Videos
Brainpop Videos
Brainpop is at https://www.brainpop.com/
Brainpop Junior is at https://jr.brainpop.com/
For both of these sites:
the username is ecfs
the password is poplearn
Scholastic Bookflix and Scienceflix
Bookflix pairs animated picturebook videos from Weston Woods with digital nonfiction books. https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/?authCtx=U.613714853
Scienceflix has science-related videos for older grades. https://sdm-sfx.digital.scholastic.com/?authCtx=U.613714853
For both of these sites:
the username is ecfs
the password is learn
Tate Library Video Databases
Tate Library at the High School subscribes to a number of video collections. You can get access to them at Streaming Resources
You will need to be logged in to your school google account to access them.
Read-Alouds for Classrooms
One More Story
This is a collection of 85-90 read-alouds. We subscribe to this site. The link is on the pages of our website for PreK-3rd Grade and here:
http://app.onemorestory.com/#/url-login/ECFS
You must use the link at one of these places to log in. If you type in onemorestory.com directly, you will not be able to get to the books.
Storyline Online
https://www.storylineonline.net/library/
This site is sponsored by SAG-AFTRA, and has well-known actors reading their favorite books.
PBS Kids Read-Alouds
https://www.pbs.org/parents/read-along
These are read-alongs by authors, celebrities and actors. You can also get to them through Youtube. There are 40+ videos in the playlist on the side.
Teaching Books Database:
https://school.teachingbooks.net/
You can get partial access to the site without logging in.
To get full access, click on "For Educators" and then scroll to the bottom of the choices to log in using their ECFS Google account.
For students, we've also provided a link on the 4th and 5th grade pages of our website.
This database contains a wealth of information about picture books, early chapter books, and middle grade novels, along with their authors.
It includes author interviews, audio and/or video of authors reading their own books, video book trailers, read-alike suggestions, and teaching suggestions with discussion starters, etc.
Novelist K-5+ Database:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&custid=s8836036&profile=nk8p&groupid=main
We've provided access for students on the 4th and 5th grade pages of the library website. Read-alike and series information from Novelist K-5+ is also found directly in our library catalog.
This database is invaluable for providing reading suggestions, and reviews of fiction and nonfiction.