Ross teachers crowdsourced a lot of other resources and grouped them into their respective fields of study as well as age range!
Humanities
Resource | Details | Genre |
DOGO News | 2nd – 5th Grades Student news sites with many images and video to accompany articles. Offers computer-generated audio reading. | Nonfiction |
Newsela | 3rd-5th Grades Collection of current events adapted from vetted news sources, available in English and Spanish. | Nonfiction |
Wonderopolis | 1st – 5th Grades A question-of-the day blog that provides answers frequently asked student questions. Includes texts with a read-to-me function and a paired video. | Nonfiction |
Sports Illustrated Kids | PreK – 5 Sports news just for kids. | Nonfiction |
Tween Tribune | 3rd – 5th Grades News articles curated by the Smithsonian covering a variety of adjusted texts difficulty. | Nonfiction |
EPIC! (through Clever) | PreK-5 Each classroom teacher has a separate class code they will send out. Book Collections can be found by clicking on the Mailbox in the top, right corner. | Nonfiction and fiction |
Pebblegonext.com | Username: rosselemsch Password: school 3rd – 5th Grades | |
Mrs. Juriga’s You Tube read aloud (coming soon) | Fiction | |
Podcasts (Stories Podcast, Circle Round, What if World, The Good Words Podcast, Story Spectacular, Storynory) | All | Fiction |
STEM
Resource | Details | Grade Level |
Bedtime Math (app & website) | A word problem a day | K-5 |
Freckle (On Clever) | Individualized practice for your child & activities assigned by teacher | Pre K – 1 |
Math Playground | Various math games | 1-5 |
iready.com (On Clever) | Individual lessons based on students’ assessment in Jan | 1-5 |
EPIC! (through Clever) | Each classroom teacher has a separate class code they will send out. Book Collections can be found by clicking on the Mailbox in the top, right corner | PreK-5 |
Pebble Go (On Clever) | Username: rosselemsch Password: school | K-2 |
Pebblegonext.com | Username: rosselemsch Password: school | 3-5 |
@rossstem Instagram | Daily sharing from Mrs. Sawyer | |
Code.org (On Clever) | 2-5 | |
Science News for Students | Offers articles on current issues and developments in science | 4-5 |
Podcasts (Available on the Kids Listen App, any Podcast app, or Spotify) | Brains On!, WOW in the World, Tumble, But Why, The Show About Science | Prek-5 |
Netflix (Rated G) for families with a subscription | Oceans, Growing up Wild, If I Were an Animals, Ghost on the Mountains | PreK-5 |
Netflix (Rated PG) for families with a subscription | Our Planet, Night on Earth, Dancing with the Birds, The World’s Most Wanted Animals, Untamed Romania, Wild Alaska | |
Disney+ (Rated G) for families with a subscription | Bears, Chimpanzee, African Cats, Wings of Life, The Crimson Wing, Born in China, Monkey Kingdom, Deep Blue, Journey to the Shark Eden, Perri | PreK-5 |
Disney+ (Rated PG) for families with a subscription | Jane, Mars Inside SpaceX, Mission to the Sun, Paris to Pittsburg, Rovering Mars, Science Fair, Sea of Hope, Brain Games, Continent 7, National Parks, Great Migrations, Hostile Planet, One Strange Rock, Wild Russia, Planet of the Birds, Secrets of the King Cobra, Sharks of Lost Island, Tree Climbing Lions, Giants of the Deep, Into the Grand Canyon |
Taking Care of Yourself
Resource | Grade Level | Genre | Parent support needed? |
GoNoodle (create free account) | Pre K – 5 | Movement Mindfulness | yes |
Cosmic Kids Mindfulness | Pre K – 3 | Movement Mindfulness | yes |
Podcast: Peace Out | Mindfulness | ||
Coloring Nature | Pre K – 5 | Mindfulness | No |