Welcome to our Teacher Resource Page!
This page was created to provide a variety of links and resources to assist teachers in meeting the needs of English Language Learners and other students.
Web Links
English as Second Language:
- Powerful Strategies by Catherine Brown: www.acceleratingminds.com
- Dave's ESL Cafe http://www.eslcafe.com
- Games and activities for ESL/EFL www.manythings.org
- English club: www.englishclub.net
- Becoming American: personal essays and testimonials regarding the immigrant experience:
http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/portraits
- El Paso Partners: Integrated Science and Math Curriculum for grades K -3 (by Southwest Educational Development Laboratory)
http://www.sedl.org:/scimath/pasopartners/welcome.html
- Games and Activities for the English as a Second Language Classroom: (a project of the Internet TESOL Journal): good games for all proficiency levels, grades 5 and up
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/c/games.html
- I Love Languages website: http://www.june29.com/HLP/
- Song lyrics http://www.lyrics.ch/
- Interactive ESL and audio: www.web-books.com/Language
Literacy:
- Database of award-winning children's literature: www.dawcl.com/search.asp
- Starfall: a free website that teaches letters and reads books to kids. Highly recommended.
www.starfall.com
- Reading A-Z website: http://www.readinga-z.com/
Visuals:
- Video streaming: These sites allow us to stream or download video clips on a myriad of topics. Just type the topic in the search engine and select. This is an excellent way to quickly establish background knowledge and pre-teach vocabulary: www.unitedstreaming.com (subscriber only 30-day free trial) or www.brainpop.com (subscriber only 14-day free trial)
- Clip art is increasingly easy to find. www.google.com and go to images is quick and easy.
Vocabulary:
- Vocabulary puzzles and games (includes test-prep section): www.vocabulary.com
- Ezine with vocabulary column: www.word-detective.com
- Word histories: www.wordcentral.com
- Online dictionaries: www.yourdictionary.com, www.m-w.com, www.allwords.com
- Interactive Audio-picture English lessons: pronunciation and terms: www.web-books.com/Language
Quotations:
- Quotation Central: http://www.quotations.com/
- Retanet (Resources for Teaching About the Americas): lesson plans about Latin America, Caribbean culture studies, etc. (middle school and secondary)
http://retanet.unm.edu/index.pl?section=1996LPs
- EverythingESL.net: inservice, resource tips, lessons plans, discussion boards.
http://www.everythingesl.net
Sharing culture and uniting generations:
- The Intergenerational Web Project: http://www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/cul.htm
Language Policy and Research:
- JW Crawford-discussion on language policy, legislation updates, research findings, etc.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwcrawford/
- TESOL: (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) the web site for the largest ELD professional organization, with links, articles, research, curriculum, national curriculum standards, etc. http://www.tesol.edu/
- The Center for Applied Linguistics: K -12, bilingual, research reports, instructional practice, immigrant teacher ideas http://www.cal.org
- CREDE (The Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence) www.crede.ucsc.edu
Utilizing the Internet for learning:
- Blue Web'n Learning Site Library: across the curricular areas- tutorials, activities, projects, lessons, hotlists, resources, references/tools http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
- This is a premier site for finding excellent ideas on how to create a curriculum that uses the internet as a powerful learning tool www.marcopolo-education.org