Elementary Library STEAM Resources
Keep reading, wondering and exploring!
We are here because of YOU and we are here FOR you!
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
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. Also, due to our current subscription, they are offering TumbleMath for FREE until August 31st! | 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) | 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. |
TumbleBook Library
Also, due to our current subscription, they are offering TumbleMath for FREE until August 31st!
PebbleGo & PebbleGo Next
PebbleGo Link (K-3rd Grade)
PebbleGo Next Link (4th-6th Grade)
Computer Science & Coding Activities
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. | 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! | 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! |
Interland
Book Creator
Book Creator Online or look for it in the app store!
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 | Books to Enjoy Online Read Alouds by genre and/or topic. | Scholastic Learn at Home Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking and growing. |
Epic!
Hilton = xdh1510
Hornung = ahn2470
Spencer = psx5189
Hawkins = xph0757
Scholastic Learn at Home
MeL Kids - Michigan eLibrary | Breakout EDU Do you like figuring out how to get out of an escape room? These are fun digital problem solving games. | 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. |
MeL Kids - Michigan eLibrary
Breakout EDU
Storyline Online
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. | 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. | 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! |
Grab the Mic Tell your Story
Summer Series Best Reads
Welcome to Camp Wonderopolis
Capstone +buncee Virtual Summer Camp AdventureVirtual Summer Camp Adventure is Here! Click on the boxes for bi-weekly choice boards and access to 120 FREE eBooks. | 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! | BAS secondary resources Resources from our Maltby, Scranton and Brighton High School Media Specialists. |
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.
Audible
BAS 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
Author Read-alouds and other Kid Lit Resources and Activities
- LivBits - So many amazing Author Links on this Google Doc!
- Picture Books Read Aloud Video links on Pernille Ripp's blog
- Growing list of 1st Chapter and Picture Book Read Alouds on Kate Messner's website
Brighton District LibraryDid you know you can get your very own Brighton District Library Card? Fill out the application and they will send you an email with your library card # Then you can checkout books online | Hamburg Township LibraryCheck out Hamburg Library Get your Hamburg Library card - fill out the form http://www.123formbuilder.com/form-5394084/form | Virtual Field TripsOver 30 Virtual Field Trips with Links Please click on the links below to access the virtual field trips with your children. Enjoy! |
Brighton District Library
Did you know you can get your very own Brighton District Library Card?
Fill out the application and they will send you an email with your library card #
Then you can checkout books online
Hamburg Township Library
Check out Hamburg Library
Get your Hamburg Library card - fill out the form
http://www.123formbuilder.com/form-5394084/formVirtual Field Trips
Over 30 Virtual Field Trips with Links
Please click on the links below to access the virtual field trips with your children. Enjoy!
Your Teacher Librarians & Media Specialists
Mrs. Lauer, Hilton Elementary
Mrs. Richards, Hornung Elementary
Mrs. Wells, Hawkins Elementary