Middle School Reading Recommendations and Tips for New Language Learners
NEWS UPDATE January 21, 2022
Brain Pop
BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students – in school, at home, and on mobile devices. Resources include movies, quizzes, games, mobile apps, experiments, activity pages, and much more – covering hundreds of topics within Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Technology, Arts & Music, and Health. BrainPOP Jr. is great for Nursery through 3rd Grade. BrainPOP works well for students in 2nd through 8th Grade. We also have BrainPOP Español for our Spanish speakers and BrainPOP Français for our French speakers. Click on the icons to try BrainPOP today! You can also download apps for your phone and tablet. Ask the librarians for the username and passwords.
Britannica
Britannica offers safe, reliable and comprehensive source of information and media for learning, research and discovery. The site, which is accessible 24/7 from all devices – PCs, laptops, tablets and smart phones – features more than 100,000 articles, 60,000 images and videos, an interactive world atlas, a Merriam-Webster dictionary and much more. No username or login is needed.
Epic!
A digital reading platform with a collection of 40,000+ popular, high-quality books that safely fuels curiosity and reading confidence for kids 12 and under. It offers eBooks and audiobooks in English, French, and Spanish. Email the librarians for the class code and create an account. Note this resource is complimentary during school hours only and requires a subscription for after-hours access.
Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.
Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Raz Kids
Online reading support for students in Grades K-5.
Research in Context
Research In Context provides engaging reference, periodical, and multimedia content supporting national and state curriculum standards for grades 6 to 12 in language arts, social studies, and science.
Brain Pop
BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students – in school, at home, and on mobile devices. Resources include movies, quizzes, games, mobile apps, experiments, activity pages, and much more – covering hundreds of topics within Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Technology, Arts & Music, and Health. BrainPOP Jr. is great for Nursery through 3rd Grade. BrainPOP works well for students in 2nd through 8th Grade. We also have BrainPOP Español for our Spanish speakers and BrainPOP Français for our French speakers. Click on the icons to try BrainPOP today! You can also download apps for your phone and tablet. Ask the librarians for the username and passwords.
Britannica
Britannica offers safe, reliable and comprehensive source of information and media for learning, research and discovery. The site, which is accessible 24/7 from all devices – PCs, laptops, tablets and smart phones – features more than 100,000 articles, 60,000 images and videos, an interactive world atlas, a Merriam-Webster dictionary and much more. No username or login is needed.
Epic!
A digital reading platform with a collection of 40,000+ popular, high-quality books that safely fuels curiosity and reading confidence for kids 12 and under. It offers eBooks and audiobooks in English, French, and Spanish. Email the librarians for the class code and create an account. Note this resource is complimentary during school hours only and requires a subscription for after-hours access.
Explore the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, history, literature, and more.
Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Raz Kids
Online reading support for students in Grades K-5.
Research in Context
Research In Context provides engaging reference, periodical, and multimedia content supporting national and state curriculum standards for grades 6 to 12 in language arts, social studies, and science.
What to Read Aloud to Your Middle Schooler
NEWS UPDATE December 10, 2021
One of my favorite activities in the winter months is curling up under a blanket and reading with my kids. But the past couple years, I found myself reading less with my oldest child who is now in 6th Grade. At first, I celebrated this independence; I was proud, seeing the familiar pull of literature’s tug take hold. Soon he was devouring an entire series, and now he’s in the thrall of The Keeper of Lost Cities—another epic tale currently running nine volumes. Sometimes he asks me to read to him, but it’s hard to truly enjoy these books when I’m joining him seven volumes in and unfamiliar with the characters and the plot twists. I miss the excitement of reading something new and really good together.
Dr. Debbie Reese Discusses Misrepresentation of Native Americans in Literature with the 8th Graders
NEWS UPDATE January 29, 2021
Throughout the year in their Individuals and Societies class, 8th Graders are examining the history of the United States from the "discovery" of America by Christopher Colombus through the Civil Rights Movement. Individuals and Societies Teacher Guillaume Roper-Sirvent and Librarians Maria Falgoust and Eli Hetko invited Dr. Debbie Reese, a scholar, and educator from the Nambé Owingeh nation, to come and speak with the entire 8th Grade to deepen students’ awareness of how Native Americans are way too often not taken into consideration in most historical, as well as fictional, books.