63 FREE Distance Learning and Homeschooling Resources for COVID-19 Closures

What a crazy, crazy time we’re all living through right now. I think it’s safe to say that none of us could have expected the drastic measures that have been taken in recent months to try to treat and slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus on a global scale, let alone that schools everywhere would be calling for closures. If you’re a teacher now finding yourself thrust into a distance learning environment, or if you’re a parent now finding yourself in a homeschooling environment, then I wanted to do what I can to help. That’s why I reached out to my Teachers Pay Teachers community and rounded up FREE resources to share with you.

Because I was an English language arts and social studies teacher in the middle school grades (6th to 8th) myself, I chose to focus my roundup on those same subject areas and grade levels. If I find links to other similar round-ups for other grade levels and/or subject areas, then I’ll do my best to update this blog post with them.

Skim over the lists below to find free distance learning and homeschooling resources that you can use NOW! I do want to humbly ask that if you like any of the freebies you download from this list to use during this challenging time, you’ll consider coming back to these Teacher-Authors’ stores in the future and supporting them by purchasing their paid resources. And, if you download a freebie from a store, then I hope you’ll take the time to go back and leave a rating and feedback after you’ve used it!

Helpful Distance Learning Blog Posts

1. Google Classroom Tutorial for Using Teachers Pay Teachers Resources
2. E-Learning Day Activities, Ideas, and More

English Language Arts

1. The Diary of Anne Frank Final Project Freebie
2. FREE Writing Rubrics for Secondary
3. Double-Entry Journal
4. Summary Evaluation Rubrics for Fiction and Nonfiction
5. Literature Circles Calendar
6. ELA Warm Ups Do Nows Middle School FREEBIE
7. Dinosaurs Reading Visually Comprehension FREEBIE
8. Distance Learning Narrative Writing Step-by-Step
9. Apostrophe Use Interactive Digital Task Cards Freebie
10. Homophones Practice Puzzles
11. Reading Comprehension Activities for Any Text FREEBIE
12. Citing Evidence Lesson Distance Learning
13. I Have – Who Has… Greek Mythological Constellations
14. Inventive Spelling Packet
15. FREE Digital and Print Middle School Reading Response Pages for Any Novel or Poem
16. Middle School Literature Circles and Book Clubs Forms and Rules
17. Narrative Writing Workshop Makerspace on Google Slides
18. Expository Writing Task Cards and Choice Writing Menu
19. Descriptive Writing Task Cards and Choice Writing Menu
20. Narrative Writing Task Cards and Choice Writing Menu
21. Personal Narrative Writing Task Cards and Choice Writing Menu
22. Independent Reading Log
23. Out of School, Vacation, and Holiday Writing and Reading Logs
24. 3-Week Take Home Literacy Packet
25. 7 FREE At-Home Reading Activities
26. FREE Picture Writing Prompts
27. Thesis Statement Worksheet Distance Learning
28. Video Book Talk Project and Rubric
29. FREE Fiction Reading Passage
30. Subject and Predicates Grammar Activities
31. Themes in Literature Lists
32. Latin Stems for BOOM Cards
33. Nonfiction Close Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions – Pearls Freebie
34. FREE Differentiated Nonfiction Close Reading Comprehension Passages Assessments

Social Studies

1. The Roaring 20s World and American History Project
2. U.S. State Abbreviations and Capitals Puzzles Freebie Sample
3. History Headline News Informational Text Social Studies Reading March Set
4. The Abolitionist Movement Packet for Google Drive
5. FREE Paul Revere Color-by-Number, Reading Passage, and Text Marking
6. Chinese Culture Reading Passages with Main Idea and Details Activity Sampler
7. African Studies Writing Prompts Based on a Sierra Leone Artifact
8. America’s New Role with McKinley and Roosevelt Reading and Writing Activity
9. Entrepreneurship in Latin American Reading Activity
10. Create a Primary Source Google Classroom Activity
11. Cold War Superpowers: U.S. vs. USSR
12. Reconstruction Era Primary Sources
13. Reconstruction Era Station Activities
14. World War I Escape Activity
15. World War II Battle of Iwo Jima Simulation
16. FREE Constitution Day Nonfiction Close Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions
17. FREE Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonfiction Close Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions

English as a Second Language (ESL)

1. 4-Week ESL at Home Activities
2. Reading Strategies Graphic Organizers and Picture Dictionary

Non-Academic Activities and Resources

1. Let’s Learn About Hundertwasser
2. Sunshine Logic Puzzle FREEBIE
3. One Dollar Words Critical Thinking Challenge FREEBIE
4. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Home Learning Packet
5. Character Development and Personality Profile Drama Lesson
6. EDITABLE At-Home Learning Tracking Printables
7. Life Skills: What Do I Need? BOOM Cards
8. FREE Online Safety Nonfiction Comprehension Reading Passage and Questions

WOW! What a list! I’m so thankful to my fellow educators and Teacher-Authors who shared the links to their resources so that I could compile this round-up of FREE resources!

If you’re on a limited budget but are able to spend a small amount on other resources, click here to visit the “Under $5” category of my Teachers Pay Teachers store. You can use the additional filters on the left-hand side to narrow the results down even further to match your needs. While I don’t have any resources specifically created for digital and distance learning, you might still find something that works, or you can use it in a homeschool learning environment.

I’m wishing you the best of luck as you navigate these uncharted waters. As long as we support each other, we’ll all make it through this okay and, most importantly, together. And if you need some help with your mindset, then be sure to check out this blog post.

 

 

 

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