Faculty Resources
* Note: Some of the resources you find here will also be found in the "parent resource" section. If you have sites you would like to add please let us know!
50 Best Apps for Special Needs
This lists just a few of the amazing apps out there that can help students with a reading disability improve their skills not only in reading, writing and spelling, but also get a boost in confidence and learn to see school as a fun, engaging activity—and not a struggle.
Common Lit Link
Common LIt
CommonLit is a free digital library of leveled texts -- news articles, poems, short stories, and historical documents. You can filter collections by grade level, Lexile level, theme, genre, literary device, and even Common Core State Standards. Every passage includes footnotes with vocabulary words and essential background information. An adaptive-technology-type toolbar for online reading includes a dictionary, a highlighter, text-to-speech functionality, and translation features for 13 languages. Below the toolbar, you'll find a question set included side by side with the text: four discussion questions, five text-dependent multiple-choice questions, and one short-answer question. The text-dependent questions address Common Core standards, and each of those standards is noted right next to the question. Suggestions for paired passages and related media resources are also included, and you'll find those in the tabs along the top of each page. Multiple-choice responses and short-answer exemplars are included in the Teacher Guide tab. In addition, the Parent Guide tab comes filled with suggestions to extend learning at home.
CommonLit is a free digital library of leveled texts -- news articles, poems, short stories, and historical documents. You can filter collections by grade level, Lexile level, theme, genre, literary device, and even Common Core State Standards. Every passage includes footnotes with vocabulary words and essential background information. An adaptive-technology-type toolbar for online reading includes a dictionary, a highlighter, text-to-speech functionality, and translation features for 13 languages. Below the toolbar, you'll find a question set included side by side with the text: four discussion questions, five text-dependent multiple-choice questions, and one short-answer question. The text-dependent questions address Common Core standards, and each of those standards is noted right next to the question. Suggestions for paired passages and related media resources are also included, and you'll find those in the tabs along the top of each page. Multiple-choice responses and short-answer exemplars are included in the Teacher Guide tab. In addition, the Parent Guide tab comes filled with suggestions to extend learning at home.
Scholastic's 25 Best Websites for Teachers! link
Great Website to find 25 different website links. Here are some examples: National Science Teachers Association, Google Earth, National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, Smithsonian Education, TeacherTube, Teaching Tolerance, SMART Exchange
www.bookworm4kids.com/
Bookworm For Kids is a resource for teachers, parents, grandparents, and all others interested in encouraging children to love reading. All listed books are highly recommended. (Bookworm, 2017) Here you will find the Newberry and Caldecott 2017 winners and recommendations for newly published books!
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/
Common Sense Media is an absolute favorite website for parents and teachers of any age child. It is an excellent resource for print and media material including movie reviews. Common Sense Media is used in classrooms around the world K-12 to help students learn the importance of Digital Citizenship in the information age. We use the Common Sense Media website here at Reg 17 in grades 2-4. We strongly recommend you check it out!
