Britannica Fundamentals! is a brand new resource in the ERS Portal! Students from Pre-K through 2nd grade will love the activities offered - from language and literacy to geography and mathematics. Implementation ideas for each section offer teachers guidance on how to best integrate the sections with their teaching.
The four sections include:
- Read: Animated e-books introduce young learners to fundamental concepts while building language, critical thinking, and comprehension skills. The books cover the following topics: Animals, Colors, Me and You, People and Places, and Shapes.
- Explore: Students can
click icons spread across a map of the world with the major biomes
highlighted in different colors. Each one will bring up an image or video
with information about the plants, animals, and people of that biome.
- Play: Ten collections of
games covering basic topics in mathematics and language arts. Each game
features ten questions introduced by an animated character who reads the
questions aloud, game show style.
- Create: Students can illustrate a concept they have learned or just have fun drawing and expressing their own personality.
Lesson Plans include instructions and activities that will help teachers connect Read and Explore to their curriculum. The Tips and Ideas identify ways to use Play and Create with one student or a small group of students. Also included are ideas for differentiation and extension.
Log in to the ERS Portal, click on Britannica Elementary, then you’ll see a banner announcing Britannica
Fundamentals! Click "Visit the Site" to access the content.
