Activities/Apps

Activities & Apps

Kindergarten Activities
1st Grade Activities
2nd Grade Activities
3rd Grade students should refer to the Interdisciplinary box below.

PebbleGo K-2
Username: engaged
Password:  learning

PebbleGo Next 3-5
Username: engaged
Password:  learning

Capstone Interactive E-Books
Username:  continue
Password:  reading

Apps & Websites for Language Arts
Apps & Websites 
Grammar Games
Starfall Games

Stories Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud
StoryOnline

Join Mr. Henderson on a Flat Principal adventure this summer!

Jeffrey, Ryerson, and Brown School are excited to announce a fun summer opportunity for learning.  We invite you to tuck your principal in your back pocket or beach bag and take him or her on your summer adventures.  Keep track of the places you go by taking pictures with your flat principal and keep a summer writing  journal to document  all that you do.  These pictures and written adventures can be shared with your principal, Mrs. Spooner spoonerk@madison.k12.ct.us, Mrs. Frost frostr@madison.k12.ct.us, or Mr. Henderson hendersonf@madison.k12.ct.us. You can also share your journal entries with your teacher when you meet him or her upon the return to school.  We hope that you will find this summer project exciting, as you sharpen your writing skills!  Be sure to visit your Library Google Classroom this summer or find book recommendations on  the district website.  Have fun on your Flat Principal Adventure and read, read, read!

Flat Henderson Adventures!

We love to see you think critically about the books your reading to keep your brains sharp for fall! If you are loving your book, try out some reading challenges located on the Library Google Classroom which will remain available to you this summer!  Check in once per week to submit your responses! An English teacher will monitor your work and provide feedback throughout the summer. 

Classroom codes

6th grade:  g2eex2a
7th grade:  wrayh52
8th grade:  p4l4fo6

Weekly Enrichment
At Daniel Hand High School, we love to see you think critically about the books you are reading to keep your brains sharp for fall!  If you are loving your book, try out the weekly reading challenges below!   To participate, go to the DHHS library google classroom using class code: fuguk5m.  Check in once per week to submit your responses! A teacher will monitor your work and provide feedback throughout the summer.  

Hand Reads Book Madness Challenge:
During the 2019- 2020 School year, DHHS students participated in a March Madness-like reading challenge.  Students chose 64 titles from which to read and voted during the last few months of school.  The titles that made the Final Four were:  The Hate U Give, The Great Gatsby,  Into the Wild, and The Hunger Games.  If you enjoyed any of those titles, the following is a list of readalikes you might enjoy.

If you liked The Hate U Give, try:
On the Come Up, Dear Martin, Between the World and Me, The Poet X

If you liked The Hunger Games, try:
The Handmaid’s Tale, The Power, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Hunger Games Prequel), Ender’s Game

If you liked The Great Gatsby, try:
This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, Bodega Dreams, The Sun Also Rises

If you liked Into the Wild, try:
Into Thin Air, Wild, Walden, Alive, A Walk in the Woods

• Week 1 (July 6):  

  • Review the DHHS LMC Summer Reading Webpage. Check out all of the different suggestions and write down your top choices!

  • Super Challenge! 

    • Review 100 Must Read Classics. Add titles to your wish list!

  • Discussion Board:

    • Make sure to come back later in the week to see if you and your friends have any of the same choices!

  • Create a “Finished List”  (under assignments). Add to your “Finished List” every time you finish a book!

• Week 2 (July 13): 

  • Post a picture of you, your current read, and your favorite reading spot! 

  • Discussion Board: 

    • Book Recommendations - What is your favorite book? Why?

  • Super Challenge! 

    • Write a Goodreads book review, complete with a brief summary, critique (both positive and negative) of characterization, setting, plot arc, writing style or theme!

  • Continue to add to your “Finished List”

• Week 3 (July 20) : 

  • Discussion Post:

    • Characters do the darndest things: Sometimes when we read, we get upset with our characters for doing something that just doesn’t make any sense. Name an action/decision that your character does that left you scratching your head. Why was it the wrong thing to do? 

  • Super Challenge! 

    • Rewrite a scene in which your character makes a different choice. How would this impact the rest of the story? 

  • Continue to add to your “Finished List”

• Week 4 (July 27) : 

  • Discussion Board:

    • ACTION! We love it when books are made into movies, but sometimes, we just don’t agree with casting choices. Who would play the characters in your book? Find pictures of the actors you would choose if you were making your current read into a movie. 

  • Super Challenge!

    • Thinking about what translates best to the big screen, what changes do you think you would have to make to the storyline to please audiences far and wide? Think of other film adaptations that have taken those liberties and why! 

  • Continue to add to your “Finished List”

• Week 5 (August 3) : 

  • Discussion Board:

    • Like Music to My Ears: Sometimes when we listen to music, we see connections to many aspects of our life. What song connects to your current read? Post a video of the song (if possible) and/or the lyrics. Why does this song make you think of your book?

  • Super Challenge!

    • Write a song that would either be the opening or closing credits. Use your poetry skills! 

  • Continue to add to your “Finished List”

• Week 6 (August 10) :

  • Discussion Board:

    • Recommendation Time:

      • What was the last book you read? 

      • What is your current read? 

      • What book are you going to read next? 

      • What book have you read this summer that you would want all your friends to read?

• • Super Challenge!

    • Check out the Book Madness final four! How does your book stack up? Make a short video in which you root for your current book against the winner! 

  • Continue to add to your “Finished List.” Don’t forget to keep updating it all summer!