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Welcome to our ESL Links!

Sunday, March 14th 2010

Beginning Readers

Get Ready to Read!
Starfall
Reading is Fundamental
International Digital Children's Library
Digital books in many languages-- ONLINE!!
Reading Rockets
EXCELLENT RESOURCE-- Spanish and English!!
Web Reading Inventory
calculate your student's reading level in 8 minutes and find appropriate books immediately!

Creative Writing

Comic Creator
Shape-Book Patterns
Addressing Envelopes
Writing Across the Curriculum
Brochure Maker
Flip Book-- Interactive!
Make a flip book online and print!
BioCube-Interactive
Fun way to write a biography!
Essay Map
like a graphic organizer
Kim's Corner for Teaching Writing
good resources on the writing process
The Story of My Life
Write your own story!
Writers' Toolbox
Free Handouts and Manipulatives from IRA!!!

Educational Songs

ESL Grammar

The Patchworker: Can You Make a Sentence?
Grammar Quizzes
ESL Language Skills Center
Multisensory Grammar Activities
Houghton Mifflin English K-5
Parts of Speech Mad Libs
FIESTA!!
ESL grammar with a Spanish flair!!
Similes

ESL Math

Multiplication Baseball
Math Games--Fun Brain
Multiplication Review
A+ Math activities
Online Math Manipulatives
Math Drill and Practice
Kids
Multiplication --Comprehensive Site
That Quiz (Spanish AND English!!!)
Graph Sketcher
Kids' Bank
how money works!
Math Games-- crazy fun!
Math Night Modules
lots of activities!!
Reading Rockets
EXCELLENT RESOURCE-- Spanish and English!

ESL Reading

Literary Elements
Book Adventure (similar to Accelerated Reader)
The Effective Detective Game
Online Stories to Read and Hear
Free Printable Books-- Leveled!!!
Story Line Online
Read along with the celebrity readers!
Name That Literary Element!
Awesome game for advanced ELLs
StoryPlace
Digital Stories for Pre-school and Elementary
ESL Monkeys

ESL Science

A is for Apple
Amazing Animals
Bats are Everywhere!
Be a Weather Reporter!
Categorizing and Classifying Animals
Find the Frog
Forests, Deserts, and Grasslands
How to Use Technology to Teach the Water Cycle
Nutrition for Newcomers
Windows to the Universe: Bilingual Universe
Common Chemicals and Their Symbols-- Flash Flashcards
The Power of Ten
Using a microscope-- AWESOME!!!
Science Games
Try Science!
In various languages!!!Experiments, virtual field trips and more!!!
Water Cycle
Interactive!Flash Animated!
Bats Movie
Awesome!!
National Geographics for Kids!
Great games section!

ESL Sites

ESL Social Studies

Hats Off to You!
Newcomers in the Community
Safety First!
Eduplace Outline Maps
Geography Teaching Ideas and Links
iknowthat.com Label Maps Game
National Geographic Printable Maps
Chinese New Year Activities and Links
Social Studies Games-- YAY!!!
Digital History
Interactive
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government
States and Capitals!
ESL Civics
Best social studies site ever for ESL!

ESL Vocabulary

For Newcomers

Graphic Organizers

GraphicOrganizers.Com/Reading
Eduplace Graphic Organizers
Flip Book- Lots of FUN!!!
Eduplace Graphic Organizers
FANTASTIC--BILINGUAL!!!

Instructional Materials for ESL

Online Games

Apples 4 the Teacher Game Directory
Learning Planet Games
Primary Games
Hangaroo-- MY FAVORITE!!!
Chevron Cars
Snoopy Games and Comics
Magic Carpet Ride Hangman
Game Goo-- Learning That Sticks!!
A Game A Day!!!
Brain Pop
FunSchool!
Star Wars Lego Game
Fun but a little hard :)
Doll House Game
learn the parts of a house-- FUN!!!
Game Collection!
These are GREAT!! Some are in Spanish too!
EDHEADS
virtual surgery and other fun (and gross) educational games
Text Twist
Word Wiz!
you have to try this!
Word Whomp
Thank Yisvi!
Awesome Analogies
Thanks again Yisvi!
Reading Ring
GREAT!! Wrestling game! Works with sequencing!

Online Stories

Dreambox Story Box
Storytime Online
The Little Animals Activity Center (BBC)
CBeebies Story Circle
LibriVox
free online books! Awesome resource!

Powerpoint Presentations

PowerPoint in the Classroom
ESL Lessons Using PowerPoint
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Fourth Grade Social Studies PowerPoints
Fifth Grade: Science, Social Studies, and Math
PowerPoint in the Classroom
ESL Lessons Using PowerPoint
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Elementary Presentations
Jefferson County- PowerPoint Collection
Power Point Jeopardy
PowerPoint Games
Tennessee Academic Vocabulary Project
PowerPoint and KidPix
Ideas and templates for student created media
Pete's PowerPoint Station
LOTS of terrific powerpoint!
World of Teaching
Lots pf powerpoint on all subjects!

Teacher Planning

Tools for Classroom Teachers

Casa Notes
4 Teachers
RubiStar (Rubrics)
Everything ESL
1-Language.com
Online Activities for ESL Students
Gamequarium
Grade Level Skills Help Pages
Kiz Club
Classroom Teacher's Survival Guide
Blue Web'n Resource Site
I Know That.com-- Fun Stuff for Everyone
Innovative Classroom
Fun stuff for kids and teachers!
Free Teacher Resources
Free resources for teachers!
Pete's PowerPoint Station
Lots of free powerpoints and lesson plans!
Teacher Printables
great resource for graphic organizers, templates,worksheets, etc
Story It!
Fantastic site!
NCTE Advice Sheets
All your computer questions--- answered!
Internet ESL Journal
IBM Office Suite
FREE-- compatible with MS Office
Weebly
free web sites for teachers!

Virtual Field Trips

Webquests

Technology Integration

Technology Tips-Eastside Literacy Project
Best Practices for Technology Integration
Technology Integration Lesson for Elementary Grades
The best tech teaching site ever!!!!

Newspapers

News Broadcasts

Web Sites and Email

Email- Gaggle

American Football

Bullying

Safety

Driver's Ed

Study Skills

Shiloh

Shiloh Online Activities

Holes

Online Research Sources

Grolier Online

Digital Movies

Writing for ELLs

The Five Paragraph Essay
Roadmap for Literacy-- All Grade Levels!
Magnetic Poetry!
Fun game!
Writing Process Notebook
For teachers-Truly fantastic!
Paragraph a Week Writing Program
Printable Writing Paper
pirates,oceans,fall, holidays
Daily Writing Prompts
with pictures!
ESL Writing Wizard

Friendly Letter

Friendly Letters
Friendly Letters PowerPoint
do this first
Letter Generator

Business Letters

Brain Pop
watch the movie on business letters
ESL @ About.com
directions to write a business letter

Especially for Primary Grades

Sesame Street Games
The ABC Game
Preschool Gmaes by the BBC
Gamequarium Junior
Genki Phonics
Between the Lions Games
Easy Things for Beginners
MES English
Printables!
MES Games
The Reading Room
Room 108
This has everything!
Games with Maya and Miguel
Nina the Naming Newt ( and other games)
TERRIFIC!!!
Golden Books
Awesome! Games and printables!
The Magic Key
Great literacy activities! Fun!!
Dora the Explorer
Learning Games!
Technology Integration Lessons
Great for Primary and Elementary Grades

Exploring the Presidents

The Presidents Go Way Back!
great site!

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Powerpoint Help
powerPoint Tutorial-- TERRIFIC!
Creating a Class PowerPoint Presentation
A techtorial!
Use Microsoft Word Like a Pro
collection of articles

TNTESOL2009

I'm a PC and I'm Four and a Half Commercial
Open Office
Free, open source software-- Microsoft compatible
PDF Creator
Gaggle
protected student email
Edublogs
blogs for teachers
Blogger
Blogs for everyone
Photostory 3
free movie and photo editing software
Teacher Tube
videos for and by teachers and students
You Tube
all kinds of video-- blocked by web filter
iTunes
Free! And you DON'T need an iPod!!!
KISS You Tube!
download youtube videos
Class Tools
EASY!! Make your own video games!
Thinkfinity
lesson plans, games and tons more!
PBWiki
Free Classroom Wiki
Brandi Nunnery's PortaPortal
great elementary resources!
Google Earth
Google Sky
Stars, constellations and more!
Google Moon
Google Sketchup
great 3-D software!
Google Mars
Google Lit Trips
The Ultimate Steal
MS Office for only $59.95 for those with a .edu email

Technology Resources

Power Point Templates
presentations, crafts, rewards and more!
Convert PDF to Word
Free online conversion tool!

Manchester City Schools

Educator Pages
free websites for teachers
Tools for Teachers
lots of links
Audacity
Handouts
How to Download YouTube Videos
Photostory Tutorial
I Know That!
EduBlog-- Blogs for Teachers
Our Class Jump Page
Zamzar
free file converter
Chris Tennyson
good middle school site

Spanish-English Games

Adjectives
match the English Adjective with the Spanish one
Speed Words
write the English adjective the matches the Spanish adjective

Kendall

Handouts

Google Earth
Audio in the Classroom
Vocaroo, Voicethread, Voki, and Audacity
Technology for ELLs
Nuts and bolts
TNTESOL Journal

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