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Search SourcesThe resources listed below can now be found at the "Classlink" icon on each District webpage. This is a central sign-in for digital resources that are used by our school communities. School user names and passwords are entered at the sign-in page and no other user name or password information is required.Digital resources on this page can be accessed from school or home. They will lead to quality informational texts from a variety of sources that are geared particularly toward students. Most all offer ListeningBrainPOP
- Animated narrators explore topics across curriculum, current events. Good 6 minute videos on paraphrasing, plagiarism, using online resources, citing sources. Access to BrainPOP Jr (K-3); BrainPOP Español; and BrainPOP ESL for English language learners.
Britannica K-12Three reading levels to choose from for nearly all articles. Quality content, standards links; Audio
- Britannica Escolar
Britannica EscolarPrimaria
- Britannica Academic Linked current event headlines via New York Times and BBC News. Articles more for older students and adults.
CultureGrams
Excellent user-friendly resource for access to general and specific current information on all of the countries in the world. Customs, daily living, photographs/slideshows; create graphs for country comparisons.
Gale Elementary (formerly Kid InfoBits)New Interface!
(Kid Infobits) now called, Gale ElementarySearch within student accessible magazines/periodicals that teach and reinforce recognition of "authoritative voice" in non-fiction/information texts.
Learn360(formerly Power Media Plus) Teacher access full videos from PBS, National Geographic, A&E Television Networks, Weston Woods, Sunburst Visual Media and many other K-12 content providers. Videos clipped into shorter segments. Audio files, images and print resources. Content is searchable by keyword, subject, grade level, format, state curriculum standards and more. Faculty passcodes available to create own account. If you created an account in the past but don't recall your username and/or password there is a place to enter your e-mail and retrieve it.
Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance)Newsela (news-ella) *Free! and excellent! Sign in with Google when prompted Current events and curriculum content with several level reading options. Vocabulary changes but essence is kept. Follow-up activities."Text sets" on topics.- Home page will look different. Play around to see new offerings
- Scroll to bottom of home page and check out the question of the day and some activities
- Science
- Social Studies
- American Indians
- States
- Biography
Rosen Spotlight on...6 -13 e-titles on each of the following topics:
- Weather and Natural Disasters
- Cyber Smarts
- New York State
- Ancient Civilizations: Egypt, China, Greece, Incas, Aztecs, Mayans
- Earth Science and Ecology/Life Science
- Civic Action and Civil Rights Movement
- Sea Creatures
- Immigration and Migration
- 25 titles on Emotional and Social Learning
Printables - lessons, vocabulary, organizers; standards for allSORA- Student online reading app. Use your school credentials (user name and password) and explore the shelves of e-books and audio books. Use the school link to start, and you will be directed to download the app on your own device. You will continue to use your school info and note that you may see "Ulster BOCES is my school" before you see the New Paltz option as you move along. (Ulster BOCES provides us with this service) Any questions, email Ms. Lis-Simmons.
Teachingbooks.netLinks to authors, titles, interviews, recommendations. Audio pronunciation available so you say an author's name correctly!
Learning for Justice - part of the Southern Poverty Law CenterLOCAL HISTORY resources: (no passwords needed for the Digital Collections). Digital collections specific to Hudson Valley Heritage featuring newspapers from long ago with primary text and primary images.Hudson River Valley Heritage Digital Library of primary documents, photographs, etc.
New York Heritage - more than 160 collections from New York libraries, historical societies, museums and archives available for searching. Primary photographs, letters, maps, diaries, and more.
Ulster County Archives - featuring primary documents about the Poor House on Libertyville Road, Building the Ashokan Resovoir
- Britannica Escolar
Last Modified on May 17, 2022