Users who…
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Read Alouds – Free Audio Stories for Children
Read Alouds: Free Audio Stories for Children Light Up Your Brain – Free downloadable MP3s that will play on virtually any audio device. List of the audio stories that we’ve created especially for you, with the words to follow. Click on the story title to visit that story’s page, where you can read along and download the audio file. CCSS.ELA-Literacy…
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Fluency Passages: Grades 1-5
Fluency Passages (Grades 1-5) Fluency Practice Passages – *Pay site, but two week free trail. Sign up and download all the passages you want for free. Improve reading speed and accuracy with repeated readings of Fluency Practice Passages. Students orally read passages designed for one-minute readings several times with appropriate expression and smoothness to increase reading rate, resulting in improved…
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Elementary Science Videos
Elementary Science Videos Science Videos – Free elementary K-6 science videos. Life, Earth, Physical, Process. Each Science A–Z video is accompanied by Video Discussion Questions.
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BookRix
BookRix BookRix – Read Free Books Online and Download eBooks for Free. thousands of books to read online and download free eBooks. Discover and read free books by indie authors as well as tons of classic books. Browse categories to find your favorite literature genres: Romance, Fantasy, Thriller, Short Stories, Young Adult and Children’s Books. CCSS.ELA-Literacy – English Language Arts…
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Online Storytime
Online Storytime Online Storytime – Free online stories read by authors and celebrities. Stories include: The Kissing Hand, Pinkalicious, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Guess How Much I Love You, Green Eggs and Ham, Tickle Monster, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Splish, Splash Splat, Charlie the Ranch Dog, Strega Nona, The Polar Express, Where the Wild Things Are, Olivia,…
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Free Online Book Quizzes with Reports
Free Online Book Quizzes with Reports Book Adventure – Free, online resource to encourage young people to read more. It is free and easy to sign up whether you are a student, teacher, or parent. Search for books to read in the Book Finder to match with a book you have. Then then go back online to take the quiz.…
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Online Elementary Reading Stories
Online Elementary Reading Stories Speakaboo Stories – Original and classic stories read by professionals and celebrities. Categories include: Holiday, Espanol (Spanish), Bedtime, Nursery Rhymes, Fairy tales and much more. Beloved characters and treasured stories are given new life through amazing celebrity performances, beautiful illustrations, and original music. Choose by theme, author or celebrity. Each story comes with educational worksheets, activities,…
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Converting Fractions and Decimals (tenths, hundredths, thousandths) Worksheets
Converting Fractions and Decimals Converting Fractions and Decimals (Tenths) – Free printable math common core worksheet that gives students the repetitive practice to change fractions into decimals and decimals into fraction. Converting Fractions and Decimals (Hundredths) – Free printable math common core worksheet that gives students the repetitive practice to change fractions into decimals and decimals into fraction. Converting Fractions…
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Decomposing Fractions Video Lessons
Decomposing Fractions Video Lessons Decompose Fractions Lesson 1 – Video lesson where you will learn how to decompose a fraction by breaking up the fraction into a sum of fractions. Decompose Fractions Lesson 2 – Video lesson where you learn how to decompose fractions by using addition. CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.3 Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of…
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Multiplication Facts Lessons with Games & Quizzes
Multiplication Facts Lessons with Games & Quizzes Fact Navigator – A great way to introduce multiplication facts whole group on a Smart Board or for individual students to practice at their own pace. Takes you step-by-step with each number 0-9. First learn with pictures, then review with a game, next learn basics of that number, then play another game and…
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Multiplication Games
Multiplication Games Multiplication Games – Dozens of free online multiplication games. Use to help memorize multiplication facts, factors, multiples and division facts. Multiply and divide within 100. CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or…
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Main Idea Worksheets (Key Ideas and Details)
Free Printable ‘Main Idea’ Worksheets: Key Ideas and Details Train your students to find the main idea and supporting points in key texts. Suited for grades 2-8. Download the worksheets But First – Why Use Dull Worksheets When You Can Transform Your Next Lesson Into A Gripping Adventure?! Here’s How it Will Work: Arrange the story blocks and enter the…
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Main Idea Lesson – Video
Main Idea Lesson: Video Main Idea – A video lesson through song, about finding the main idea of a paragraph. Includes a lesson on how to write a paragraph with a topic sentence with the main idea, supporting the main idea and the conclusion which restates the main idea. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text,…
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Key Idea and Details: Main Idea – Intermediate
Key Idea and Details: Main Idea Main Idea – Select a topic, read the passage and then select from multiple choice, the main idea of the paragraph. If you get the answer correct you get three picks for letters and try to figure out the mystery phrase. Key Ideas and Details CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of…
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Smart Board Resources, Lessons, and Customizable Games
Smart Board Resources, Lessons, and Customizable Games Smart Board Exchange – Premade templates of Smart Board games such as Tic-tac-toe, Jeopardy, Whack-A-Mole, and more. Attendance, Calendars, Dice, and more. You can put your own questions in. Many more resources including lessons, standard alignment, and training.
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Multi-Digit Multiplication Worksheets
Multi-digit Multiplication Worksheets Printable Multi-Digit Multiplication Worksheets – Free printable algorithm double-digit times single-digit, double-digit times double-digit, triple-digit times single-digit, triple-digit times double-digit, and triple-digit times triple-digit multiplication worksheets. CCSS.Math.Content.4.NBT.B.5 Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations.…
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Basic Operations: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division Online Games
Basic Operations: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division – Online Games Sheppard Software – Many different free Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division Online Games. It has different types of games (shooting, pac man & more), as well as different levels. Includes missing numbers and decomposing numbers. CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.B.3 Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract.2 Examples: If 8 +…
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Math and Reading Online Games
Math and Reading Online Games Sum Dog – Free educational games that motivate your students to practice math and Reading – while you have full control over what they learn. Students play educational games against others worldwide, while teachers control what they learn. It uses a learning engine which understands each student, tailoring questions to their individual needs. Set up…
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Decompose Numbers Videos
Decompose Numbers Videos Making Ten – Kindergarten to first grade. Teacher led lesson on how to decompose the number ten. Visualizing Number Combinations – Kindergarten to first grade. Students see a quick image of a ten frame and share strategies on how the got the number, which is decomposing a number. Decompose Numbers Video – First to Third Grade. Student…
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Decompose Numbers Worksheets
Decompose Numbers Worksheets Decompose Numbers Worksheets – Break apart numbers with two addends or more with theses worksheets designed to teach how to decompose whole numbers. Can be used in first grade at the end of the year, second grade, third grade and can be used in fourth grade to introduce breaking apart (distributive property) of double-digit multiplication. Two free…
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Setting up Writing Workshop: Prewriting, First Draft, Revising, Editing, Publishing
Setting Up Writing Workshop: Prewriting, First Draft, Revising, Editing, Publishing Writers’ Workshop – Learn how to set up a writers workshop in your class. Learn about teaching Prewriting, First Draft, Revising, Editing, Publishing & more. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.1 -5.10 It is a tool that will allow you cover all Common Core Standards for ELA Writing. Text Types and Purposes, Production and Distribution of…
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Reading Comprehension Lessons & Worksheets
Reading Comprehension Lessons and Worksheets ReadWorks – Free site with over 1,400 K-8 non-fiction and literary reading passages, each with a research-based question set to support student comprehension. Printable worksheets and lessons. Comprehension Units These research-based units facilitate close reading, precise questioning based on evidence in the text, and focused discussion to enable comprehension of the entire text. Read-aloud and…
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