Reading

Scholastic has created day-to-day projects to kept students reading. Free lessons from K-6+. 
This link gives you a free 1-month account to this awesome website.  Ad-free, animated storybooks!
We use this site in many of our elementary classrooms. This link allows you to sign-up for a free start of Raz-Kids and/or Headsprout!
For K-12 students. PBS Learning Media has amazing learning resources for all subjects and all grade levels! Interactive lessons and videos after signing up for a free account.
The Screen Actors Guild has a website that streams videos of celebrities reading popular story books. This is another great resource to keep students engaged in literature!
This link will take you to a site where you can choose between Squiggle Park for Reading Skill Building for ages 3-8+ and Dreamscape, which is reading comprehension for ages 8-15+.  Great free resource!
Funbrain has free math and reading games for grades K-8!
Free reading and math games for grades K-6!
Educational games and videos from children's favorite PBS characters!
This site teaches basic reading and phonics skills for grades K-3.
Study Island is offering a a free one-year subscription to their site. This is a FANTASTIC site, offering state standards-based learning in all subject areas. For grades K-12.  Directions after clicking the link below:
  1. Select Your state
  2. Select Billing type as Annual
  3. Select Subscription as Single License or Family License
  4. Select Subject as All Available Subjects
  5. Select Continue
  6. Enter Your Account Information
  7. Select Review Order
  8. Confirm Your Selection and Select Place Order
​Many of our Elementary Students already have a MobyMax account and log-in.  Click on the Parent Guide button for a helpful document from MobyMax to show how the site works. If you child down't remember their username and password - email Mrs. Socha and she will send it to you!
Many classrooms also have Epic codes to access thousands of online books.  Your student probably knows their epic class code, but if not - please contact Mrs. Socha via email!
Most of our middle and high school students have an IXL account.  This is a great site to help with reading and math skills, and their accounts are tailored to their needs! If your student does not remember their username and password - please contact Mrs. Socha via email. 
ABCmouse is designed for students Pre-K-2nd Grade and covers all content areas. Note- Au Gres-Sims students can set up a free account in the link below using the the school code: SCHOOL4638.  
Adventure Academy is designed for students in 3rd-8th grade.  This site covers all content areas and send students on learning quests. Note- Au Gres-Sims students can set up a free account in the link below using the the school code: SCHOOL4638.   
ReadingIQ is a digital library for children in preschool through 6th grade. Note- Au Gres-Sims students can set up a free account in the link below using the the school code: SCHOOL4638. ​
Michigan Virtual is offering over 70 FREE online courses to Michigan students. Follow the link below to register.  There is a wide variety of courses - from video game design, to American Sign Language. For grades 6-12
Bookflix from Scholastic is offering a free month for AGS students.  Follow the clink below and then click login with the following information:
username:bookflix46
password: blue
We now have a free account for this amazing site which has thousands of interactive eBooks for students K-6+. Click the link below and use our special username and password to access this wonderful resource!
Username: continue
Password: reading
Audible is offering free audiobooks for children.  Click the link below to take you to the launch page.  No sign-up required.  You can just listen!
Newsela is a fantastic site full of articles written at various reading levels.  Some secondary teachers have Newsela accounts and may have shared classroom codes with students, but if you do not have one - I have set up a free account for our students to explore Newsela using the link below.  When you click the link below, it will take you to a screen to login to my classroom.  Click "It's my first time here" and enter your name and create a username and password to join my group. Then you can explore all of the articles! THIS LINK IS FOR GRADES 6-12!
This is the same website as the one listed to the left, but I set this classroom up for our younger readers.  Please use the link below and follow the same directions to join my class for 2nd-5th Grade!!
Follett is offering free eBooks to students K-12.  There are titles in language arts, math, science, social studies and more! Click on the link and follow the steps below to gain access to this great collection!
  1. In the School box, enter
    “Follett eLearning, McHenry, IL” (it should already be there) and click Go!
  2. To log in, click on the “Log In” button at the top right of the screen.
Username: guest
Password: follett
Molly of Denali is a show on PBS Kids that is geared towards students ages 4-8.  The link below takes you to the PBS page where you can download the free app that focuses very strongly on reading skills with informational texts. 
Daniel Tiger's Storybooks is a free app for our pre-school friends. The stories with Daniel Tiger teach little ones life lessons on how to be a good friend and how to share and be a helper!
Rhyme Time Bingo is for students in grades K-2 to work on rhyming skills.  This is one of many great resources from PBS!
Storytelling with words and pictures is a page from PBS that allows students to create their own comic books as they learn story structure! This site is geared towards grades 3-5.
Time for Kids is offering free subscriptions to families for the rest of the year.  Use the link below to choose the grade level that you are interested in and receive your free subscription.