Elementary Library STEAM Resources

Keep reading, wondering and exploring!

We are here because of YOU and we are here FOR you!

To our Students:

We love our jobs because of you, and we miss seeing you everyday! We care about you and your learning, and we want to help. There are so many free resources available to you, so we have compiled them into this newsletter. We will continue to update this as new resources emerge that we feel will be helpful to your learning. If you have any questions, feel free to email your Teacher Librarian & Media Specialist!

~Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Lauer, Mrs. Richards and Mrs. Wells

Resources Available on your Media Center Website

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TumbleBook Library

A collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, Math Stories, Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), Videos (from National Geographics), TumbleTV which consists of pre-set playlists of a sequence of books, Tumble Puzzles & Games, and TumbleResources for teachers and students.

BAS TumbleBook Library Link

Also, due to our current subscription, they are offering TumbleMath for FREE until August 31st!

TumbleMath Link

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PebbleGo & PebbleGo Next

PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next is an award winning pre-K to grade 6 database for reading and research. Your PebbleGo database includes built-in reading and research tools for emerging readers. Leveled text, educational games, and multimedia help teach concepts to your youngest researchers.

PebbleGo Link (K-3rd Grade)

PebbleGo Next Link (4th-6th Grade)

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Computer Science & Coding Activities

Our vision is that every student in every school has the opportunity to learn computer science, just like biology, chemistry or algebra. Code.org provides the leading curriculum for K-12 computer science in the largest school districts in the United States and Code.org also organizes the annual Hour of Code campaign which has engaged more than 15% of all students in the world.

Hour of Code Activities Link

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Interland

Interland is an adventure-packed online game that puts the key lessons of digital citizenship and safety into hands-on practice. Play your way to being Internet Awesome.

Google's Interland Link

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Book Creator

Unleash student creativity! Students can create their own books or journals by combining text, images, audio and video. It can be used on an iPad, computer or Chromebook.

Book Creator Online or look for it in the app store!

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Toontastic

Make and narrate your own cartoon! Use this creative storytelling app that empowers kids to draw, animate, narrate, and record their own cartoons on their tablet, phone or chromebook.

Look for it in the app store!

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Epic!

Watch and listen to books online. Students can use their Teacher's class code if they have one, or use the Library class codes below.

Hilton = xdh1510

Hornung = ahn2470

Spencer = psx5189

Hawkins = xph0757

Epic Online Link

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Books to Enjoy Online

Read Alouds by genre and/or topic.

Books to Enjoy Link

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Scholastic Learn at Home

Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking and growing.

Scholastic Link

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MeL Kids - Michigan eLibrary

Great activities for all ages and subjects! Read, research and play educational games.

MeL Kids Link

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Breakout EDU

Do you like figuring out how to get out of an escape room? These are fun digital problem solving games.

Breakout EDU Digital Link

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Storyline Online

Video storybooks featuring celebrated actors reading children's books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more.

Storyline Online Link

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Grab the Mic Tell your Story

Welcome to the “Write. Right. Rite.,” a “GRAB THE MIC: Tell Your Story” video series! The “Write. Right. Rite.” is meant to be an entertaining and inventive way to engage with the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jason Reynolds.

http://guides.loc.gov/jason-reynolds/grab-the-mic/wrr

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Summer Series Best Reads

SLJ presents our top picks for summer reading, from read-alouds to share with the youngest pre-readers to engrossing titles for tweens and teens. The majority of the titles have been published over the last two years, almost all of them are available as ebooks, and many of them have received starred reviews or been selected as past Best Books. New lists will publish every week during the month of June, with additional lists in July and August.

https://www.slj.com/?page=summer-reading-2020

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Welcome to Camp Wonderopolis

Camp Wonderopolis® is the free online summer-learning destination that's full of fun, interactive STEM and literacy-building topics boosted by Maker experiments!

https://camp.wonderopolis.org/

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Capstone +buncee Virtual Summer Camp Adventure

Virtual Summer Camp Adventure is Here!

Click on the boxes for bi-weekly choice boards and access to 120 FREE eBooks.

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Audible

Audible is the world’s largest producer and provider of spoken-word entertainment and audiobooks. They are offering free stories as long as schools are closed!

Stories Audible Link

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BAS secondary resources

Resources from our Maltby, Scranton and Brighton High School Media Specialists.

Secondary Resources

Free Resources and Activities

Amazing Educational Resources - so far there are 126 companies who are offering free resources during this time. If there are any that request a Teacher or Administrative permissions, I will request that and update the link.
Art Activities from McHarper Manor - beginning Monday, 3/16, our studio will be going live daily Monday through Friday at 1pm Eastern Time, with free art & craft tutorials to create at home with your kids! We'll have shopping lists (with links to the supplies you can order from Amazon) so you can have supplies on-hand to complete the projects with us!
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems! - the students are going to love watching Mo Willems doodle at 1 pm EST each day!
Finish the Comic with Jarrett Lerner, author of Enginerds - students who love comics and graphic novels will love these activities where they can finish the comics that Mr. Lerner has started.
3 Weeks of Maker Stations - 40 pages of Maker Stations with components, how to use instructions, app extensions, and recording sheets.
Peter H. Reynolds - shares his stories and drawing tips M-F at 12:00 LIVE on Facebook
Marc Tyler Nobleman - shares his book 365 Things to do Before You Grow Up.
I'm Not Just a Scribble - FaceBook page for author/illustrator Diane Alber
Kate Messner's blog - listen to her read from her Ranger in Time book series