Welcome to Novi Woods -
Media Center...Building A
Culture of Creation!

Favorite Educational Websites:
Bookflix
Starfall
IXL
RazKids
Everyday Math
Accelerated Reader
STAR 

Reflections of Creating a Strawbee Bridge with Keva Planks

Search for a book on our Online Card Catalog...Destiny Online

New Books for the Library Media Center

Hour of Code at Novi Woods Elementary

Hour of Code

Osmo Masterpiece 

Osmo Newton

Survey on Curoisity Kits
 

Hour of Code Activities on The Web & Tablets-

From Alexandra Larson and Code.org

• Code.org (all ages)
• Tynker: Coding for Kids (all ages)
• Khan Academy
• Microsoft: Minecraft Hour of Code
• Hour of Code with Microsoft Touch Develop
• J2 Code (elementary students)
• Code Monkey (have fun)
• Codemoji (learn HTML, CSS, & Javascript)
• EarSketch (making music with coding)
• GPB Free Activities for Hour of Code
• Scratch/Scratch Jr. (Jr. is an app)
• Kodable (app)
• Swift Playgrounds (app)
• Hopscotch (app)
• codeSpark Academy (app)
• LightBot (app)

Courses for Students on Code.org

Elementary Students 
​Beyond Hour of Code for Students

Search for a Book in the Library Below

Search for a book on our Online Card Catalog...
Destiny Online Destiny Quest

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S.T.E.A.M. Makers...

KEVA Planks

KEVA planks instantly transform libraries into engaging, interactive learning spaces. Quiet unguided construction or activities that bring stories, STEM and Art to life. Click on the link above to find out more.
 

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Makey Makey Kit- What is Makey Makey?
Just Starting? Click Here
Makey Makey - PacMan

Makey Makey Music

Bongos
Play some bongo drums with the space bar and left arrow. Turn anything into a drum!
Piano
A piano designed for Makey Makey. Play a melody with the arrow keys and space bar (and click, too).
More Advanced Piano A sampling synth for Makey Makey. Record your own sound, use preset scales, and set the keys to play just the notes you want.
Chamber Music Piano You can play 10 different notes on this piano using w, a, s, d, f, left, up, right, down, and space. Play along for a piano duet!

Insulators and Conductors

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Osmos-
Apps to Use OSMO Code, OSMO Numbers, OSMO Letters, OSMO Tangrams

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Dash
      

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Osobot

Accelerated Reader

AR and STAR Student and teacher log-in page.

Media Links

Search for a book on our Online Card Catalog...
Destiny Online Destiny Quest

Everyday Math 

Search for K-4 Electronic Resources and eBooks

ELIBRARY ELEMENTARY- DICTIONARY, THESAURUS, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, ALMANAC, ATLAS

Michigan eLibrary Britannica On-line Encyclopedia School Code MeL5

Find information on countries, animals, and people in articles, media, and a world atlas. Watch and learn with videos, games, and activities.

Britannica School - Elementary: Grades 3-4

Britannica School - Learning Zone: Pre K - 2nd grade

Reading is Important Every Day!! Curl up and Read, Read, Read -
Print or Online Books at Mel.org/kids

BookFLIX- on MEL for Kids Fiction/Nonfiction Books Online for Kids
What is BookFLIX? Directions to login to BookFLIX at Home
Notable Children's Books
What Kids Are Reading,
(free download)

Kindergarten

Kindergarten Words
Sounds with Clifford
Alphabet Letters
Read a Story with a Friend
Design your favorite character
Play with Curious George
ABC's
Dr. Seuss
Letter and Word Recognition
Ladybugs
 

1^st Grade

Jan Brett

Meet Author- Jan Brett
Gingerbread Baby Video
Characters in a Book- People in the Story
Gingerbread House
Jan Brett Gingerbread House

Bees and Honey Mouse Practice
Words for First Graders
Fun to Read
Read a Story with a Friend
The Hat and the Mitten
Compare Fiction and Nonfiction
Summer Skills Practice
 

2nd Grade

What's the Word
Words for Second Graders
I Spy!
Read a Story with a Friend
Fiction or Nonfiction
Books Online
Summer Skills Practice

AUTHOR STUDY

Jonathan London
http://www.penguin.com/static/pages/youngreaders/children/features/froggy/
 http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/london.html

Typing Practice at Home:

Alpha Munchies...Typing Practice
Dance Mat Typing
Cup Stacking Typing

3rd Grade

Words for Third Graders
Mapping the United States
Practice Your Typing
Cup Stacking Typing
More typing
Summer Skills Practice
Zoo Books
National Geographic Kids
Time for Kids
Working with an Atlas
Animal Research #1
Animal Research #2
 

PBL Online Resources- Michigan Brochures

Michigan Websites for Research

Pure Michigan

Michigan Facts from the worldatlas.com

Kids InfoBits Information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Fact Monster- Michigan Information
Michigan State Games

4th Grade

Place the State Game
Mapping the United States
Learn About the States with iPad
Michigan Facts from the worldatlas.com
National Geographic for Kids
Zoo Books
Animal Research #1
Animal Research #2
Britannica School - Elementary: Grades 3-4
Learn the USA Regions

State Research #2

State Research #3

Mapping the 50 States

Sites for Legends, Myths, Fairytales
Storyline Online
BookFLIX
Online Graphic Novels:
Inanimate Alice
Myths and Legend

Typing Practice at Home:

AlphaMunchers...Typing Practice
Dance Mat Typing

Mini Society Practice

Lemonade Stand

Biography Websites

Biographies of Great African-Americans

Biographies for Kids

BookFlix- on MEL for Kids Fiction/Nonfiction Books Online for Kids
Looking for a great book for your Child to Read?
Newberry Award Winners
Caldecott Award Winners
Top 100 Books of all times
Book Adventure
Leveled Book List

3rd and 4th Grade

M-STEP PREVIEW

Grades K-4

NWEA Resources

SKILLS TO PRACTICE BY RIT SCORE (INCLUDES LANGUAGE USAGE AND SCIENCE)