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Orchard School (PreK-Grade 5)

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    • Cool Tools for School

      Online Books and Activities 

      Authors Everywhere

      YouTube channel created by children’s book authors and illustrators 

      Epic

      Join for free for 30 days. Please let Mrs. Macdonald know if you'd like longer access.

       

       

      International children's Digital Library

      The ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. 

       

       Jarrett Krosoczka's 

      JJK

      Draw Every Day with JJK

      Lunch Doodles
      YouTube videos created by author/illustrator Mo Willems 

       

      KidLitTV

      Award winning, parent’s choice site with activities, crafts, book trailers and more.

      LivBits
      Many authors and illustrators are doing LIVE online presentations. Here is a listing. 

       

      A listing is here, too.

      Magazines

      Highlights
      Highlights Kids

       National Geographic Kids
      National Geographic Kids

      Ranger Rick
      Ranger Rick

      Pebble Go

       A curriculum-connected research tool

      Orchard School's username: OrchardVT
      Password: apple

       

      Starfall

       Pre-K through third grade

      The activities are arranged by subject, season, or curricular topic, and include some free options. 

      Storyline Online

      Daytime Emmy®-nominated and award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online®, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.

       
      Unite for Literacy
      FREE ebooks available in over 40 languages, mainly for our youngest learners.  
       We Are Teachers  

      Resources for Learning at Home

      Websites, games, apps, virtual field trips & hands-on activities to assist & extend the distance learning for K-5 students. 

       

       Wide Open School

      Loads of resources from Common Sense Media

      Wonderopolis

      A place where natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages. Each day, they pose an intriguing question—the Wonder of the Day®—and students may explore it in a variety of ways.

         
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      Bingo

      Bingo Card Generator 

       Britannica Online

      Citation Maker

      Citation Maker

       Kathy Schrock's "Works Cited" Manual

      Code.org

      Third Grade
       Mr. Goff's Class
       Ms Phalon's Class
       Ms. Verrill's Class
      Fourth Grade
       Mrs. Bahrenburg's Class
       Mrs. Thibault's Class
       Mrs. Vachereau's Class
       
      Fifth Grade
       Mrs. Bliss's Class
       Mrs. Gurwicz's Class
       Mr. Wright's Class

       Crosswords Lab

       

       

      Dash-Dot

      Click here to begin to program Dash and Cue. 

      Digital Passport

       Digital Passport

      from Common Sense Media

      Digital Passport  Videos from

      Common Sense Media

      Communication Video
      Privacy Video
      Cyberbullying Video
      Search Video
      Creative Credit Video
      Connecting Families Web Site
      Scope and Sequence

      International Dot Day

      The Dot Song Information
      The Bouncing Dot Song Video
      Dot Song Motion Guide
      Ready Set Draw-ish! Peter H. Reynold's THE DOT
      Video of the Book, The Dot
      Dot Day Pinterest Board
      Dot Day Bookmarks
      Dot Day Handbook
      Epic  FlamingText

       Flipgrid

      Mock Caldecott 2020

      Flocabulary

       

       

      Global Read Aloud 2017

      Mem Fox Links
      EPIC Mem Fox books
      Interview with Mem Fox 
      Kangaroo Craft 
      Australian Animal Memory Game 
      Possum Magic Route Map of Australia 
      Discover Education Possum Magic Video
      Blank Map of Australia
      Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge
       

       

      Global Read Aloud 2015

      Lynda Mullaly Hunt's YouTube Channel for videos
      The Sketchbook of Impossible Things
      Orchard School Sketchbook of Impossible Things
      The Animal School: A Fable
      "Animal School" video

       Global Read Aloud 2014


      Lots of links for info.
      Famous Scientists Videos
      Jonas Salk
      Marie Curie
      Isaac Newton
      Robert Oppenheimer
      Louis Pasteur
      Jennifer Holm's website

      Jenni Holm Answers Our Questions 

      Book Trailer

      Does "Immortal" Jellyfish Have the Secret to Everlasting Life? from CNN

      How to Live Forever? Be a Jellyfish from SciShow

      Graffiti Creator

       Graffiti Creator

       

       Interland  

       

      Google Interland

      Newspaper Generator

      Newspaper Generator

       Google - Show Appreciation Using Slides


      Please see your teacher for login information.

      Puzzlemaker
      Puzzlemaker

      Recite

      Create visual quotes as images.

       

      Spell
      with
      Flickr

      Spell with Flickr

       

      Snowflakes

      Wilson Bentley

      YouTube video on Wilson Bentley

      SnowCrystals.com

      Catch a Falling Flake

      Catch a Falling Flake

      Make a Flake

      Make a Flake

       Super Teacher Tools:
      Jeopardy Style Review

       

       
       

       

      Thingiverse Education
       
       

       Word Clouds for Kids
      from

      ABCYa.com

       

       

      WordArt.com

      WordArt.com

       

       

      Word Searrch Labs

         For lots of interesting web choices, take a look at WebTools4U2Use.  Voting Booth

    Orchard School (PreK-Grade 5)

    2 Baldwin Avenue

    South Burlington, VT 05403

    Phone: 802-652-7300

    Fax: 802-652-7354

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