Grade 6

Links for Grade 6 Students

https://learningathome.nlesd.ca/

Sign your child up for a Public Library Card

Selections for Students (ebooks and audiobooks)

LITERACY

• Scholastic Learn At Home (Grades 6-9) - a virtual magazine published weekly with many different activities to watch and do

• BookFlix - pairs fiction and non-fiction books and a great tool for reading aloud with your child

• TrueFlix - watch, read, and learn cool facts about people, science, and history

• Shared eReading - a compilation of digital books with reading prompts and audio for children to follow along with. Teaching plans also included.

• Just Books Read Aloud - 1099 children’s books read aloud

• Storyline Online - books read aloud by actors

• Audible.com - All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet. Includes titles across six different languages!

• OWL Kids - fun stuff!

• The Big List of Children’s Authors Doing Online Read Alouds & Activities - some are scheduled times on various platforms

NUMERACY

• Zorbits - students have their own accounts

• Prodigy - students have their own accounts

• MashupMath - free printable worksheets (with answer keys)

• Youcubed - at home lesson plans / activities (printable) in a variety of areas for families

• Greg Tang Math - resources, games, books and challenges

• Talk to Our Kids About Money: Home Program - Easy to implement activity plans to guide discussions and activities for kids aged 5-18+, available in English and French

OTHER

ART

• Art For Kids Hub - all kinds of art lessons, including how to draw, painting and origami for kids

• Virtual Tours of Art Museums Around The World - family fun!

SCIENCE

• Milwaukee With Kids - 14 Fun experiments to try at home

• Mystery Doug - really interesting videos and activities

• Mystery Science - popular science lessons for anyone to use for free - no account or login needed

• Let’s Talk Science - videos, hands-on activities and more

• Little Green Thumbs - download story books and activities

• Agriculture in the Classroom - The Farm Tours section has different farm videos. You get to see how a real farm operates (cranberries, honey bees, technology in agriculture and much more!).

• Journey 2050 takes students on a virtual farm simulation that explores world food sustainability.

• ScienceFlix - offers parents hands-on projects, activities, videos, and more

• PowerKnowledge: Life Science - from animals to survival and adaptation

• PowerKnowledge: Earth/Space Science - from earth cycles to weather and climate

• PowerKnowledge: Physical Science - from atoms and molecules to temperature and measurement

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (and beyond!)

• KidZone Geography - information and various activities about NL

• Britannica Kids - information and images

• Google Earth - explore our province, the Atlantic region, Canada, North America and the world!

HEALTH

• Calm - meditations, sleep stories, music and more

OTHER / GENERAL INTEREST

• Edmentum 6th grade workbook - reading, literacy, and math

• Wide Open School

• BrainPOP Jr. - free access for families to sign up. Includes educational videos in multiple subject areas with short quizzes

• Just for Kids: A comic exploring the new coronavirus

• Wonderopolis - an informational site that helps kids ask and answer interesting questions about the world. Every day, a new "Wonder of the Day" question is posted - designed to get kids to think, talk, and find learning moments together in everyday life

*Parents here is a very helpful video that highlights some features: https://www.wonderopolis.org/about

FRANÇAIS

• Seulement Livres en Français - 226 French books read aloud

• Editions Aquila - To start reading and listening, click on LOGIN, Username: aquilafrench. Password: Mike845! Scroll down and click the VIEW button beside the book you want to read.

• Tumblebooks - books in both languages (just change the language option at the top of the screen)

• For French Immersion - a variety of free (teacher) resources

• Radio-Canada Zone jeunesse

• Tidou: (Free online games site for children from 2 to 10 years old, the games are classified by age and by category)

• Momes: (Includes a wide variety of artistic activities (artistic creations, nursery rhymes, recipes), stories, games and a learning section with various discovery files)

Coding / Maker Education

• Brilliant Labs - Daily Make-At-Home and an Outdoor or Digital Learning Skill Challenges at 11:30 am and 2:30 pm. There is a Show and Tell Project Sharing at 4:30 pm.

• Kids Code Jeunesse - a Canadian not for profit organization which helps children have an opportunity to learn computational thinking through code

• Scratch Jr. - free for iPads and Android tablets and engages younger learners in creative storytelling and numeracy

• Scratch - a variety of resources to support learners: from beginner tutorials to starter projects to downloadable Scratch Coding Cards

• Code.org - popular tutorials, courses and videos to get coding for free. You should create an account to keep track of your learning.

• Chrome Music Lab - a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments

• Typing.com - a keyboarding tutorial program

• Micro:bit - you can learn to code a micro:bit with and without the device (watch it virtually)

• Makey Makey - device needed

• MakerStations: PDF file with ideas

Grade 6 Teachers