PK-12 Distance Learning Resources

"In many places, students returning to school buildings will be required to wear masks. These strategies can help elementary students adjust."

A collection of picture books that address topics like social distancing, washing hands, and wearing a face mask.

A handful of tips for teaching elementary students remotely.

"How can teachers help young children make their way through a period that, if it were a movie, might be rated R?... With examples from his own classroom, Minkel shares four ways we can be there for kids: teach them to "look for the helpers," guide them to help others; listen carefully to children; and just be there as a caring presence with them."

Provides interactive lessons and activities across K-8 subjects and for ELLs. Students can watch brief videos, engage in mini projects, read texts, and complete quizzes.

Provides skill based courses for grade pre K-HS in math, reading, science, and the arts.

Great Minds has released free video lessons for each grade of each of their curricula: Eureka Math® (for Grades K–12), English language arts curriculum Wit & Wisdom® (K–8) and PhD Science™ (Grades 3–5). Free to anyone and customized by grade and module, these coherent and complete video lessons, delivered by GreatMinds experienced teachers, are viewable on any device. Additionally, GreatMinds is releasing lessons that correspond to end of school year instruction on a rolling basis and has made available access to Geodes®, literacy resources and texts for early readers. Educators can access all of these resources as part of the Knowledge on the Go™ portal.

A collection of online learning resources for all grade levels and subject areas, compiled by Common Sense

This collection of fiction and nonfiction for 3rd-12th grade is filterable by lexile, grade, theme, genre, literary device, or standard. Includes guided questions, brief assessments, and discussion tools.

Core Knowledge has organized read alouds by grade level (PK-3rd), domain, and lesson. The recordings are not interactive but display the illustrations for students to view while listening.

A digital library and e-reader app and website with over 35,000 books for K-6 readers - teachers can link their accounts or their students' accounts to Google Classrooms to assign readings and track students' progress. The app also provides quizzes, videos, and audiobook or read-aloud versions of books.

LearnZillion has made free all lessons and units for Illustrative Mathematics in Grades 6-8 and for Algebra I and II and Geometry as well as EL Education (ELA) in Grades K-5 on learnzillion.com.

Open Up Resources offers free, downloadable curricula. Specific resources include EL Education K-8 Language Arts, Bookworms K-5 Reading and Writing, OUR 6-8 Math (including Spanish and NC editions), and OUR High School Math. OUR is also providing free access to the curriculum via the Kiddom learning platform. Through Kiddom, students have the ability to access OUR curriculum (student materials) and answer questions online. They can submit their work to the teacher for grading, which is then added to their score profile. Students get access to the assessments through the teacher.

This site aligns with Eureka and is offering free K-5 math distance learning resources for teachers and parents , including lessons and questions aligned to grade level skills.

A collection of virtual mathematics manipulatives for P-12 classrooms. The site is available in English, French, and Spanish and includes resources for numbers and operations, measurement, algebra, geometry, data analysis, and probability.

Free science lessons and videos for grades K-5.

Read articles on science-related topics organized by subjects like Atom & Cosmos, Body & Brain, Matter & Energy, Life & Evolution and more in this online magazine. For more advanced readers, look for corresponding articles in Science News.

An online tool for teaching with documents, from the National Archives. Includes primary source documents and lesson/activity plans, as well as the option to create your own activities.

The ultimate map quiz site! You can use Seterra from any web browser to explore the world and learn about its countries, capitals, cities, rivers, lakes and more.

A digital game based on the character, help Carmen Sandiego by using the Google Earth platform to answer questions, evaluate maps, and make global connections.

Use the online tool to access countless primary source documents to enhance learning. Find lesson plans and distance learning resources for K-12 students.

Humanities teacher guides, lesson plans, curriculum materials, activities, media resources, and more. Developed by National Endowment for the Humanities.