We encourage you to focus your time on the ABC Program (grades K-4), Academic Program (grades K-7), or BUS Program (grades 8-12) in order to effectively support your student’s needs. All of the resources below are intended to be supplementary to those programs. Access even more educational programs and resources in this public Google Doc compiled by our coordinators in the wake of COVID-19.
Online Enrichment Activities
Enrichment Activities for Group Sites
Education.com – Includes printable worksheets, games, guided online lessons, and instructions for fun activities your students will love, from arts and crafts to English and math to science experiments and everything in-between.
Fun Brain – Funbrain’s games help students build on what they have learned in class and acquire new skills in reading, math, and problem solving.
National Geographic Kids – Here, your student can play games, watch videos, and learn interesting facts about animals and nature.
PBS Kids – Fun educational games and videos for younger students starring some of their favorite characters. Also check out PBS Learning Media for detailed activities and lesson plans covering all subjects and grades.
Scratch – Learn to code through creating animations
Wide Open School – A comprehensive, easy to navigate collection of resources on tons of topics for every grade. Great for your students’ parents during COVID-19, as well.
Virtual Field Trips
PORTS – Travel to one of many California State Parks with these live field trips, hosted by real CA State Park Rangers!
Google Arts and Culture – With Google Arts & Culture, you can take virtual field trips to museums, national parks, castles, the ballet, and more.
Math: Websites and Worksheets
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics – Library of 1500+ “problems of the week”, all grades.
Cool Math – CoolMath was designed for everyone from frustrated and confused math students to the math geeks of the world.
English Language Arts: Websites and Worksheets
K12reader.com – Printable worksheets include early reading, writing, and spelling skill activities for elementary grades, and carry through intermediate and more advanced grammar, comprehension, and writing activities for older student
Newsela – This news website allows the reader to choose from different versions of the same article based on their reading level. Articles cover current events and a variety of topics and are accompanied by activities.
Common Core-Specific Lessons
OER Commons – Open Educational Resources – This website provides a single point of access to search, browse, and evaluate over 30,000 high-quality lessons and resources.
BetterLesson – Thousands of teacher-submitted and tested lessons for K-12 aligned with Common Core standards. Registration is free.
Test Prep for Older Students
Varsity Tutors – A comprehensive suite of completely free practice tests, flashcards, and questions of the day for standardized tests and academic subjects of all levels.
If you have any additional suggested resources for our volunteer tutors, please reach out to us at partnerships@schoolonwheels.org.