Resources
Recommended KYTESOL Links
WIDA's English Development Standards - 2012 Amplification of the WIDA Stand
WIDA Standards Framework and its Theoretical Foundation
JCPS resources in various languages (click on English as a Second Language on the left margin)
A great resource for ESL educators: Masters in ESL. According to the US Dept. of Education, 30 states have declared a teacher shortage in ESL/TESOL - This website may help make a bit of a difference.
Check out Dr. Broady's website for a whole slew of ESL resources. Here are just some of the categories:
*Academic Writing Skills
*Adult ESL Issues
*Book Reviews
*Books & Materials
*Cultural Resources
*Cultural Resources USA
*Diversity Issues
*ESL Teachers You Tube Videos Informing About Heritage Cultures
*Fun culture stuff
*Migrant Issues
*Music
*National Clearinghouse
*Refugee Issues
*Research/Theory Stuff
*RTI
*School/Home Connection
*WIDA
Kentucky World Language Association, an organization with whom we share much in common
ESL Resources and Links
Search Engines:
www.google.com
www.eduhound.com
www.yahoo.com
www.excite.com
www.infoseek.com
www.kidsclick.com
www.yahooligans.yahoo.com
ESL Sites:
Colorin Colorado, a bilingual site for families and educators of ELLs
Karin’s ESL PartyLand:
http://www.eslpartyland.com
EnglishPage:
http://www.englishpage.com
Teacher Tube: www.teachertube.com
Voice of America:
English as a Second Language (Ron C. Lee, Ph.D.)
The English Club:
http://www.englishclub.com/webguide/ESL_Web_Sites/
Center for Applied Linguistics ESL Websites List
http://www.alri.org/litlist/esolwebsites.html
ESL Publisher Links:
Alta ESL
Cambridge University Press ELT
http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/?site_locale=en_US
Hampton-Brown
Michigan Press ESL/ELT
http://www.press.umich.edu/esl/
Oxford University Press (ESL)
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/EnglishLanguageLearningESL/?view=usa
Pearson Longman ELT
http://www.longmanhomeusa.com/
Key Pals:
www.epals.com
www.bconnex.net/~kidworld/keypals4.htm
Reading:
http://eduplace.com/edugames.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/devices/ships/titanic/cloze.shtml
www.teacher.scholastic.com
Writing:
www.essaypunch.com
http://www.tengrrl.com/tens/006.shtml
http://www.iss.k12.nc.us/writing/personal.htm
http://teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/kburke/
tips_for_writing_a_personal_narr.htm
http://www.iss.k12.nc.us/writing/sample_p.htm
http://teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/kburke/
personal writing examples.htm
http://www.fleming.k12.ky.us/fes/teachers/tjohnson/
personal_narratives.htm
Speech:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/jaguar/speech.html
Listening:
www.freeplaymusic.com
http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/daysofinfamy/
patriotism.html
Vocabulary:
http://www.buddyproject.org/resources/family/jeopbuddy.asp
http://teachershub.com/teaching/teaching.cfm
http://middleschoolhub.org/school/school.cfm
Translation:
www.translation2paralink.com
Lesson Plans:
www.buddyproject.org
http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/index.htm
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/tg/teach4a.html
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/tg/activities.html
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/tg/studentform.html
References for Yahooligans website lesson
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/tg/biblio.html
http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech161.shtml
Rubrics:
Rubistar: Create free, customizable rubrics for any classroom activity. Choose from a variety of existing rubrics or create your own. Enter class scores and analyze your class's performance.
www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
Teach-nology: Choose from a variety of free existing rubrics or join as a member for a low yearly subscription fee and create customizable rubrics.
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/rubrics/weblessons.htm
Rubrics for Web Lessons: Discover the purpose of rubrics and their role in authentic assessment.
www.ncsu.edu/midlink/ho.html
MidLink Magazine Teacher Tools - Rubrics and Evaluation Resources: Choose from a variety of existing rubrics or use a template to create your own customized rubric.
www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/trubrics.htm
SCORE (Schools of California Online Resources for Education) - Rubrics: Choose from a variety of existing rubrics.
Worksheet Generator:
http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator/
http://teachershub.com/teaching/teaching.cfm
Learning Games:
http://eduplace.com/edugames.html
Homework Help:
http://kidshub.org/kids/kids.cfm
http://middleschoolhub.org/school/school.cfm
Content:
Graphic Organizers:
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.html
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