Welcome to Ms. Murray's PortaPortal
Chaparral
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Chaparral High School's website
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Report a bully
Reports may be submitted anonymously.
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Request a meeting with your counselor
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Career Cruising
Each student at Chaparral has an account! Answer questions about what you like to find possible carees, colleges, and scholarsh -
Chaparral Breakfast & Lunch Menus
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Chaparral Science Academic Advancement Opportunity Appointments
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CCSD Student Survey 2016-2017
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Infinite Campus
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Chaparral Library
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Herff Jones Senior orders
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Reset your AD/Email password
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Student Tech Support (Distance Learning)
Get ready for college!
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College Board
Sign up for the PSAT, SAT, and ACT tests. ACCESS FREE STUDY MATERIAL!!! Free College planning resources
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ACT- Information and request proccess for accomodations for individuals with disabilities
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Request your CCSD transcripts
Unique Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities.
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Think College!
College options for people with Intellectual Disabilities!!!!
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Guide to the new Alternative Diploma Option
This new diploma option is for individuals who receive a modified curriculum. Students work towards the NVACS Connectors
Digital Learning Tools
Chaparral Wrap Around Services
Parent/Family Resources
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Infinite Campus Parent Portal
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Nevada Pep
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Community Resources of Las Vegas
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CCSD Lunch Menus
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College Board
Sign up for the SAT and ACT tests. Access to free study material!
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Moving on to Middle School handbook
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Moving on to High School handbook
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CCSD Student Enrollement
Enroll for next year
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"RAVE" Recognize A Valued Employee
If you believe that a teacher or staff member has done an outstanding job you can recognize them with a RAVE Review
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Special Olympics of Nevada
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Miracle League Las Vegas
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It's Your Choice
Information on and applications for CCSD choices: Magnet Schools, Open Enrollement, Select Schools, and Nevada Learning Academy
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CCSD's Report a Bully
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Bully Free Zone
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Apply for free/reduced lunch
Apply for lunch benifits online- Qualifying for free or reduced lunch may also qualify you for fee waivers for college enterance
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DRC-Programs for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and Related Conditions
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DRC- DISABILITY SERVICES - AUTISM TREATMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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Department of Health & Human Services: Aging and Disability Services Division
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Family and Community Engagement Services (FACES)
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CCSD Transition Services Website
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CCSD Meal Distribution map
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List of Free Wi-Fi Hotspots in Clark County
Family Supports for Distance Learning
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Bringing the Core Four Home:
Helping Parents Understand Personalized Learning
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8 Tips to Help Your Child Focus and Stay Engaged During Distance Learning
From Johns Hopkins School of Education
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10 things to know getting started in Canvas as a Student
Teacher Supports for Digital Learning
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Getting the Most From Your LMS
Easy videos to help with Canvas
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Ms. Villa's overview of using Google Meets
Quick overview of features of Google Meets
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iKeepSafe Digital Learning lessons
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Common Sense Digital Citizen game 3-5
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Common Sense Digital Citizen game 6-8
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Links to Digital Citizenship resources to give parents in Spanish
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Common Sense Digital Citizen Lessons for all grade levels
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Uploading content into Canvas
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Uploading content into Canvas
CCSD suggested content/materials
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Interland
Game to teach students how to be a good digital citizen
Digital Citizenship
Educational supports/Virtual books with paid subscriptions
Free at home instruction & resources during school shutdown
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CNN 10
10 minutes of current news stories geared towards students.
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***Amazing Educational Resources***
A comprehensive collection of resourced provided by top educational companies FOR FREE during the shut down
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e-learning for kids
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Teach Your Monster to Read
Students learn to read (Starting with letter/sound recognition) by "teaching" their monster!
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Guide to 150+ Educational Shows On NETFLIX
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Learn at home from Scholastic
Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing for students from Pre-kindergarten to grades 6 and higher
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Quarantime Science & Math lessons, crafts, games, Q&A
Science & math lessons aimed at kids age 7-12, a family-friendly show that is for BOTH kids and parents
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Free Ivy League courses
https://www.classcentral.com/collection/ivy-league-moocs
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Chrome extensions for Individuals with Disabilities
Accessibility options for Chrome (text-to-speech, readability, navigation, etc.)
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CCSD supplemental workout packets for school closure
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Free audio stories from Audible
All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet during the shutdown
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Explore Learning
Math and Science simulations
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Parents' Guide to Google Classroom
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Kahoot
Interactive game to review material
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Simply Special Ed
50 apps recommended for students in Special Education
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Guide to Tappity
Tappity is an interactive special education science app
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12 Virtual Museum tours
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Vegas PBS
Online performances, lessons, resources, lesson plans, etc.
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Freckle
Differentiated instruction in math, science, social studies, and English (Ms. Murray's class log in through Clever!)
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30 Apps for Individuals with Disabilities
A handy chart featuring over 30 iPad apps for students with special needs
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Free Education Sites & Random Fun Stuff (Hernadez)
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Smart Pug Teaching (TPT)
FREE Teachers-pay-teachers resources for Math & Science (Mostly Middle School)
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FREE Meditations from Calm
Guided Meditations
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That Bald Chick
Free printables, including ABC crafts and sight words.
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ABCMouse
Fun language arts games and puzzles.
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ABCYa!
Educational games
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Oxford Owl
Free children’s audiobook downloads. Free English, Reading, & Math (From the UK)
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Funbrain Jr
Games, stories, & Printables
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Starfall
Filled with games to teach letter recognition and other early reading skills.
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Crash Course
Fun and extremely informative videos on a variety of topics including Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Sociology, History, & More
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Soft Schools
Games, worksheets, quizzes
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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Art resources for hands-on activities and online learning
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One Community Global
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Worksheet Works
Hundreds of printable worksheets
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Journal Buddies
31 fun writing prompts for middle school
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Khan Academy
Lessons, activities and quizzes aligned with educational standards. For Elementary through High School AP courses
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ReadWorks
Great content, curriculum, and tools to power teaching and learning from Kindergarten to 12th Grade
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HippoCampus
over 7,000 videos in 13 Subject Areas Middle School through College
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SAT prep from Khan Academy
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40 science websites to keep students engaged at home
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40 science websites to keep students engaged at home
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42 social studies websites to keep students engaged at home
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Virtual Job Shadow
Take career interest surveys, explore job possibilities, and look up requirements and qualifications for desired jobs
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Palm Springs Unified School District supplemental learning
Free Food options in the Las Vegas area during the shutdown
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Jimmy Johns
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CCSD Breakfast & Lunch distribution pods
In order to comply with federal regulations, a school-age child must be present for food to be distributed
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Griddlecakes and Stacks & Yolks
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Aloha Kitchen
Chicken teriyaki bowl or chicken tenders with fries Monday to Friday between 2PM-4PM while supplies last.
Just for fun
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Virtual Disney Rides
Virtually "ride" Disney Rides while the parks are closed!
Las Vegas Supports
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Restaurant Suppler selling meat to the public
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Senior Shopping Hours in Las Vegas
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Las Vegas Strong: Supplies & Social Distancing support
Facebook group for Las Vegas residents to request and offer support (Please read the rules before posting)
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Free Delivery from Mama Depalma's during the shutdown
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Smith's hiring staff to stock shelves
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Teach For America's guide to Covid-19 Resources in Las Vegas
Includes district resources, teaching resources, student resources, and food and community information (Updated regularly)
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Terrible Herbst water stations
Fill any reusable bottle with water at Terrible Herbst's water stations for 40 cents
Health & Fitness
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Planet Fitness Home "Work Ins" (On Facebook)
20 live in home workouts at 7pm every night
Virtual Field Trips
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30 Virtual Field Trips with links
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San Diego Zoo
The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games. Enjoy the tour!
Geared towards Teachers
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Online Learning from National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Online learning and instruction from the National Council of Teachers of English
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EdPuzzle
Make any video your lesson Choose a video, give it your magic touch and track your students' comprehension.
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Edulastic
Allows teachers to make their own assessments and assignments or choose from over 35,000 pre-made assessments.
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Flipgrid
Students and teachers record short videos to document and share their learning
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Instruction Partners Covid-19 Resource Hub
Resource hub on a wide range of topics to support student care and continued learning during extended school closures.
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We Are Teachers
130+ Amazing Online Learning Resources
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Share My Lesson
Lesson plans & templates
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PBS Distance Learning
PBS distance learning resources
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Albert: Tools for Distance Learning
121 Tools for Distance Learning & Strategies for Student Engagement
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Nearpod
Lesson library
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Delta Math
Interactive workbooks and resources linked to Common Core
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Mural
Remote Collaboration made simple (Digital workspace for online brainstorming)
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Get Your Teach On
Professional developments and livestreams for online learning
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Liberate & Chill
An immersive online learning experience for anti-racist and anti-bias educators.
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Amazon Inspire
Offers teachers and parents a place to gather and share resources, lesson plans, activities, etc.
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Turn It In
Turn It In guides high school students to write strong, original essays
Reading & Writing
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50+ Awesome Reading and Writing Websites to Keep Kids Learning at Home
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PBS Kids
Lets kids have storytime with their favorite characters.
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Reading Rockets
Filed with info to teach parents how to introduce little ones to language arts. It also has fun activity ideas
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First Book's Open eBooks
Gives kids from Access to a digital library of thousands of popular and award-winning children’s and YA eBooks for free!
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April Golightly Printable Sight Words worksheets
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Fun Fonix
Printable Phonics games and worksheets
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Free Childrens Stories
No downloads or logging in!
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International Children's Digital Library
Free access to high-quality books from around the world in different languages.
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Chomp
Fun grammar games, activities and videos.
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Story Jumper
Allows kids to write, illustrate and record audio for their own books.
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Plain & Not So Plain Spelling & Handwriting
Spelling lists and handwriting practice sheets.
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Storybird
Storybird has over 700 challenges to inspire kids to write short stories.
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Spelling Shed
Fun, interactive spelling activities
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ReadWorks
Great content, curriculum, and tools to power teaching and learning from Kindergarten to 12th Grade
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Libby
Allows you to read library books on a phone or tablet.
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Common Lit
A free database of passages to practice reading comprehension.
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Lit2Go
A collection of stories and poems in mp3 format. Kids can download and listen while going on a walk, gardening or doing chores.
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NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo will help young writers pen their own books in 30 days (Ms. Murray's class code is TWVVJRDX)
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No Red Ink
Teaches grammar and writing based on each student’s current skill level and interests
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Read, Write, Think
Lesson plans, printables, activities and projects for all areas of language arts from k-12
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Project Gutenberg
Over 60,000 free eBooks, no fees or subscription!
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Open Culture
1000 free audio books
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The Literacy Web
Literacy Web from the University of Connecticut is a great resource for lesson plans and video
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Poetry Foundation
A vast collection of poetry with info and discussion.
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All In One High School
“Easy peasy” curriculum free. It breaks it down by subject daily with exercises, printables, links to resources and videos.
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Curriki
Curriki has an expository writing lesson plan, as well as info on grammar and literature.
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The University of North Carolina’s Writing Center
The University of North Carolina’s Writing Center has tips and tools for every aspect of writing.
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Purdue Owl
Guide to MLA, APA, etc.
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Good Reads
Good Reads offers reviews of thousands of books. Have kids pick a book to read and then post their own review.
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English Grammar Online
A great variety of lessons for teaching English as a foreign language & great games and activities
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Quill
Free tools to assist students in writing
LIfe Skills
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CNN 10
10 minutes of current news geared towards students -
Epic! Online books
Books of all levels including books that can be read to you!
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Teach Your Monster To Read
Students learn to read by teaching their monster to read.
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Clever (CCSD Login)
Assingments by individual ability level (My class user: student number PW: Cowboys123
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Germs- Why we wash our hands
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A B C Ya!
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Adapted Literature available through the Sherlock Center Resource Library
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GoNoodle
Fun interactive video and brain breaks
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GCFLearnFree.org
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Club Roo (News2you's fun at home site!)
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Raz Kids
Students can listen to and read leveled books to earn points to build their robot and "buy" space stuff!
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Storia
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Class Hero
Math "Games" that track skills and send information back to Ms. Murray (As for your password or use Clever)
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Tough Math YouTube Channel
Learn about Touch Math and how to use it
Sites with Student/Family accounts
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Freckle
Username and password cards are in the clear box
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Moby Max
Each student now has a Moby Max account! They can access their account from home and can earn "game time" by completing tasks.
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Class Dojo Parent login
Check out what points your child is earning (some behaviors may not have been logged in for various reasons)
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Class Dojo Student login
Customize your monster and check your points!
Books Read Aloud
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Storyline Online
Search for celebrity read stories by title, author, or reader
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A Story Before Bed
Authors read their books!
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Read To Me
Videos of celeberities reading childrens books (MADE IN VEGAS!)
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Online Storytime by Barnes and Noble
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Just Books Read Aloud
758 Children's books read aloud
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Ready to read- Read Aloud videos
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AgendaWeb
Free Story Videos
Word Identification
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WordWorld (PBS)
Great videos and activities that promote word recognition!
Online Sight Word games
Math
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GFC Math activities
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National Library of Math Manipulatives
Visual manipulatives to help you understand math!
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Math Playground
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Math Playground Manipluatives
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IXL
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Mr. R''s Count by 5's (and other learning songs)
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How to count coins using touch points.
Greater/Less Than/Equal to
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Gator bites the grater video
Helps students remember greater than, equal to, and less than using a song about the gator :)
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Printable greater than/less than game to play with toys, snacks, or other objects!
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Grater than, equal to, less than interactive game
Get 5 in a row correct to earn the bonus game!
Life Skills
Our favorite YouTube videos
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Days of the week (Addam's Family version)
This one is very short... we usually watch it at least twice!
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Months of the year
We continue to sing when the months pop up and the music stops!
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Seasons of the year
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Pop See Koo
A fun dance we like to earn
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Roller Coaster
We love to earn a ride on the roller coaster! (We have to read the words that come on the screen and
Sight words
Alphabet Songs
Elementary Life Skills Classes
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Dr. Jean's Rules Rap
We watch this every morning and afternoon, then we go over the rules we will follow for the day!
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The Butterfly Color song
This is a student favorite! It is very calming!
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Dr. Jean's Phonercise
A great way to stretch and get warmed up for the day!
Younger kids
NAA & Testing
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NAA Instructional Material
Released test question to practice taking the NAA
Why do we Pledge Allegiance to the Flag?
Learn American Sign Language
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Free ASL courses
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Start ASL
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American Sign Language University
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Signing Savvy
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ASL Pro
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Signing Online
Onling courses in ASL $75 a course
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Start ASL
Free ASL lessons and ASL dictionary. Learn about Deaf History, Deaf Culture, and more!
Nevada (and national) Supports for Teens and Young Adults
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Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth
NPHY’s programs stabilize homeless teens’ lives, meeting their immediate needs and providing a safe, supportive environment and
For Teachers & Subs
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Campus
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RPDP
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One Place
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News2you / Unique Learning
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BrainPop
(Free weekly video)
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Speakaboos
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Discovery Education
Use AD Login info
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Get Kahoot
Create, play and share fun learning games for any subject, for all ages, for free!
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Teachers Pay Teachers
Find materials created for teachers by teachers
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Positive impact on motivation
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Infinite Campus- for Teachers
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CCSD Policies and Regulations
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CCSD Graphic Arts
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Vegas PBS
Digital Learning Resources
Chaparral Cheer
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Chap Cheer Website
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Register My Athlete (RMA)
All athletes MUST complete thier RMA prior to participating in any games or competitions.
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Team Site
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Cheer Safety Rules
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Remind
Please use the specific codes you are given to join the correct groups. Each Cheerleader and Mascot needs to be in the "All Cha
Elections and Voting
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Kid Voting
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I side with...
See which canidate you side with on issues that are important to you!
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Register to vote (Nevada)
Reference Material
Study!
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Cram
Flash card site - Make you own and search for premade sets
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Quizlet
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Flash Card Machine
Study Apps
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Find the right flash card app for you
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Flashcards by NKO
You won't believe me but this app makes studying fun! You actually learn the material by playing games with your flashcards
Pass the Proficency Exams!
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RPDP Main Website
Lots of information and practice tests to study for the Proficency exam
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Nevada Department of Education HSPE information
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Sample reading questions (online format)
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RPDP English/Language Arts
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RPDP Reading resources
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Released 2011 NHSPE - Reading
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2005 Released NHSPE- Reading
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Survive.org Practice Nevada High School Proficiency Exam s
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Science Proficiency Vocabulaty
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TIPS: Targeted Interventions for Proficiency in Science
Course Planning
Interactive Learning
Unique Project tools (Make standout presentations)
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Faux Files
Create fake social media files for famous people, characters, elements, other living things, or objects
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Google Slides
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Canva
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emaze
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Prezi
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Storyboard That
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PowToon
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List of 40 Sites & Apps for Creating Presentations
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Glogster
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Moovly
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Easelly
Cite it!
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Purdue Owl
Guide to how to cite sources in MLA and APA format
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Perrla
Perrla is an add on feature to Microsoft Word that will help you write and cite your papers correctly in MLA or APA style
Documents and Comunication sites from Ms. Murray
Forms for parents
Forms for Students on Ms. Murray's Caseload
Join Ms. Murray's Remind Lists
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Join Students on Ms. Murray's Caseload
Recieve important messages from Ms. Murray and send messages
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Join Remind for (Students in Ms. Cooke and Ms. Murray's Biology Classes)
Recieve important messages from Ms. Murray and send messages
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Join Remind for Students of Ms. Murray and Ms. Danridge's Biology classes)
Recieve important messages from Ms. Murray and send messages
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Join Remind for (Parents of students in Mrs. Cooke & Ms. Murray's Biology classes)
Recieve important messages from Ms. Murray and send messages
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Join Remind for Famlies of students on Ms. Murray's Caseload
Recieve important messages from Ms. Murray and send messages
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Recieve important messages from Ms. Murray and send messages
Biology
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Zombie College Lab Rules Video
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Online GlencoScience "The Diversity of Life" Textbook chapters
Our textbook!
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Online Student Resources (Glencoe Dynamics of Life)
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Practices tests for "Diversity of Life"
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Khan Academy (Biology)
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The University of Arizona's "The Biology Project"
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Kahoot
Assesment games using your own device (cell phone, iPad, iPod)
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Biology 4 Kids
Biology concepts written in easy to understand language with simple diagrams and pictures.
Videos
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What Killed the Mega Beasts?
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Six Degrees Could Chance The World
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Amoeba Sisters Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles
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Eyewitness DVD PLANT
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Clark County Discovery Education website
Students- Use your student ID number to log in
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The Human Family Tree
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Eyewitness Human Machine
Subtitulos en castello disponibles (Spanish Subtitles available)
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Darwin's Dangerous idea NOVA HD
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Evolución 01 - La peligrosa idea de Darwin - Documental
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Evolución 02 - La peligrosa idea de Darwin - Documental
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EyeWitness - Human Machine
Amoeba Sister videos
Eclipse
Evolution and Natural Selection
The Wolves of Yellowstone
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Wolves Keep Yellowstone in Balance Poster
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Little Red Ridinghood
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Wolves of Yellowstone
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MORE Wolf Information
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Wolf Restoration
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How Wolves Change Rivers Video
(4:33)
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Wolf Restoration Continued
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Reintroduction of wolves brings controversy
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Wolves Will Not Provide Small-scale Ecological Restoration
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The Wolves of Yellowstone
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Wolves Relocation Challenge
Classes with Ms. Danridge
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Ms. Danridge's MyCCSD site
Copies of notes, reminders and important information for class
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Personal Reflection Form (online version)
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Parent Review (online version)
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Reflection pages (Word Document)
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KWL, Self reflection, and self assessment for projects
Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles
Interactive study for the tests
Nutrition
Genetics
Genetics
Job Search
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Snag a Job
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indeed
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Simply Hired
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The YMCA
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My Perfect Resume
Build and customize your resume! Easy step by step based on your experience level! Pick from skills banks or write your own...
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Monster
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Nevada Job Connect for Youth
Job Search/ Opportunities for People with Disabilities
General Learning Support
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IXL
k-12 Math and Language Arts Support - Currently k-5 Science and Social Studies (other grades coming soon) (Some free practice pe
Summer camps/activities for people with disabilities
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Camp Lotsafun
Sleep away camp in Reno that provides therapudic and educational opportunities for individuals with disabilities
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My Summer Camps- Special Needs Camps
Search for the right camp for you!
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Camp Runamuk (Prescott, AZ) 4 1/2 hours from Vegas
A camp experience for the whole family of children with disabilities!
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Camp Giddy Up Park City, Utah
Camp options for students with disabilities of all ages.... Some include Therapeutic Equestrian programs.
Office Tools
Ms Murray's Old sites
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Ms Murray's old PortaPortal
Ms. Murray's PortaPortal from when she taught middle school
MJ Christensen
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MJ Christensen Elementary's Website
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Ms. Murray's MyCCSD page
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Join Ms. Murray's Remind list!
Ms. Murray will send out reminders of upcoming events through the Remind app
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Scholastic Book Orders
Place your book orders online! Our class activation code is N K 3 R P
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Ms. Murray's class library
Books leveled by Scholastic's Book Wizard... You can download the Book Wizard app to level your own books!
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Amazon Smile
Earn money for MJ Christensen Elementary while you shop on Amazon! Amazon will donate .5% of your purchase to our school!
Liberty Links
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Liberty High School Website
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Cable in the Classroom
Liberty's morning announcments are on channel 565
CCSD Staff Helpful Links