portaportal

Welcome guest

Children's Literature and related sites

Book List
Premier's Reading Challenge
Children's Book Council of Australia
CBCA winners
Australian Government site
Portal for other useful sites
NSW National Literacy Numeracy Week Website
Ideas for National Literacy Numeracy week
Teens' Top Ten
Young Adult Literature
Visual Resources for Primary
LiteracyShed
Children's Literature Quiz Competition
Look at Quiz questions
National Library of Australia
texts of National significance
Joint ABC and ESA Initiative
Resources Linked to AC
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au
State Library NSW
DreamtimeStories
Middle Years resources
Stories Read Aloud
ScreenActorsGuildFoundation
Australian Moving Images Resources
ESA and le@rning Federation
Asia Education Foundation site
support for Cross Curriculum Priority re: Asia
Resources to support well-known stories
Activities to support Quality Literature
Pearl Barley and Charley Parsley
AUSLAN reading of Aaron Blabey's book
Resources to support well-known stories
Printable Resources
National Films and Sound Archives
Includes film footage, ads, other media
WritersTalk
Writers talk about their craft
Quality Literature - age related
UK site
Our Asian Stories
DEC site - useful links - units of work
Book posters
Interesting Take on Traditional Tales
Poetry Site
Australian Poetry
My Place for Teachers
Linked to book by Nadia Wheatley and ABC TV series
Opening Paragraphs of well-know Children's Books
Good models of openings
Oldest Aboriginal Publishing House
Stories with an Indigenous Perspective
Children's Classics
overview of genres and examples in classics
Auslan Reading
Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland
Online Storytime for Kindergarten
quality literature read aloud -
Herman and Rosie
Read in Auslan
Resources for Aboriginal Studies
GleeBooks, CEO and IEU initiative
Current Australian Books
ATSI and "bush" texts
Shaun Tan's site
includes video footage
Whi I Love Australia Digital Resource
User:elit Password:CBCA2011
Indigenous Stories
Upper Primary and Secondary
Storytelling by Indigenous Storytellers
Sharing Stories
Reviews of Children's Books
Various Reviewers
Overview/synopsis of chn literature
Links to the AC:E
Classic Poetry
Good selection of classics
Short Film Clips
Critical reading of Visual texts
Australian Poetry site
Excellent variety
FilmClips for CCP Engagement with Asia
Cross Curriculum Priority
OnLIne Readers for upper primary
useful for struggling readers

Storytelling

UNESCO site
story telling with children
Digital Story telling lesson
story telling with children
Digital story telling tools
story telling with children
Variety of faith-based stories
stories from different faiths (some advertising on this site)
Classic Poetry and traditional stories
US site some religious references

Creativity idea sites

Thomas Lamadieu Sky Art
SKY ART
NEGATIVE SPACE ART
using negative space as a creative tool
PARKOUR images
parkour
Lilypad Floating City Concept
Architect ideas
Spheres
ideas from spheres
Creative Commons
Searching for copyright-free images?
Failure: the mother of innovation
interesting article addressing risk-taking
Thinking Routines
Harvard Project Zero

History sites

Books with ANZAC theme
compilation of books
ANZAC books
pinterest folder
The Book Chook
list with synopses
Australian War memorial site
various resources
reviews of ANZAC-themed books
SMH site
Australian School Library Association
range of resources for History K-6
Australian History for Young Readers
compilation includes ANZAC_themed texts
Interactive ABC site
different perspectives Gallipoli
Best of...compilation
SBS selection
First_Fleet Stage 2 Assessment
AC-linked document

Grammar teaching Sites

UK site
Early clip of SFL in Stage 1 classroom
early coverage of SFL in classoom
Teaching Strategies (SMART)
links to grammar-teaching strategies
Punctuation
How to use an Apostrophe
Academic English on line UK site
includes Grammar practice activities
TEFL on line teaching course
designed for TEFL teachers
Drill and Practice Exercises
Grammar for Second Language Learners
Improving English writing Skills
UTS site
Learning about sentences
for teachers, not your students!
NZ Site addressing grammar
Sentence structure tips
Language of Appraisal (Evaluative Language)
Not for Beginners!
OnlineGrammar Exercises
practice exercises basic sentence grammar
Nominalisation
UK Grammar Site
Support for types of Writing
Queensland site
Sentence_structure
Tips for clear writing
Better essay writing
Tips for essay writing
Academic Writing tips
UK site
BBC Bitesize
grammar support exercises
NewZealand_teaching site
useful explanations

Primary ESL teaching

ABC site
site with video clips and activities
Cap That!
adding captions
Victoria's ESL Handbook
The ESL Handbook, Victorian Government Schools
Free Crossword maker
Crosword maker- Free
everything ESL
an American Site for ESL teachers
Free Graphic Organisers
Free graphic Organisers
Queensland ESL site
Teaching Emphases
ATESOL NSW Newsletters
archived ATESOL NSW News
ESL teaching - various topics
General ESL
Survival Language
Basic Vocabulary
Picture Dictionary
for ESL Beginners
Visual Support pictures in here!
Special Needs site but good pictures to use
TalkingMatters
resources promoting oracy
Well-known Fables and Stories
Printable Resources
Prmary ESL Teaching Network
ESL Network
International Connections
Links to global networks
World's Languages
Interesting Infographic
ATESOL NSW
ESL in NSW Information

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/
British site for primary teaching
Research site for ESL teachers
Special TESOL online publication

Secondary ESL teaching

Differentiating Language instruction
ACTA Illustration of practice
ACTA illustration of practice
Dictogloss
Career Booklet
Career Booklet
Teaching Units with NSW outcomes
ESL teaching Units
ESL units with ESL Scales outcomes
ESL Units with NSW and ESL Scales outcomes
Joint Planning with EAL/D teachers
Planning Collaboratively
New Arrivals Support
Peer Mediation
ATESOL NSW Newsletter
archived newsletters ATESOL NSW
Support for New Arrivals
Victoria State Government
ESL teaching - various topics
varied ESL topics
Writing Thinking Skills
High level ESL writing
Study Skills
UTS site
Writing_Strategies
support for organising writing
Writing Strategies- Yrs 3-10Students
University of Buffalo
Sydney's languages
map of language groups
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
European framework
Promotional video about TOEFL
Assessment of English
Test for fluency and Vocabulary
scroll down - free resources
Reducing redundancies
Clearer writing tips

Anti-racism and other support

NSW Support for Survivors of Torture and Trauma
STARTTS
Difference Differently
Teaching Units and Ideas linked to AC
Edmund Rice Centre resources
support for refugees - faith0based references

Anti-Racism

Australian Human Rights Commission
Anti-racism Strategy
Google Cultural Institute
Compilation of Digital Resources

State and National sites for curriculum

New Syllabuses
new NSW BoS syllabuses
EALD for Australian Curriculum
EALD Annotations for AC
Australian Curriculum
The Australian Curriculum
Education Services Australia
Education Services Australia
ESA Log On Page
ESA groups
Senior Secondary EALD syllabus (National)
Senior English for EALD Learners
English for the Australian Curriculum
National resources to support English
Reading Inferentially
Australian context
12 Primary English Teaching Units
World Vision Australia and PETAA initiative
Literature-based Teaching Units
Reading Australia project (Copyright Agency)
AusVELS
Implementation in Victoria
Nanberry teaching ideas
linked Years 5-7 of Australian Curriculum
Teaching Units linked to the AC:E
some open-access-some for PETAA members only
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
AITSL
Stage 4 NSW Teaching Units
New Teaching units for Secondary English
Multimodal resources for teaching literacy
Pedagogy focus includes Reading to Learn

ESL Guidelines and policies

NSW DEC ESL Guidelines
NSW Government School Guidelines
ESL Guidelines in Queensland
Education Queensland
Northern Territory
ESL Curriculum Framework
BC Policy and Guidelines
British Columbia Minisitry of Education
Guide for ESL Specialists
Role of ESL teacher in BC Ministry schools
All Australia ESL Page
All States and Territory Links
National Standards for ESL Teachers
ACTA

Reading: Assessment

My Read
Ideas for Middle Years Readers
Reading site
Florida Centre for Reading Research
Reading site
Oregon Reading First site
Dibels material
Reading Benchmarks
Inferential Reading Comprehension
a definition
Dibels Next
Reading Skills Assessment
Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts
American site:Struggling readers
Phonological Awareness
pre-reading skills
Free Dowloadable, decodable readers
Phonics-based readers
Phonological Awareness activities
ideas for teaching PA
Activities for Phonic skills practice
Ideas for Lesson breaks
Reading inferentially
NSW Context
reading inference Stage 2
Australian context
Year 1 Screening tool
British context - interesting

Drama Scripts (we need more!)

American Readers Theatre
free Drama Scripts
Texan site
American Scripts
Readers Theatre tips
Trevor Cairney's blog
Aaron Shep free scripts
International tales

Useful Sites

VisuWords
Word Associations
on line Dictionary
Dictionary
on line Thesaurus
Thesaurus
EduPlace
Free Graphic Organisers
Graphic Organisers
Suitable for Science
Weiderhold's question matrix
higher order questioning
One minute assessments
Quick Assessment strategies

Whole School Practices for Inclusive Schooling

Univeral Design for learning
portal for UDL Practices
Supporting Special Education Students
direct link from NSW BOS English Syllabus
UDL Wheel
Interactive Universal Design for Learning Wheel
UDL in your Classroom
Removing Barriers to Learning
WA Support for G and T
Gifted and Talented Student Support
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center
Evidence-Based Practices for Secondary
Best evidence Centre
American Site
Evidence-based practices for ASD
27 different practices outlined
US Autism Centre
Support for CALD and ATSI
Info for Parents and Carers
Tomlinson & McTighe's work
Ideas for a Differentiated Classroom
Collaborative Planning BOSTES
diagrams for Collaborative Planning

Coaching

Coaching Support
part of AITSL resources
Les Foltos
TED Talk peer coaching
Suzy Green
The Psychology of Coaching
Harvard Business Review Article
Importance of Coaching
Reflective Writing
Ideas for reflection