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ESOL

Using English
Handouts and Worksheets

http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/
Interesting Things for ESL Students
Word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang, proverbs and more

http://www.manythings.org/
Activities for ESL Students

http://a4esl.org/
Interactive English Games and Activities
This site has lots of different word games from concentration to hangman.

http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/index.html
Learn English: British Council
Lots of activities and games for learning English

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/
Tower of English
Links to lots of different activities

http://towerofenglish.com/

Vocabulary

Learning Vocabulary Fun
Check out the match game, it's great for learning beginning vocabulary

http://vocabulary.co.il/index_main.php
Interactive Audio-Picture English Lessons
Great site to help build basic vocabulary

http://www.web-books.com/Language/INTER0/English_Main.htm
The Internet Picture Dictionary

http://www.pdictionary.com/
What's in the Bag
Game from Read, Write, Think

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/in_the_bag/index.html

Reading

Read Write Think.org
Lots of interactive games and activities to support literacy

http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp
Breaking News English
Provides real news in a simplified format. This resource is for older ELLs.

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
Words and Pictures: BBC
Lots of activities for early reading

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/
Skips Radio Broadcasts for English Language Learners
For older and more advanced ELLs

http://www.bits.westhost.com/scripts/#intro
International Children's Digital Library
Books in many different languages, all digitized for reading online

http://www.icdlbooks.org/
Sounds Fun
A site for primary age children to practice letter sounds

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/kids/phonics/index_obtree.html
Miscositas
electronic books with accompanying teacher guides

http://www.miscositas.com/stories.html
Tiger Aki Books
Interactive stories

http://www.asiabigtime.com/storybooks/aki_menu.html
Good Night Stories
Not just reading--interacting with the stories

http://goodnightstories.com/stories.htm
Starfall
Beginning reading site

http://www.starfall.com/
Clifford Interactive Story Books

http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/index.htm
Pounce
Game where students pounce on a word they hear

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/pounce.html
Stories of Hans Christian Andersen
Classic folk stories and fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Web-published children's books with Flash.

http://www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main
Flippy's Adventure
Students play a game to practice cause and effect

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/montigue/skill.html
Maggie's Learning Adventures
Games to help with grammar, writing, and reading from Scholastic

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/
The School Bell
Lots of activities and games to print and use

http://www.theschoolbell.com/
Brain Teasers
A variety of games aimed to engage the brain in learning reading

http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/
Building Language for Literacy
Games for beginning reading by Scholastic

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/
Literactive-Teaching Children to Read
The program is comprised of carefully levelled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities and a wealth of supplemental read

http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp
National Geographic Young Explorers
Books are read with word by word highlighting,

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngyoungexplorer/

Writing

Read Write Think.org
Reading and Writing Website

http://readwritethink.org
Comic Creator
Students create their own comic books

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html
Stapleless Book
Create your own book on Read, Write, Think

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/stapleless/index.html
Wacky Web Tales
Practice parts of speech in a fun way

http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
English Grammar
This site contains clear explanations and examples of all parts of speech.

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/
ABC's of the Writing Process

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/secwplinks.html
EPals Classroom Exchange

http://www.epals.com/
Grandpa Tucker's Family Fun: A Time for Rhyme
Bob Tucker's fun guide on how to rhyme and create poetry.

http://www.grandpatucker.com/rhyme-time1.html-ssi
Giggle Poetry

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
Terry's Dilemna
an interactive guide for advanced students, covering apostrophes, capitalization and more

http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/TerribleTeacher/

Pictures/Images

Classroom Clipart

http://classroomclipart.com/
Clipart Links for Busy Teachers

http://www.caslt.org/research/clipart.htm
Discovery Education

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/
Free American History Photos

http://www.ace-clipart.com/american-history-photos-01.html
Library of Congress

http://catalog.loc.gov/
Uvic\'s Language Teaching Clip Art Library

http://hcmc.uvic.ca/clipart/
Open ClipArt

http://openclipart.org/media/view/media/clip_art

Reference

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/hello/
OneLook Dictionary Search
Quickly search more than 5 million words in more than 900 online dictionaries

http://www.onelook.com/
Visual Dictionary Online
The Visual Dictionary is designed to help you find the right word at a glance.

http://visual.merriam-webster.com/about-visual_overview.php
Little Explorers Dictionary
By enchanted learning, the dictionary is free, other resources are by subscription

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
Merriam Webster's Word Central
A very easy to use children's dictionary online

http://www.wordcentral.com/home.html

Games

Parade of Games in PowerPoint
Games in PowerPoint

http://facstaff.uww.edu/jonesd/games/
PowerPoint Templates
Vicki Blackwell\'s Website

http://www.vickiblackwell.com/ppttemplates.html
Games Kids Play
Directions on playing all types of playground games

http://www.gameskidsplay.net/

Listening

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Site with lots of listening exercises

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

Audio

Creative Commons

http://creativecommons.org/
Freeplay Music

http://freeplaymusic.com/
Freesound Project

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/

Printable Games

ESL Lounge

http://www.esl-lounge.com/board_gamesindex2.shtml
Generic Gameboards
These are generic gameboards that can be used to play a game for any content area.

http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/Dolch/Directions/gameboards.html

Fonts

500 Fonts
Try Old Republic on the 301-400 Page

http://www.fonts500.com/
Blue Vinyl Fonts
Try Learning Curve or Print Clearly

http://www.bvfonts.com/fonts/fonts.php?show=free&by=date
Free Fonts
Try Normafixed

http://members.aol.com/matchsoft/
School Fonts
Fonts you can purchase from Mayer-Johnson

http://www.mayer-johnson.com/MainProdCat.aspx?MainCategoryID=5343&CategoryID=5413&SubCategoryID=5438
FAWNT

http://fawnt.com/

Other

Info Please: Languages By Country

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855611.html
Outline Maps from Houghton Mifflin

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
Google Earth

http://earth.google.com

Virginia Department of Education (VDOE)

ESL Home Page

http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/ESL/
SOL Resources

http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/sol.html
Standards (SOLs)

http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Superintendent/Sols/home.shtml
Superintendent\'s Memos

http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/suptsmemos/2007/