Etext & Ebook collections, websites & resources
Research Databases
Comox Valley Schools Collection of Research Databases English and French options. Most work with either built in accessibility tools or accessibility tools (Text to Speech and Vision/ Processing tools) we have available on SD71 devices Text to Speech Options for Databases.
Accessible Resource Centre – British Columbia (ARCBC)
ARCBC provides BC educators free digital accessible format alternatives to hard-copy print learning materials to support access to learning for students. The goal of ARC-BC is to provide BC students with perceptual (or print) disabilities and their educational teams with high quality digital alternate format materials that align with British Columbia’s K-12 curriculum.
Registration is free for BC educators.
ARCBC Fundamentals Webinar
March 2022
ARCBC in your Classroom Webinar
March 2022
District support for ARCBC
District Partner Jane.Rondow@sd71.bc.ca
Learning Support Teacher or Teacher Librarian
Email Luisa.Pereira@sd71.bc.ca to download the book(s) you need for students with perceptual disabilities.
Ebooks and Digital Reading Options – Support Materials
List of Ebooks EBooks-and-digital-reading-options-with-QR-codes with QR Code access
EText and Ebook Accessibility Options Chart EText and Ebook Accessibility options chart
Posters for Ebook & Etext sites ebooks-digital-reading-options-qrcodes-poster
Cards with QR Codes EBook EText Options Etext QR cards with Icons
App Logos Apps logos for schedules
Ebooks Options
Monarch Reader – was Tar Heel Reader
A collection of simple picture books created by the community. These books have built in narration. They can be customized for students who need high contract options. The collection has novels rewritten at a lower reading level.
Tar Heel Reader Books with a bar at the bottom with picture symbols to support commenting using Core Vocabulary.
Sora
District eBooks subscription site. Access through your school Library site. Talk to the Teacher Librarian in your school. Read Along Titles and Audio Books available.
Sora Accessibility Features Overview
Read to Me option Read to me Video
School library online
Explore the audio & E-book collections:
Search by title, author, genre, or topic
+ Link a VIRL Vancouver Island Regional Library card to your SORA account to access both digital collections in 1 place!
Pebble Go and Pebble Go Next
Curricular content articles, ready made activities and literacy supports for students of all abilities.
Pebble Go K-3 grade level.
Pebble Go Next next step 3rd-6th grade level.
SD71 Comox Valley has a subscription to both collections for school and home use.
Info for Pebble Go/ Next SD71 subscription:
- Go to www.learn71.ca
- Click on Research Databases on the right
- Pebble Go/ Next
- This link will take you to a page with a link to our Pebble Go account and to resources. There is also a username and password to login to Pebble Go/ Next.
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EPIC
Online Ebook collection with both non fiction, fiction, read alouds, audio books, comics, options. Free Subscription for Educators.
Symbol Stories as videos
Video stories with symbols for key words.
Story Time from Space
Books read by astronauts in space.
Digital Reading Options (Etext)
Wonderopolis (websites )
Inquiry questions with text, videos, vocabulary. Accessible using built in Immersive Reader supports when you click Listen. 
Hakai Magazine (website)
Local West Coast articles and information on environmental research from icefields to oceans on the coastal margin of British Columbia.
Sports Illustrated Kids (website)
Sports articles for kids.
Humanium (website) English
Humanium (website) French
Humanium is an international child sponsorship NGO dedicated to stopping violations of children’s rights throughout the world. Articles and videos on children’s situation in North, Central and South America and the responses put forward to make their rights a reality
Council of Foreign Relations (Website)
Council of Foreign Relations provides accurate, accessible, authoritative resources that build the knowledge, skills, and perspective high school and higher education students need to understand and engage with today’s most pressing global issues.
CK-12
CK-12 Non profit organization dedicated to improving student learning by providing access to FREE, high quality learning materials. Flex books, simulations, interactives and more. Variety of subjects.
Read Works – Free Login Required
Read Works is a collection of passages and comprehension questions at various levels in numerous subject areas. FREE
Dogo News (website) – Lite free/ Pro $
Free lite collection of articles for kids on current events, science, sports, and more
Premium Version $
Newsela – Lite Free / Premium $ Login Required
Newsela Lite limited free content for teachers and students. Premium access to dozens of news and current events articles. Content comes at 5 reading levels and with reading comprehension quizzes. Fresh content and breaking news each week.
West Coast Reader – Lite Free / Full $
Collection of articles from the West Coast. 3 Levels. Lite version is Free. Full online and print based Newspaper for a minimal cost.
CommonLit – Lite Free / Premium $ Login Required
CommonLit reading lessons, on current events, research topics, bench mark assessments.
Levelled Reading and Decodable Book Resources available at the LRC
LRC has a Decodable Book collection and a Levelled Reader collection. You can find Levelled Readers conversion charts at: LRC Reading Resources – Learn71
To access a quick list of all of our Decodable and Levelled Readers, log into your school library, click on Catalog, then Resources then scroll down and click on:
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