Mrs. Deborah Culver

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS!!!!

We are so excited for school to start again. Check out my class Power Point for a lot of information. This is for face-to-face as well as online students.

Don't forget your masks, water bottles, and snacks on the first day.

Epic is a great online resource.  Login here at https://www.getepic.com/sign-in .You can use the code vjn3044 to get in.

English Language Arts Resources

• Amplify Reading (Grades K-5th)
  Amplify Reading is a digital, adaptive, K–5 supplemental literacy program that provides remediation and enrichment for all students in building skills in decoding, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and close reading through age-appropriate adventures. Amplify is happy to offer educators and students free access to a remote learning version of Amplify Reading for the remainder of the school year. Amplify is committed to helping you make instructional resources like Amplify Reading to students who may be unable to attend school, either currently or in the near future.

• Brainspring   (Grades K - 12th)
  During these unprecedented times, Brainspring is committed to doing what we can to support teachers and student learning. Until the crisis has passed, teachers trained in Phonics First® and Structures® may make the following resources available online so long as the resources are protected by a login and only accessible by parents, students, and staff of their school or district: (1) Phonics First® and Structures® lesson instruction components recorded by a teacher trained by Brainspring and (2) PDFs of the following documents: Phonics First® and Structures® Curriculum Guides to share lesson pages for word and sentence dictation; Phonics First® and Structures® Syllabication books to share student worksheets (and answer keys if needed); and Phonics First® Stories Any Members Area documents. These resources will be available in our Members Area.

• CommonLit  (Grades 3 - 12)
  CommonLit is committed to providing free remote learning resources to schools affected by coronavirus. CommonLit's digital platform allows teachers to stay in touch with kids at home through customized directions and annotations, instant feedback on student in-text notes, and easy grading with personalized comments.

• English Grammar 101 (Grades 6th -12th)
  Free Trial - Learn more about the English language and improve your writing with our online grammar lessons. Select from any of the modules to start an engaging and easy-to-follow exercise. Teachers can trial for 90 days free.

• Englishmaven.org (Grades K - 6th)
  Free online Reading Comprehension Exercises and Quizzes. 

• Lalilo (Grades K - 2nd)
  A phonics and comprehension program that was built by teachers for teachers and their students. It supports student growth in the classroom and at home. Free trial available during school closures.

• LearningExpress Library (Grades K - 12th)
  LearningExpress Library provides support to K12 students for academic skill-building and standardized test prep. Students have access to digital study guids, flash cards, ebooks, and practice tests. LearningExpress Library covers mathematics, social studies, science, and English skills as well as ACT Prep and Advanced Placement. 

• Literacy Design Collaborative (Grades K - 12th) 
  LDC is a national community of educators which provides literacy-rich assignments and courses (organized by collection) across content areas.

• MackinVIA (Grades K - 12th)
  MackinVIA is offering more than 2,000 free ebooks for K12 students. If your school does not have a MackinVIA account, now is the time to secure this free, multi-faceted, online education system. Using MackinVIA as an “at home” online learning center will help you keep your students on track and engaged. MackinVIA is easily accessed and can be integrated with your school’s SIS or LMS system. This offer goes through December 31, 2020. 
  Site Name: Mississippi Distance Learning Secondary
  Username: mde20202 | Password: mde20202

• MAGNOLIA Databases (Grades K - 12th)
  MAGNOLIA Databases contains various free K12 student resources to continue learning at home such as: BioInteractive, DOGO News, iCivics, My Shakespeare, PBS Newshour Extra, Science News for Student, and Teen Tribune by Smithsonian. Access Code: magn0897

• National Council of Teachers of English (Grades K- 12th)
  Online learning and instruction offer their own particular benefits and challenges at any time—here we suggest some resources and activities that may help those suddenly faced with teaching online. This source includes books, blog posts, journal articles, as well as many other resources and activities.

• New York Times Learning Network (Grades 4th - 12th)
  Articles and questions, writing prompts and lesson plans that coordinate with The New York Times Learning Network for teens. Sample lessons include: When School Gets Real: Teachers Connect Classroom Lessons to Current Events, Ten Ways to Teach Argument Writing, and more.

• Newsela (Grades 3rd - 12th)
  Free trial - Nonfiction texts and current events at different reading levels. Many include comprehension activities.

• NoRedInk (Grades 3rd - 12th)
  Free Trial Premium Access - NoRedInk offers grammar instruction and writing practice for 3rd-12th grade. We’ve always provided free access to a portion of NoRedInk, and we’re expanding our free offering today in light of COVID-19. Here's what you can count on from us for the rest of the school year: (1) Hundreds of free practice topics that allow your students to work independently toward mastery on a host of important writing, language, and critical thinking skills; (2) Free access to our entire Premium Guided Drafts suite, which scaffolds the writing process for students as they craft their essays; (3) Free access to NoRedInk's Quick Writes, a lightweight, low-friction way to get students writing regularly across the curriculum; and (4) Free access to NoRedInk’s Premium progress tracking, allowing you to assign curriculum and track student growth by state and national standards. 

• Read Write Think  (Grade K - 12th)
  Sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, ReadWriteThink provides educators with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials.
  Sample Lessons: Color Poems-Using the Five Sense to Guide Pre-Writing, Teaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales, A Blast From the Past With Nuclear Chemistry and more. 

• ReadWorks.org (Grades PreK - 12th)
  This website offers free resources to keep students engaged with reading by supporting growth in background knowledge and vocabulary and effective and engaged reading practice.  It offers the ability to create digital classes, print any content on the site, or project the resources through a remote meeting.  Materials include an article a day, a student library, and sets of text dependent questions.

• SERP- Literacy for Secondary Students (Grades 6th - 12th)
  Word Generation emphasizes 21st century learning goals, such as using academic language, developing an argument, reasoning analytically, reading to find evidence, reviewing data, discussing various perspectives, engaging in debate, and expressing well-reasoned positions in writing.