Teacher Resources

BookFlix

BookFlix

BookFlix is a digital literacy resource that pairs animated stories with best-selling nonfiction eBooks in order to:

  • Build early literacy skills and vocabulary

  • Strengthen fluency

  • Support reading comprehension and oral language gains

  • Build real world knowledge

  • Teach beginning readers to differentiate fiction from nonfiction

ERIC

ERIC

Provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. More than a million records and links to hundreds of thousands of full-text documents from ERIC back to 1966.

Professional Development Collection

Professional Development Collection

  • Full text for more than 500 high-quality education journals including: Booklist

  • Education

  • Education Digest

  • Education Week

  • Educational Leadership

  • High School Journal

  • Journal of Education

  • Journal of Educational Research

  • Phi Delta Kappan

  • Reading Teacher

  • School Library Journal

  • And many others!

explora for Educators

explora - Educator' Edition

  • Primary, middle and high school levels

  • Offers relevant lesson plans, support materials and professional development resources

    • STEM Lessons​

    • Geometry

    • American History

  • Student Tools​

    • Scavenger Hunt for primary schools​, secondary schools

    • Engineer Girl (middle school)

  • Curriculum Standards Module to help educators in the U.S. and Canada correlate content quickly and easily to Common Core, state or provincial curriculum standard

  • ​Google Classroom integration, allowing educators to quickly share content with students

Teacher Reference Center

Teacher Reference Center

Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals. Subjects include:

  • Assessment, Best Practices

  • Continuing Education

  • Current Pedagogical Research

  • Curriculum Developmen

  • Elementary Education

  • Higher Education

  • Instructional Media

  • Language Arts

  • Literacy Standards

  • School Administration

  • Science & Mathematics

  • Teacher Education

Explora, MAS Ultra and Non-fiction High School Book Collection are provided by the State of Connecticut and are available to any Connecticut resident with a current library card.  To use these resources you must login using your current library card number.

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