LibGuides: Library Resources by Department for Remote Learning: Lower School

Pebble Go Content and Special Passwords

Pebble go content for up to grade 5

Alex Darenkov, Current PDS student, Reads to Children

Alex Darenkov Princeton Storytime
Alex Darrenkov, a current PDS student, is hosting Princeton Storytime where he reads books to young children. What a great service for this time - Check it out!

ebooks from Princeton Public Library

Princeton Public Library eBooks
Every student who attends PDS can apply for a reduced fee library card. Residents of Princeton can get a free card.
Princeton Overdrive Kids & Teens eReading Room
One Click Digital RB audiobooks
Princeton Public Library

Temporary Access to Databases

PebbleGo Next
Username: engaged
Password: learning
World Almanac for Kids Elementary

Destiny Follett Lightbox

Destiny Discover
1. From Destiny Discover, in the School field, enter Follett eLearning, McHenry, IL. The Location field is pre-populated with Any Location (do not change this field).
2. Click Go.
3. Click Login on the top right.
4. Enter guest in the Username field and follett in Password field.
5. Press Enter.

Library eSubscriptions

Britannica School This link opens in a new window Explore the updated online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of articles, biographies, videos, images, and Web sites.
CultureGrams This link opens in a new window CultureGrams™ is a leading reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world. With world events increasingly affecting our lives, it's more important than ever to educate students about the world around them, and for college students and business people to stay up-to-date. CultureGrams provides country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. The reports are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available.
Ebscohost Databases This link opens in a new window
USERNAME: pdslibs (no caps).
PASSWORD: gooddata!20 ( no caps)
Try Novelist K-8 for book ideas and Explora for research.
FactCite This link opens in a new window
To use this database at home:
User=lslib, PW=panthers
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) This link opens in a new window Explore the many online reference and specialized ebooks on a variety of topics. GVRL allows access to hundreds of topic sources for research.
PebbleGo This link opens in a new window Click on the topic of dinosaurs, science, animals, biographies, or social studies (history, community, government, and culture), then search for information.
Scholastic Go! This link opens in a new window Grolier offers encyclopedia and nonfiction information from elementary to adult levels. All articles are lexiled and are correlated to national and state standards, with over 340,000 editor vetted web links, and over 1,100 world newspapers in 73 languages representing 195 countries.
Sirs Discoverer This link opens in a new window ProQuest SIRS Discoverer is a multidisciplinary database for elementary and middle school learners, researchers, and educators covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. All newspaper, magazine and reference content is 100% full text, editorially-selected and indexed from over 2,200 reliable, high-quality domestic and international sources. The collection includes 9,000 integrated educational weblinks, and reference materials such as the Compton’s by Britannica encyclopedia and DK Eyewitness books.
World Book Encylopedias This link opens in a new window World Book Online is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites.

To use these sources from home: User=pdslibs PW=gooddata

LibGuides for Lower School Online Learning

2nd Grade ebook Biomes

Imagine the Possibilities

Links for Carmen Agra Deedy

Operation Storytime- reading her new book Rita and Ralph’s Rotten Day

Links for Kate Messner

Reading The Brilliant Deep

Reading Over and Under the Rainforest

Reading Tracking Pythons

Reading Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

Reading from Ranger in Time Series

Read aloud chapter from new novel, Chirp

Links for Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Talking about her book, Bully

Reading an excerpt from Dog and Bear

Things to do at home from LVS's home page

DC Camp for Kids

Instructions to create an origami Superman and rocketship
This is a link that takes you to Twitter for a video by author and illustrator Gene Luen Yang

Novelist Search by lexile, grade level, topics, etc...

Novelist Search to Find Just the right book

Links from LS Library Web Page

Follett Destiny Catalog Home Page
Tumble Books
Axis360 ebooks
Storyline Online Celebrities read books aloud

epic!

epic!
Use this link to access your class with your class code.

Temporarily Free Online ebook Sites

Audible
Audible is offering free access to audiobooks while schools are closed.
Free access to ebooks on Junior Library Guild
Use the following to access:
LS Userrname JLGELM
Password JLGFREE
Capstone Interactive ebooks
Username: continue
Password: reading

Tumblemath

Tumblemath
This free source is a comprehensive collection of picture books that teach math skills. Made available through the Princeton Public Library

Library Resources by Department for Remote Learning: Lower School

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