ELL Resources

Welcome!

 

Teachers    smiley

 

 

www.eslpartyland.com

 

This is a great site for reading, grammar, vocabulary, and a teacher resource to use with your smart board (Quizzes).

 

 

http://www.education.com has numerous teacher and parent resources.  It has an easy "user-friendly" main page where you can search for grade level as well as specific educational topics of need or interest. 

 

Teacher resource- Problems in Current Instruction of English Language Learners (article) http://www.education.com/reference/article/problems-instruction-english-learners/

Parent and Teacher resource- How to Practice Preschool Letter and Name Writing (article) http://www.education.com/magazine/article/preschool-letter-writing/

 

 

http://www.eslkidstuff.com/gamesmenu.htm
This is a great website resource for ELL teachers as it lists many ideas for lesson planning, including games, activites, songs, and teaching the alphabet.

 

 

 

http://www.readingonline.org/ - This Web link is a publication of the International Reading Association. It contains peer-reviewed articles, reviews and resources.

 

 

http://www.mes-english.com/

Resources for teachers of young learners. All of the resources are designed to be versatile and useful in many K-6 classrooms.  Free

flashcards, printable worksheets and handouts to match, phonics worksheets, printable ESL games, printable certificates, stickers to print, and other activities all ready for printing.

 

http://www.eslgold.com/

Provides hundreds of pages of free information and resources for both teachers and students. Materials are organized by skill and level for quick and easy access.

 

http://www.readingonline.org/ - This Web link is a publication of the International Reading Association. It contains peer-reviewed articles, reviews and resources.

 

http://www.harcourtschool.com
Great lesson plans, games, teaching tips, resources, and ESL links!

 

 

Students    yes

 

 

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/ A variety of computer based games including wordsearch, hangman and concentration for vocabulary building.

 

 

http://www.esl-kids.com/ - ESL resources for children and teachers: classroom games, childrens songs, and flashcards.

 

http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/pinata_party/pinata_party.html
pbs.org is a website that has many games and videos featuring well-known and well-loved characters.
The link above is for a great game specifically for Spanish speaking children as they help Curious George decorate a pinata with colors as they hear them in Spanish and English. They then help Curious George break the pinata open and count what comes out in Spanish and English.

 

 

http://www.manythings.org/
Good site for ELL students.There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator and other computer assisted language learning activities. Not for preschoolers. TESL/TEFL teachers may want to recommend this site to their students.

 

 

 

www.literacycenter.net/donate/index.htm
This website provides free supplemental activities for students in their native language! It is geared toward the emergent learner with lessons focusing on upper and lower case letters, writing, words, numbers and colors.

 

 

http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/stories/stories.html - great for reading a short story, answering questions about story and then receives feedback on how well they did.

 

http://www.eslgold.com/

Provides hundreds of pages of free information and resources for both teachers and students. Materials are organized by skill and level for quick and easy access.

 

www.literacycenter.net/donate/index.htm
This website provides free supplemental activities for students in their native language! It is geared toward the emergent learner with lessons focusing on upper and lower case letters, writing, words, numbers and colors.

 

http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~lfried/stories/stories.html - great for reading a short story, answering questions about story and then receives feedback on how well they did.

 

 

http://www.esl-lab.com/

This website is geared to older students and adults. It offers general listening quizzes in everyday conversations with adult and children’s voices. There are links to

·      Daily ESL

·      EZ Slang

·      Randall’s ESL Blog

·      Train Your Accent

·      Tips for Students

 

 

 

Parents    cheeky

 

 

Readwritethink.org - This website offers games and resources for parents. It contains an area for classroom resources as well as an area for parent and afterschool resources.

 

 

 

The web site http://www.education.com has numerous teacher and parent resources.  It has an easy "user-friendly" main page where you can search for grade level as well as specific educational topics of need or interest. 

 

 

 

http://www.rif.org/us/index.htm Reading Is Fundamental focuses on reaching underserved children from birth to age 8. They deliver free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most. It is an awesome website that offers literacy activities, book lists, articles, brochures, and multicultural literacy resources.

 

 

 

http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/pinata_party/pinata_party.html
pbs.org is a website that has many games and videos featuring well-known and well-loved characters.
The link above is for a great game specifically for Spanish speaking children as they help Curious George decorate a pinata with colors as they hear them in Spanish and English. They then help Curious George break the pinata open and count what comes out in Spanish and English.

 

 

http://www.superduperinc.com/Handouts/Handout.aspx
This site offers parent handouts in English and Spanish on a variety of reading, writing, grammar, and speech ideas and ways for parents to help at home.

 

Parent Resource-   http://www.positiveparentingdupage.org/index.php

Positive Parenting DuPage- Enhances the ability of parents and caregivers to stimulate, protect and nurture young children through a network of collaborating organizations.