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Brain Pop Educators

https://educators.brainpop.com/

BrainPOP offers developmentally appropriate on- and offline activities and ideas that are simple, meaningful, and best of all… fun! And, if you’re an educator, click the Distance Learning Lesson Pack.

Brain Pop ELL

https://ell.brainpop.com/ Proficiency-based English language learning program appropriate for all ages.

Vocabulary • Grammar • Listening • Reading & Writing School districts and families can sign up for free access.

Brightly Storytime Flip Along

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDcpsppkgAlr35bTtImMn2NY_4HP9C88z Watch the pages turn as the story is read aloud. Stories include I'm a Truck, My First Counting Book, The Color Kittens, Colors Are Nice, and Madeline. A new story is released every week! Grade Band: Pre-K - 5

CK-12

ESL: Math, Science, Grade Band: 6-12 https://www.ck12.org/teacher/ Description: Lessons with reading passages, videos, review questions, and self-graded practice questions. Middle and high school materials are available in Spanish. Lessons can be assigned in Google Classroom.

Curriculum Associates

ESL: Reading, Math, Grade Band: K-8 https://www.curriculumassociates.com/supporting-students-away-from-school?fbclid=IwAR3thOIFzJSmSB5B-RJLxuQ7AYyY2z5WtJVLaTru-C9F7z4YmlAry5JeYxQ Description: Print-at-home reading and math activities for grades K-8.

Duolingo

Grade Band: 6-12 https://www.duolingo.com Description: It is a game-based language-learning tool. Teachers can sign up for a free account, add class sections, and share a link with their students to let them sign up to join a particular section. Once students enroll, teachers can monitor their progress (with an overall course view or a detailed list view) and assign homework targeted for individual students' needs.

The Fable Cottage

ESL: Reading, K-2; Newcomers https://www.thefablecottage.com/ Description: Fairy tale videos and audio available in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian. They replaced the antiquated fairy tale language with modern language, and injected an extra helping of vocabulary to expose learners to new words and phrases.

Freckle

Grade Band: K-12; Link: https://www.freckle.com/

Reach all your students at their own level. Freckle empowers teachers to differentiate instruction across Math, ELA, Social Studies and Science.

The Indianapolis Public Library

https://www.indypl.org/blog/for-parents/free-video-read-alouds

Listed are more than 100 video read alongs from old classics like Where the Wild Things Are to newer favorites like Little Jumbo. Your child will have enough stories to get them through the longest doctor’s appointment wait, oil change, or holiday dinner with too many adults! In addition, this listening library is available every day for returning to old favorites. “Read it again!” has never been easier! Grade Band: Pre-K - 5

Kid Lit TV

https://kidlit.tv/category/read-out-loud/

KidLit TV is a winner of the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, the Norton Juster Award for Devotion to Literacy, and one of the American Library Association’s Great Websites For Kids. KLTV is available in over 600,000 schools worldwide via our website and video distribution partners. We’re a diverse group of parents, educators, librarians, kid lit creators, and award-winning filmmakers working together to create fun new ways to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives. Provides several Read Aloud Videos.Grade Band: Pre-K - 5

Listenwise

Grade Band: K-12; Link: https://listenwise.com/

Every podcast on Listenwise has a Lexile audio measure from 200L - 1950L, along with a low, medium and high listening level designation. Explore our 2000+ library of Lexile leveled podcasts. It allows you to select appropriately challenging podcasts for your diverse learners. The Lexile audio measure provides a score of the audio passage complexity, using 12 important variables such as grammar, vocabulary, speech rate and tempo, and word clarity. For your English Learners, boost listening comprehension with learner supports such as tiered vocabulary, text read aloud, word lookup, graphic organizers and a slower version of the audio story.

Mexican Government School Textbook Commission

The Federal Public Administration that efficiently produces and promptly distributes free textbooks and other educational materials and solutions determined by the Ministry of Public Education, in print or in digital distribution, to all students enrolled in the National Education System without exception. The textbooks are in Spanish and are free to use digitally.

Microsoft Translator

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/translator/education/#lectures-presentations

The Translator for Education site provides free resources, tools, and how-to guides for live captioning and translation in the classroom. Schools are increasingly diverse. Teachers manage many types of learners, including students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) who require assistive technology, and language learners (and their parents) who may not speak or understand the language of the classroom well. Microsoft Translator helps bridge these communication gaps, supporting accessible classroom learning with live captioning, cross-language understanding, and even multilingual casual conversations to help with student integration.

MobyMax

https://www.mobymax.com/

This site helps struggling learners quickly catch up to grade level and closes learning gaps for all students.

National Geographic

https://eltngl.com/assets/html/digitalresources/

National Geographic Learning is collaborating with The College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University to deliver a special three-part webinar series called Online Teaching for English Language Learning Teachers:

    • Part 1: Engaging Students in Meaningful Learning Activities

    • Part 2: Making Your Screen Come Alive

    • Part 3: Building a Supportive Learning Environment

Drawing on their research and teaching experience, Drs. Joan Kang Shin and Jered Borup from George Mason University share practical tips for breaking through your screen and engaging your English language students in ways that improve their learning and makes your students feel part of a supportive learning community, even when attending classes online. We are going to deliver these webinars beginning next week.

Read Brightly

https://www.readbrightly.com/topics/brightly-storytime/

This site contains video read alouds with diverse books about different topics. Grade Band: Pre-K - 5

Read Works

Reading, Grade Band: K-12 https://www.readworks.org/ Description: Texts with vocabulary support and audio options - students can annotate and assignments they can complete online. It includes collections for ELs and the texts even have the Spanish cognates. The materials can be assigned digitally or printed for take home packets.

SoundCloud

https://soundcloud.com/joseluisorozco/popular-tracks

SoundCloud is a music and podcast streaming platform that lets you listen to millions of songs from around the world, or upload your own. This link has the different songs from Jose Luis Orozco in English and Spanish. Start listening now! Grade Band: Pre-K through 5th

Story Online

https://www.storylineonline.net/

Storyline Online is available 24 hours a day for children, parents, caregivers and educators worldwide. Each book includes supplemental curriculum developed by a credentialed elementary educator, aiming to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners. Grade Band: Pre-K - 5

Story Time from Space

https://storytimefromspace.com/

Story Time from Space is a project of the Global Space Education Foundation.

They send children’s books to the International Space Station. While in space, astronauts videotape themselves reading these books to the children of Earth. These videos are edited and placed on this Story Time From Space website- look under the heading “Story Time Videos”. Astronauts on the ISS also conduct and videotape educational demonstrations designed by Veteran Canadian Astronaut, Bjarni Tryggvason, to complement the science concepts found in the Story Time From Space books – look under the heading “Science Time Videos”. Grade Band: Pre-K - 5

Unite for Literacy

https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/

At Unite for Literacy, we picture a world where all children have access to an abundance of books that celebrate their languages and cultures and cultivate a lifelong love of reading. Unite for Literacy has developed the platform, publishing tools, and systems-based strategies that support our public and private sector partners to change the literacy landscape of their communities and optimize the future for all their young children. Our projects build home libraries and support families to develop a daily habit of reading, both of which are key factors in growing lifelong readers. The books and narration in English and Spanish. Some narration is available in multiple languages such as Chinese and Arabic. Grade Band: Pre-K - 5

Voicethread

Grade Band: K-12; Link: https://voicethread.com/products/k12/

Multimedia platform for collaborative speaking practice. Ed.VoiceThread is the perfect online environment for students to practice their communications skills online, yet in a controlled, accountable, and transparent setting. A free membership offers limited access and paid membership is for required for full access.