Have you ever looked up a meaning of a word, only to need to look up words in the definition? Look no further!  Longman Dictionary is a great resource for finding easy-to-understand definitions. It can also be used for simple translations.

Use for vocabulary skills to donate food to needy people around the world.  As you answer correctly, the sponsors (those advertising on the site) donate to the World Food Programme, who help needy children and their families.
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Our FLAGS website contains important information about the program, including community service opportunities, displays of student activities, support offered to students, and the FLAGS Learning Outcomes.  
Our classroom assessments are focused on skills-reading, writing, and critical thinking.  In order to improve on these skills, it is useful if students have a strong foundation on content knowledge.  Use the study sets I have created for each unit, search for topics that interest you, or make your own!, 


When mapmakers project the spherical work in 2-dimensional maps, the countries near the poles are exaggerated.  This site allows users to see the true size of countries by dragging overlaying them on others.


Learn geography the easy way with Seterra! This website includes fun quizzes to help you learn country locations, capital cities, flags, and geographic features


CNN 10 are daily news segments aimed at describing stories of international significance.  The show maintains a neutral position on controversial topics, providing multiple viewpoints, clear illustrations, and general overviews.


As a response to COVID-19, Scholastic has launched a "Learn at Home" site, with daily lessons by grade level. Once you access the site, scroll to the bottom to select your grade level.
 
 


Duolingo is a fun way to learn a foreign language.  Students earn points for correct answers while practicing reading, oral and listening skills.   Most students have this app downloaded on their ipads.  If not, they can download it from "catalogue."  
This site features videos of popular actors reading children's books.  Some videos also include sign language interpretation.  Some examples:  Brave Irene, read by Al Gore, The Empty Pot, read by Rami Malek, and Please the Bees, read by Rashida Jones.


Not only for English language learners!  This is a great FREE resource to read classic novels, with accompanying audio.  There are more than 50 books to choose from!  Read as a family.


This website explores and provides the Pros and Cons on controversial issues. They aim to promote critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, and primarily pro-con format.  


Learn to type with this fun game-based program.  This tool requires a keyboard, as the students will need to feel the keys in order to ensure their fingers are correctly positioned without looking.


The creators of this YouTube channel create animated historical documentaries, with topics such as the Mongol Invasions, the Hundred Years War, Napoleonic Wars, Ottoman Conquests, and the Restoration of Justinian.


Simon Whistler and Shell Harris co-founded this YouTube channel, which provides video biographies on fascinating people in history four times a week.  They have an extensive list of videos, including Frida Kahlo, Mansa Musa, Indira Gandhi, and Jack the Ripper.


Explore the art of origami!  There is an excellent beginner's guide for those new to the art.  There is also an extensive database of video instructions and diagrams.


The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games.  


Learn about the Great Wall of China and experience a fun interactive virtual tour!


This website offers full screen, 360-degree images letting you virtually travel to some of the most beautiful sites in the world, giving you the feeling of being in distant locations, including Mars,  Machu Picchu, on top of Mt. St. Helens


EduCode make coding and computer science education accessible to students of all learning styles.  With a free trial account, you can access the beginning of all courses, giving you a 30-minute introduction of each course.


All HTM students have access to an extensive EBook collection!  There are three categories- early, middle and high school, with 200 titles offered.  Students were set up for this service at the library orientation at the beginning of the year.


Explore the world by watching videos created by youth around the globe.  


Great place to find easy-to-understand, engaging videos on many topics, including world history, chemistry, literature, psychology, physics, and much more!



This website provides video recordings of books read by astronauts in space!
 

Great news source for kids!  Provides articles in written form.  This site was created by a teacher to make the news accessible to kids.  They carefully choose high-interest stories, appropriate for the audience, and presents them in a way that is easy to understand.
 

This website gives families the tools and resources to learn about online safety and citizenship at home. This guide makes it easier to incorporate and practice good digital habits in your everyday lives. Packed with good stuff, this guide will help you and your kids discuss, learn, and think about online safety together.
 

Geography games at your fingertips!  Enjoy the fun quizzes on countries, states, provinces, capitals and flags.
 

Fender is offering free guitar, bass, and ukulele lessons online!  Sign up for your free code!