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Hoops and Yoyo- Thanks
to Hallmark for this funny video site offering manners lessons for kids. I like to use it for listening
comprehension. Kids really have
to listen hard to understand the funny and engaging conversations!
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U.S.A Learns-
U.S.A. Learns is a cool site for intermediate elementary and higher grade English
Language Learners. It has audio,
visual and more. It is an
outgrowth of a project that was conceived by the U.S. Department of Education
(ED), Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division
of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL). These programs emphasize basic
skills such as reading, writing, math, English language competency and
problem-solving. Great free
language practice
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Busy Teacher Cafe
http://busyteacher.org/
Busy Teacher's Cafe is a K-6
resource site for busy teachers! Here you will find resources, ideas,
lessons, free printables, and more! Take a look around and enjoy your visit!
There is much to love
here. Check out the phrasal verb
flashcards.
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MES English
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.
flashcards, printable worksheets and handouts to match, phonics
worksheets, printable ESL games, printable certificates, stickers to print
, and other
activities all ready for printing.
Some things
on this website are free and some are “thank you” gifts when you make a
donation.
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Bogglesworldesl.com
http://bogglesworldesl.com/
Lanternfish ESL Worksheets and Lesson
Plans:
LANTERNFISH contains printable
teaching resources for language arts, TESOL, TEFL and ESL.
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BrainPop
Founded
in 1999, BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that engages
students, supports educators, and bolsters achievement. Our award-winning
online educational resources include BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, and BrainPOP ESL. In June 2011, we launched GameUp™, a
collection of top free online game titles that tie right in to curriculum.
All of our resources are supported by BrainPOP Educators, our teacher community now more than 135,000 members strong
and featuring free lesson plans, video tutorials, professional development
tools, graphic organizers, best practices, groups and forums, and much more.
Ideal for both group and one-on-one settings, BrainPOP
is used in numerous ways in classrooms, at home, and on mobile devices, from
introducing a new lesson or topic to illustrating complex subject matter to
reviewing before a test. Content is mapped to Common Core, aligned to academic
standards, and easily searchable with our online Standards Tool. Uniquely suited for 21st-century learning, all products are
fully compatible with interactive whiteboards, learner response systems,
projectors, Macs, and PCs. No downloading, installation, or special hardware
is required.
BrainPOP was conceived by Dr. Avraham Kadar, M.D., an
immunologist and pediatrician, as a creative way to explain difficult
concepts to his young patients. Today, we host more than 11 million visits to
our web sites each month. We take pride in our in-house team of educators,
animators, and writers, who produce and continually improve BrainPOP,
incorporating valuable teacher and parent input. We are aided by diverse
group of educators who serve as our Academic Advisors.
To start exploring BrainPOP Jr., BrainPOP, BrainPOP
Español, and BrainPOP ESL, register for our Free Trial. BrainPOP Educators and GameUp are always free.
Read the science-based research
that demonstrates BrainPOP's impact and effectiveness.
Ready to subscribe? Visit the BrainPOP Store or our Funding section.
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Manythings.com
http://www.manythings.org/
This web site is for
people studying English as a Second Language
(ESL) or English as a Foreign
Language (EFL). There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs,
slang expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator and other computer
assisted language learning activities. Even though the primary focus is for
ESL, native English speakers may also find some interesting things on this
site. This site is non-commercial and has no advertising. TESL/TEFL teachers
may want to recommend this site to their students.
I have found many
useful aides and activities on manythings.com
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iPad Aps for
ESL/ELD Teachers
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Index Card
Index Card is an app that allows users to customize flash cards
and organize them into categories called “Stacks”.
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Word Venture
Wordventure is an app that
teaches students parts of speech while creating fun stories.
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Story Kit
Create an electronic
storybook with the free StoryKit app by adding audio to photos or drawings
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iThoughtsHD
iThoughtsHD is a mind
mapping tool for the iPad. Mindmapping enables you to visually organize your
thoughts, ideas and information.
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MindMeister
MindMeister lets you
create, edit and share your mind maps on the go and synchronize them with the
award-winning free online MindMeister service.
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Puppet Pals HD
The free Puppet Pals app
allows students to create their own unique show with animation and audio.
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Speak It!
Speak It! provides
advanced text to speech with multitasking features.
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Comic Life
Turn your photos into
comic layouts with Comic Life. Speech balloons, fonts and filters give you
all the tools you need to make the perfect photo comic.
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Itranslate
iTranslate translates
words and whole words in sentences in 52 languages, and use text to speech
with 43 voices in 16 languages
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Ispeakspanish
Ispeakspanish is a text
translator that uses high quality text to speech synthesis to speak the
translated phrase back to you in the target language.
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Dragon Dictation
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—Google
Translator - http://translate.google.com/
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iPad Aps
Geography
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Word a Day Visuals and Audio by
VocabAhead
Word A Day Visuals and
Audios increases knowledge of vocabulary through humorous words, images and
audio for each word.
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Stack the Countries
Similar to Stack the
States, Stack the Countries is a game that asks questions about the facts of
the world's countries.
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Stack the States
Stack the States is an
educational game that helps elementary students learn about U.S. geography.
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World Atlas HD by
National Geographic
National Geographic World
Atlas HD providing users with high resolution, press-ready images.
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U.S. Geography by
Discovery Education
This Discovery Ed app
makes learning about our country fun as it is challenging with videos, games
and quizzes with curriculum that's aligned to national standards.
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iPad Apps
Math
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My Math Flash Cards
My Math Flash Cards allows
users to master basic elementary math facts.
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Kids Math Fun
Kids Math Fun includes a
series of math applications for Kindergarten through Fifth grade. Available
in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino, Turkish, and Korean.
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Flashards
and Clipart
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Click and create picture library and activity builder
Bingo ($60)
@www.linguisytems.com
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Eslflashcards
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Math
Vocabulary Websites
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Form and
Function Site Licences
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Grammar Gallery
This is a site based
purchased curriculum.
Grammar
Gallery is an electronic toolbox designed to support teachers implementing
Systematic ELD or another approach to explicit grammar instruction.
The Main Gallery includes 300
downloadable resources, each including concept pictures, sentence frames, a
student worksheet, and background information for the teacher.
The Reading Gallery includes 300
downloadable fiction and nonfiction readings that integrate the grammatical forms,
language functions, and topics covered in the Main Gallery. Comprehension
questions are included with each reading.
The Student Gallery includes
grammar reference sheets, writing rules, interactive virtual adventures, and
interactive student practice sheets.
Grammar Gallery incorporates more than 5,000 full-color photographs and
illustrations, including Picture Prompts that can be used for additional
practice and assessment.
Educators love it because it’s …
* Easy to implement and use. No teacher
training required!
* Perfect for English learners at all
proficiency and grade levels.
* A supplemental program that can be
used to build vocabulary, teach grammar, and develop academic language
proficiency - all at the same time.
* Adaptable to both low and high
technology educational contexts.
* Aligned to the LANGUAGE strand of
the Common Core State Standards.
* Extremely cost-effective
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Please take some time
to explore this site. It is
comprehensive and can save ESL teachers so much time!
Welcome to the Focused
ELD Support Pages for the San Diego Unified School District
Other Resources:
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Smart Boards
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Smart Board Lessons
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http://www.scholastic.com/interactivewhiteboards/
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Misc
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Poetry-Ken Nesbitt
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QUIA Grammar Assessment
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Starfall
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by Amy Patterson Neubert - May 9, 2014
