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Ohio’s schools serve different populations of students and parents. INFOhio provides equitable access to high-quality instructional content. In our Remote Learning Blog Series, we will be sharing two ways to deliver our content to students who are not present in the school building: print and digital.
INFOhio provides several resources for early learners which contains content in both print and digital form. Check out the options for several resources below that are perfect with learners in Grades K-5.
World Book Early Learning contains eBooks, videos, activities, games, and printable materials. Some content is available in both formats making it easy for you to differentiate based on your students' access to the Internet.
For eBooks and printable books, click For Grown Ups in the top right corner.
World Book Early Learning also has printable and interactive activities.
Learn more about World Book Early Learning in the INFOhio Learning Pathways class, available at no cost from INFOhio.
World Book Kids is an online encyclopedia for students in grades K-5 that contains informational text, videos, images, and related activities, games, and printables. Some content is available in both digital and print format making it easy for you to differentiate based on your students' access to the Internet.
Each article in the encyclopedia can be read online and has a read-aloud option. Students with a device and Internet access may learn more about a concept using this option. However, each article can be printed as well.
World Book Kids also has an activities bar at the bottom of the home page. This menu offers many different options for both online and offline learning.
World Book Kids has several webquests that can be printed. You can access all of them directly from INFOhio's Educator Tools.
These are a few of the webquests available in World Book Kids:
Learn more about World Book Kids in the INFOhio Learning Pathways class available at no cost from INFOhio.
World Book Student is a digital encyclopedia for students in grades 5-10 that contains articles, videos, biographies, and current events.
Each article in the encyclopedia can be read online and has a read-aloud option. Students with a device and Internet access may learn more about a concept using this option. However, each article can be printed as well.
World Book Student also has a Save and a Share feature so that content can be sent to students via Google Classroom or email.
There are many webquests available for World Book Student's content as well. You will find all the webquests in INFOhio's Educator Tools.
These are a few of the webquests available from World Book Student:
To learn more about World Book Student, take the INFOhio Learning Pathway class available at no cost from INFOhio.
Explora for Grades PreK-5 is a database that includes articles from magazines, journals, and newspapers from publications suitable for students in primary grades.
All articles in Explora for Grades PreK-5 can be read online and have a read-aloud feature. They can be shared and saved to use via Google Classroom or other LMSs. They can also be printed and sent home with students without Internet access.
Explora does have some lesson plans ready-to-go to support student learning using their high-quality content. To find those lesson plans, click EBSCO Support Site at the bottom of the Explora for Grades PreK-5 site.
To learn more about Explora for Grades PreK-5, take the INFOhio Learning Pathway class available at no cost from INFOhio.
BookFlix contains over 135 pairs of fiction and nonfiction eBooks. The titles are popular and engaging. Each pair also features a set of games, author information, and a lesson plan.
While students must have Internet access to view BookFlix's eBooks, the titles featured may be in your classroom or school library already! If a student cannot watch BookFlix, it may be possible for you to locate the print copy for the child to take home.
Learn more about BookFlix in the INFOhio Learning Pathways class available at no cost from INFOhio.
If you have any questions about how INFOhio's content can provide support for your learners while they are away from the classroom, please contact us at support.infohio.org.
Emily Rozmus is a Senior Instructional Specialist at INFOhio. She has worked in education for over 25 years, first as a secondary English teacher and district librarian before starting at INFOhio in 2013. Emily has developed district growth plans, integrated technology, created instruction for information literacy, fostered teacher development, and worked on teams to implement curriculum. At INFOhio, she focuses on training educators to use INFOhio resources to improve early learning. She also works to share research and best practices for helping students be better readers of INFOhio's digital text.
