This page contains links to informational sites appropriate for students in grades 4 to 12. The sites provide access to informational articles, chapter books, videos, nonfiction titles, research materials, and so much more. Most resources are completely free!
This site provides valuable resources to support high school students with English grammar.
This site includes strategies, activities and reflection questions to help upper grade students analyze and appreciate any novel.
Khan Academy is an excellent site that provides free online lessons in every subject.
Access to various poems and biographical information about well-known poets (Common Sense Media approved)
Excellent website with short, printable grade level passages. Short questions, vocabulary definitions are included for each passage or article. Also, a new audio feature (great to use with ELLs) is included. The site includes alignment with UFLI and Fundations as well as matching decodables. All resources are accessible for free for teachers, parents and school administrators. Just create a free account!
This site offers a huge collection of current news articles about a variety of topics of interest for grades 2 and up. .
- Dozens of articles
- Automatic differentiation and embedded scaffolds
- Standards-aligned quizzes and writing prompts
- Flexible assignments for individuals or small groups
- Customizable student activities with real-time insights via Formative
A huge collection of articles in a kid friendly format.
- Teachers can create their own class page and add their students who can then log on and read articles and answer questions.
- It offers an opportunity for students to interact with other readers.
- Teachers can download articles and use them for their classrooms.
- All free!
This website offers interesting articles that can be read online for free.
Short (one pagers) nonfiction texts that can be used to teach a variety of literary and comprehension skills. Each passage is followed by short and open-ended questions to assess comprehension. It also offers fiction and nonfiction skills-focused text sets with graphic organizers. Grades 1 and up.
A large collection of nonfiction articles which may be used for independent reading and discussion.
Currently, part of the Britannica Group of companies, Pro Con provides free access to a plethora of high interest articles on controversial issues – pros and cons with sources. The pro and con format allows readers to engage in evaluative thinking to formulate their own views. Readers who have a preexisting view of an issue may feel more confident in their view, or they may change their view. This website is excellent to use with students in grades 6 – 12 when teaching about argument writing.
6 – 12 digital resources. Many helpful resources on a variety of informational topics. Great for research.
Classroom Cereal is short story reading and grammar practice in one. Classroom Cereal is a series of short stories. There are 30 total stories, divided into Seasons 1, 2, and 3. Each story is comprised of five parts. And they’re all totally free. Within every story are grammatical mistakes for students to find and edit as they read. There are 25 total errors per story (five errors per part).
Purdue Writing Lab provides writing resources and citation formats for MLA, APA, and more. It also provides spelling, punctuation, sentence structure and grammar exercises.
Provides word meanings with video clips. It also provides games, word of the day, word games, language stories and writing tips.
This site provides a large collection of virtual museums, aquariums and other interesting places around the world.
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