Teachers who work with English as a Second Language learners will find ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building children's books, stories, activities, ideas, strategies to help PreK-3, 4-8, and 9-12 students learn to read.
Websites
The following is a list of websites that focus on areas of literacy and education. Most focus on classroom level instruction and offer hands-on activities and downloadable materials that can be put to use immediately.
4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering free online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics, and classroom calendars.
Dr. Jean
This section of Dr. Jean's site focuses on songs and activities to reinforce the alphabet for young children. The main page has many more activities to support kindergarten student learning.
An educational site offering 5000+ FREE printable theme units, word puzzles, writing forms, book report forms, math, ideas, lessons, and much more.
Jefferson County Schools
On this site, you can access Tennessee schools' academic vocabulary lists for grades K-12. In addition to lists of vocabulary for specific content areas, there are lots of games, with downloads for the game boards and content word cards.
The Public Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children, have incorporated the latest research into a series of parent and caregiver workshops designed to provide public libraries with vital tools to help prepare parents for their critical role as their child's first teacher. These tools were developed by Dr. Grover C. Whitehurst and Dr. Christopher Lonigan, well-known researchers in emergent literacy, and have been tested and refined by library demonstrations sites around the country.
This site has hundreds of photos divided by category such as people, animals, famous art, and photography.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
An award given to U.S. works of fiction or non-fiction written in either English or Spanish and intended for children or young adults.
Links to animal flashcards with easy to understand descriptions in English.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts' Art Adventure program is an example of a collaborative effort between the museum and the public schools. The program's volunteers visit classrooms with art posters related to a specific theme, such as animals or celebrations. The site offers samples of some of the posters used.
Assessment in ESL and Bilingual Education: A Hot Topic Paper
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
This site, provided by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL), examines various assessment techniques used with ESL and bilingual education students. Another feature of this site is its section on things to look for when selecting an assessment instrument for ESL and bilingual students.
This site has many downloadable audiobooks - some for children. Basic downloads are free, but you may purchase higher quality copies.
Links to the "Sail Away with Me" summer reading program information.
A listing of lesson plans and classroom resources offered in many different languages. Apache to Vietnamese languages and cultures are studied on this site. Note, some languages require special fonts for correct display.
Bank Street Literacy Guide: English Language Learners
Bank Street College of Education
This section provides guidance to volunteer tutors working with children who are learning English, and for whom English is not their first language.
Quia
This matching game helps students match everyday terms in English with their Spanish equivalents.
PBS
Between the Lions is an award-winning PBS children's series designed to help young children learn to read. The Web site includes games and materials from the show, including a literacy curriculum aimed at children ages 4-7.
Kurwongbah State School
Here you can read more about the different stages behind Bloom's Taxonomy theory, as well as ways in which you can apply them in the classroom.
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild produces this site, which presents audio and video clips of actors reading favorite children's books. Related activities are also included with each story.
Bringing up Baby Bilingual: Resources for bilingual education, foreign language
Website with many links to research, articles and useful links to support bilingual language development.
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
NAEYC's brochures will give you insight on a variety of topics concerning the education of young children, from providing the best care to finding the right toys. Some are available in Spanish.
