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Lesson Plan
Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Guided Reading [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
Learn what guided reading is and how it to use it in the classroom to increase literacy skills. Discover guided reading strategies to use before, during, and after reading. Then follow-up with information on how to create right questions...
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Activity
Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Phonological Awareness Activities [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A series of ready-to-print cards filled with ideas and activities to increase students' recognition and understanding of rhyme and rhythm. In Spanish.
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Other

Live Worksheets: Question Words

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This interactive worksheet features interrogative sentences with missing question words. Students will type in one of following words or phrases into each sentence: who, what, where, why, when, how, and more. Students will then submit...
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PPT
Other

Managing Wholes: Water Cycle Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
A great slideshow that compares an effective water cycle with an ineffective one. Content can be read in five different languages.
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Website
Other

Tefl.net: Esl Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
TEFL.NET provides a variety of different ESL worksheets, games, and activities available for download. Worksheets are categorized by topic. Teaching tips and suggestions are also provided.
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English for Everyone

English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 1: Level 1 [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of ten nouns needed in Level 1 English.
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Professional Doc
PBS

Colorin Colorado: Connect Students' Background Knowledge to Content

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this article, teachers will learn strategies for connecting with students' background knowledge to engage ELL students. Research is used to support the strategies, and web links are provided for additional resources to support...
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eBook
English Club

English Club: Classic Reading

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This EnglishClub collection shares several classical works of literature leveled for elementary, intermediate, advanced, Shakespeare, and author information. These include various readings from William Shakespeare, Aesop, Rudyard...
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English Club

English Club: Test Your English Reading Level

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This EnglishClub quiz assesses students' reading levels. Students are given 15 minutes to answer 20 multiple choice questions to assess their reading level as being "elementary", "lower intermediate", "upper intermediate", "lower...
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Handout
English Club

English Club: Plagiarism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This EnglishClub tutorial explains what plagiarism is, why students plagiarize assignments, and the serious repercussions of plagiarizing.
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Activity
English Club

English Club: Business Crossword 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This EnglishClub crossword reviews vocabulary associated with business and finance.
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Activity
English Club

English Club: Business Crossword 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This EnglishClub crossword reviews vocabulary associated with the business world.
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Activity
English Club

English Club: Business Crossword 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This EnglishClub crossword reviews vocabulary associated with business.
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Activity
English Club

English Club: Health, Food and Fitness Crossword 10

For Students 9th - 10th
This EnglishClub crossword reviews vocabulary associated with health, food, and fitness.
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Activity
English Club

English Club: Health, Food and Fitness Crossword 9

For Students 9th - 10th
This EnglishClub crossword reviews vocabulary associated with health, food, and fitness.
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Raising Children With More Than One Language

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How can you help your students who are speaking one language at home that differs with the language spoken at school? This site offers insight into teaching students with this delicate balance in mind.
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Handout
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Tips for Parents of Kindergartners

For Students Pre-K - K
Easy and fun activities parents can do to nurture strong, confident readers. The one-page handout is available in multiple languages.
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Context Counts in Second Language Learning

For Students Pre-K - 1st
How does context influence learning a second language? Come and find out what type of environment is best for students to learn a second language.
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Article
PBS

Colorin Colorado: Preparing El Ls to Be 21st Century Learners

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This research article shares the importance of incorporating technology for ELL students, alongside non-ELL pupils. Strategies to facilitate a 21st Century technology-enhanced classroom are included.
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Website
Other

The Comprehensive Salem Guide: Salem Architecture: Italianate 1845 1860

For Students 9th - 10th
A line drawing of an Italianate house is labeled with features that set this style apart. The text elaborates on the details of the style.
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Professional Doc
Other

All4ed.org: Urgent but Overlooked: Literacy Crisis Among Adolescent El Ls

For Students 9th - 10th
English language learners (ELLs) represent more than 10% of the national pre-K through 12th grade enrollment, and more than 70% of these ELLs fail to develop strong literacy skills. To increase this group's educational, college, and job...
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Activity
Other

Primera Escuela: First School

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A diverse variety of fun activities for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners. Among other subjects you'll find: alphabet, animals, holidays and events, coloring pages (for fairy tales, holidays, vocabulary, etc.) crafts and more....
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Activity
Other

English Alphabet: Alfabeto en Ingles

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Activities and materials to introduce the English alphabet to Spanish ESL students. Interactive puzzles for each letter of the alphabet. It provides downloads.
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Interactive
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly

Easy Things for Beginners: Interesting Things for Esl

For Students 9th - 10th
Those familiar with ESL web sites will probably recognize this comprehensive site. On this page, the editors helpfully highlight a dozen or so word games and vocabularly activities geared to beginning ESL students and newcomers to the...