Resources and Tools
Utilize these websites for your classwork and your own quests for knowledge! Please contact Mrs. Tudor if you need help finding information and books!
Online Resources for All
Please note that these links will take you away from this site to another 3rd party website.
- Alabama Virtual Library – online research resources can be found using this amazing online tool.
- PebbleGo – Emergent Reader Research Solution for K-2nd Grade (school username and password needed for use of some of the databases)*
- AR Book Find – Look up books to see if they have an AR quiz or look up the quiz number or other AR information.
- Scholastic Book Wizard – Find and level books with Book Wizard. Plus, get booktalks, lesson plans, author sutdies, videos and discussion guides.
- Merriam-Webster Word Central – Online dictionary/thesaurus with games.
- Kid Rex – Kid safe search engine.
- Safe Search – Kid Safe Search engine
- Schooltube – View educational videos made by teachers and students.
- Accelerated Reader (AR) Home Connect – Check student goals and personal bookshelf information. (username and password needed)*
- GPL – Check out all that the Gadsden Public Library has to offer!
- Common Sense Media – 21st Century Media Skills
- Copyright – Copyright laws for school use.
- BrainPop– A trusted learning resource supporting core and supplemental subjects. (school username and password needed)
- Epic! – Digital Library for kids 12 & under.
- myON – Digital Library plus so much more! Must log in through Clever. (school username and password needed)*
- Clever – The Clever Portal puts learning at students’ fingertips. Each student can access a personalized portal with single sign-on to every learning application they use.(google username and password needed)*
- iXL – IXL is here to help you grow, with immersive learning, insights into progress, and targeted recommendations for next steps. Practice thousands of math and language arts skills at school, at home, and on the go!(google username and password needed)*
Additional Parent Resources to help with literacy
The Alabama Family Guide for Student Reading Success
The Alabama Family Guide for Student Reading Success Kindergarten through Third Grade (en español)
pporting Your Child’s Reading at Home
Reading Adventure Packs Kindergarten
Reading Adventure Packs Second Grade
Reading Adventure PacksThird Grade
My Child Can! Kindergarten Book
My Child Can! First Grade Book
My Child Can! Second Grade Book
My Child Can! Third Grade Book
A recording of the sounds of spoken English – It is a good idea to take the time and listen to a recording of the sounds letters make so that you are saying the sounds correctly without a schwa (UH) sound at the end.
ing Picture Books – A list of rhyming books you might check out in your local library.
Storynory – Contains links to songs, poems, nursery rhymes, myths, and other stories to listen to online or to download.
Children’s Books Online – Contains audio books that can be downloaded.
Short Fluency Phrases – Help your child develop fluency and proficiency through repeated readings of a few phrases .
Dyslexia Resources
The Alabama State Board of Education defines dyslexia as “a learning challenge that is neurological in origin and characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the delivery of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.” (Alabama Dyslexia Resource Guide, 2016)
An inspiring video featuring famous individuals who exhibited characteristics of dyslexia
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