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RESOURCES FOR YOUR CLASSROOM!
Free Current Events - leveled, quizzes
Click HERE to access news articles curated daily by 104 employees from 40 different content providers. 140 free lance journalists rewrite articles at five different levels of complexity for grades 2-12. Text sets for 2016 presidential elections, South Carolina news, and articles in Spanish.
Free eBooks & audiobooks
Click HERE to create a free educators account giving students ages 5-12 access to 15,000 ebooks based on reading level and interests; award winners, non-fiction, Spanish. Great for those students who need practice in lower levels.
Free Resources for Research
Click HERE to access 40 different databases and an archive of video tutorials to learn how best to use them. Home use requires UN and PW. See media.
Destiny Discover - Your Online Catalog
For Mac, gofollett.com Select South Carolina as your location and Oakridge Middle School from the drop down menus. Click Login on the right side of top blue toolbar. Staff UN is your CSD UN and your PW is also your CSD UN.
For Ipad, download the Destiny Discover App from Self-Service and open to update. Select South Carolina as your location and Oakridge Middle School from the drop down menus. Staff UN are your CSD UN and your PW is also your CSD UN.
150,000 Free Video Resources
Free for South Carolina Educators.
Use the OMS Passkey 27780-26813253 to create your own account.
OMS Media and News - Subscribe!
http://tinyurl.com/omsmedia16 to subscribe to the OMS Media Canvas Page
http://tinyurl.com/omsnews16-17 to subscribe to the OMS News Canvas Page
Staff Bookfair Preview and Lunch - Thursday, Dec 1st
Scholastic's Steve Black is BACK! with Book Fair booktalks from 11:20-2:00pm. Walmart's hearty sub sandwiches, chips, drinks, and cookies served to all who sign up. Don't forget to fill out your teacher wishlist!
READ YOUR WAY TO THE BIG GAME! - now thru Nov 22nd!
For every 6 books read, students place a football on the READING UNITED FIELD thru November 22nd. 1st 6 books read also enters students in a drawing to win 4 tickets with side line passes to the Palmetto Bowl on Saturday, November 26th. Questions? See Kathy Corbiere or click HERE for more information.