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Handout
Google

Google Documents: Translation Tips

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
One-page document offering suggestions on improving the quality of written translations.
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Activity
Pequeno Artista (Brazil)

Pequeno Artista

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Site focuses on children's arts, including visual arts, poetry, music, painting, short stories, film, books, dance, and games. Also offers some fun science projects and interesting facts to enhance a child's overall knowledge of his/her...
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Activity
Other

Shutterfly: Ell Resources: Resources by Grade Level

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
List of teaching ideas to aid teachers of primary grade English language learners. (Note: Videos will not load on archived website.)
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Website
Other

Stickyball.net: Esl Conversation Activities and Dialogues

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Links to printable ESL dialogues which include vocabulary words, discussion questions, and simple sentence patterns.
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Professional Doc
Other

Shutterfly: Ell Resources: Increasing Student Talk

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
List of collaborative group ideas to help teachers foster interaction between English language learner students in their classes.
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Handout
Merriam-Webster

Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Picture dictionary with 6,000 pictures that illustrate American English words organized around different themes, such as astronomy, clothing, transporation, and sports. With access to a vocabulary-esque game of the week. [Has wraparound...
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Website
InterLink Language Centers

Interlink Language Centers: Calculators and Converters

For Students 9th - 10th
Conversion calculators for English language learners. Includes calculators for converting temperature, currency, measurement, time, distances, and percentages. Java is required.
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Website
Other

Barry Fun English: Esl Resources

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Games, presentations, printable worksheets and flashcards for English language learners.
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Website
PBS

Colorin Colorado: Ell Topics From a to Z

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Alphabetical listing of articles to help teachers create welcoming learning environments for English language learner students in their classes.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Esl Galaxy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Free help for the ESL teacher. You must have Windows Media Player installed to view some of the resources.
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Website
Other

Tesl Tools: Welcome to Tesl Tools

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Resource for teachers to find lesson tips, activites, and forums about teaching English language learner students.
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Website
Other

Langauage Magazine: Ell Teacher Resources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Website offers articles and resources about current issues facing ELL instructors.
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Other

Mes english.com: Tools for Educators

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Website offers custom worksheets, games and resources for educators of English language learners.
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Website
Other

Voice of America News: Vietnamese Language Edition

For Students 9th - 10th
Vietnamese language edition of Voice of America broadcasts and online articles. Covers both world news and news about Vietnam. There is also a Special English section where non-native speakers of English can read and listen to the news...
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Website
Other

School World: Russian Educational Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Russian content. A collection of links to Russian educational sites that cover school subjects, exam preparation, colleges in Russia and abroad, encyclopedias, parent resources, and more. A teacher page is devoted to lesson plans and...
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Website
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Teacher Online Resources (Esl/ell)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Online resources for teachers of English language learners. Includes links to professional organizations, scholarship and policy resources, and other teacher resources.
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Handout
Randall Davis

Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Esl Lab Handouts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Links to documents, PDF and MSWord files, to help teachers of English language learners.
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Article
Everything ESL

Everything esl.net: Seven Teaching Strategies for Teaching El Ls

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Article that outlines seven teaching strategies for classroom teachers to use when instructing English language learners.
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Activity
ESL4kids

The Efl Playhouse: Songs for Young Learners

For Students 3rd - 5th
Music, songs and dance have always been instrumental in teaching students. This site offers fun and entertaining activities along with teaching tips that enhance the students' awareness of sound, numbers, body parts and more. Intended...
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Website
Google

Google Language (Translation) Tools

For Students 9th - 10th
Find language tools, developed by Google, that perform machine translations of short passages of text or of entire Web pages, from English into over 10 world languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian,...
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Article
Other

In Time: School Wide Considerations in Multicultural Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Provides multicultural benchmarks for schools to utilize to help them maintain an effective multicultural school.
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Handout
Everything ESL

Safety First!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Safety issues that are crucial for new ELL students are reviewed. Fire, bicycle, water, seatbelt, food, and weather safety and 911 services are covered with links to additional supplemental materials.
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Professional Doc
Other

Lisa Academy: Resources for Teachers (Ell)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Support and modification guides for teachers of beginning, intermediate and advanced English language learners. PDF files require Acrobat reader.
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Interactive
Other

Non Stop English

For Students 9th - 10th
Vocabulary and grammar activities for secondary English Language Learners (ELLs) are the main focus of this free site. Students select their proficiency level and then are provided a menu of grammar and vocabulary activities to choose...