Harrison School Virtual Library

Free reading resources for educators/students to use at home!  Check back for more updates!

Harrison Resources, access through Classlink:

Tumblebooks PK-3 Picture books, chapter books, fiction, nonfiction, Español HSD Link	Capstone Interactive K-8 Interactive ebooks Complete 2020 collection (with added titles) https://www.mycapstonelibrary.com/login/ email Mrs. Anderson for login information
Destiny Discover 3-8 Audio books & ebooks Login: first initial+last name Password hsd+student ID #	TrueFlix 3-6 Nonfiction books
PebbleGo K-3 Nonfiction articles, Español	Epic! Books K-5 Fiction, nonfiction, chapter, audio books, Español
BrainPop & BrainPop Jr. K-5 Informational videos	HSD36 Flipgrid Read Alouds Read alouds by HSD staff & students https://flipgrid.com/bf9ef79d

Free Online Resources, eBooks, and Picture Book Read Alouds

  

  

   

    

  

 

McHenry Public Library (ALL of our students are eligible for MPL library cards with access to all of their digital library)

Indianapolis Public Library compilation (100+ books, some are the same as above)

Junior Library Guild
  Elementary Username:  JLGELM Password: JLGFREE
  Middle School Username: JLGMID Password: JLGFREE

Follett Lightbox (contact Mrs. Anderson for username/password)

We Are Teachers: The Big List of Children's Authors Doing Online Read-Alouds and Activities


Fun Reading and Writing Activities at Home!

Read, Wonder, and Learn! website--Kate Messner (author) compiled resources for read alouds and activities at home
Authors Everywhere! Write, Draw, Create, Community YouTube Playlist--Writing prompts, read alouds, how to draw characters, etc.
Scholastic Learn at Home--daily projects and activities
Let's Keep Reading!--Olivia Van Ledtje's list of authors and illustrators who will connect live with kids during spring 2020
Jarrett Lerner activities--writing prompts, drawing prompts, comic starters
Melissa Stewart--nonfiction writing activities
Dav Pilkey--fun activities related to his books
Jarrett J. Krosoczka--how to draw and fun activities related to his books (will broadcast live videos everyday at 1:00)
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems (new videos posted each weekday)
Graphix coloring pages (Dog Man, Amulet, and more!)
Author and Illustrator videos from Librarian Bookends
Capstone making and learning activities
Magic Tree Home Adventures

Makerspace/STEM at Home

DailySTEM--Here are easy, fun activities for families!

Daily Lego Challenge from this amazing website

Ozobot Shape Poetry

Our 4th grade students are finishing up a creative project combining poetry and our new Ozobots!  We began by reviewing poetry terms and types of poetry.  Then, I shared several shape/concrete poems from the book Wet Cement by Bob Raczka.  The poems in this book are shaped like the topic that the they are about. This visual type of poetry is a great format to use with the Ozobots.



Students then selected a topic, brainstormed words to go with their topic, and then wrote a rough draft of their poem.  

The next time they visited the library, students revised their poems, drew their shape, and then wrote the words of the poem around their shape.  

Students added their Ozobot color codes and we discussed matching the actions of the robot to the tone of the poem. Then, they used Flipgrid to record themselves reading their poems with the "help" of the Ozobots.  

Here are a few videos of their Ozobot shape poems in action!

The Ozobots didn't always "behave" how the students wanted them to so we talked about making revisions as needed.  Students really worked on perseverance with this project and they realized that it didn't have to be perfect.  

Overall, students wrote some amazing poems and this fun project is something we will definitely do again in the future!