HAWORTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Educational Resources

The following resources are for students, teachers, and parents. These links are reference sites made available from our faculty as well as some in our community who are committed to assisting students and parents as much as possible, not only during this time of distance learning, but also throughout many of our educational proccesses. Throughout the next few days, more will be added as more are received by the Website Manager. Thank you for your support and happy learning!

Helpful Web Resources

• https://www.getepic.com/ EPIC Books is a digital library for kids to access at home and at school. Currently, Haworth Schools Reading Specialist Patty Burns is working on a school to home program that will be free to students through June 30. She will be sending home information as soon as classroom teachers collect parent emails for her to share information. Most students are already familiar with this program.
• KhanAcademy.org for math - K-12 has grade level lessons in sequence for math
• KhanAcademy.org for ELAR - now has “beta version” of reading and vocabulary lessons for 2nd-8th gr
• PBS Learning Media (https://kera.pbslearningmedia.org) public site - has videos leveled PK, early elementary, upper elementary, middle school, high school) - assign a link to a specific video, or allow self-selection of video with more generic response assignments
• PBS Learning Media (https://kera.pbslearningmedia.org) teacher account - set up a free teacher account and create an assignment for a video, which includes an interactive quiz. Students access it when you send the entire link, or a code for them to enter on the student website, or you can create a class where they login. When you create the lesson, there is a one-click option to immediately assign in gClassroom.
• Scholastic Learn At Home - online books, videos, and activities leveled PK-K, 1-2, 3-5, 6+
• https://stories.audible.com  Audible, an Amazon Company. While schools are closed, kids everywhere can instantly stream a collection of stories. All stories are free to stream on desktop, laptop, phone, or tablet.
• ReadWorks is an online resource of reading passages and lesson plans for students of all levels K-12. https://www.readworks.org/
• https://childmind.org  Many parents are wondering how to bring up the COVID 19 epidemic in a way that will be reassuring and not make kids more worried than they already may be. Here is some advice from the experts at the Child Mind Institute.

• http://noredink.com/ NoRedInk builds stronger writers through interest-based curriculum, adaptive exercises, and actionable data. Haworth Schools is using this program and currently NoRedInk is free through the rest of this school year. Hundreds of free writing and grammar exercises for grades 5-12.
• https://www.vocesdigital.com  Digital Curriculum Resources for Spanish, French, and ESL.Voces is a collection of world language titles covering Spanish levels 1-AP®, French levels 1-3, and ESL levels 1-4, and incorporating grammar, vocabulary, and comprehensible input-based approaches to language learning. (Currently, this program is offering a free trial for use during distance learning.)
• KhanAcademy.org for arts/humanities - includes HS US history, world history, US govt (with AP levels as well), plus a “grammar” course which I assume to be HS level
• KhanAcademy.org for science - includes HS physics, chemistry, biology (with AP levels as well)

• List of companies offering free accounts for school closures - This list from AmazingEducationalResources.com is overwhelmingly comprehensive!
• Good Housekeeping's List of Free Accounts - The companies listed in this article are offering free accounts, and you don't necessarily have to be a parent or teacher to get them.
• Milwaukee With Kids has compiled this Google Sheet to collect resources, sorted by content area.Someone on FB shared this list of Virtual Field Trips.