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Students learn to process, interpret and evaluate the written language of symbols and text through comprehension and fluency.
Students learn to process, interpret and evaluate the written language of symbols and text through comprehension and fluency.
Lingro is a web tool and open content dictionary allows students to enter a web address (URL) and make all of the words on that page clickable to see definitions and translation. A clicked word immediately displays a definition from the Lingro dictionary pages. The website looks visually the same within the Lingro webpage, but all words become clickable. Lingro has the ability to translate to and from English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Polish with more languages to be added. Recommend Grades 2-12
The Readability Test Tool
The Readability Test Tool
The Readability Test Tool allows you to test any website's readability by URL or direct text pasted from any source. Simply enter the web address (URL) and get the readability of the site on different scales. You will get a score for the most used readability indicators: Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease and Grade Level, Gunning Fog Score, Coleman Liau Index, and Automated Readability Index (ARI). The tool also includes explanations of each scale. These tell much more than a simple "grade level." Grades 1-12
Snappy Words-Free Visual Online Dictionary
Snappy Words-Free Visual Online Dictionary
The visual interactive display are automatically color coded according to parts of speech. Look up as many words as you need anytime; there is no limit on the number of searches and no registration is required. As with most online tools, teacher monitoring is strongly advised.
Demonstrate it on your classroom whiteboard or projector, bookmark it in your favorites, and make it directly available to students from your class webpage. Students will enjoy defining their spelling words or content area vocabulary. They can categorize their words by parts of speech or create a list of synonyms. Recommend Grades 3-12.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm
Check out these free audio book resources to share with ESL students. By hearing the proper pronunciation of words in an audio book, students are able to better comprehend and retain the English language. By providing a transcript for the students to follow along, they’ll be able to listen to the story and see the words at the same time, providing a new level of understanding. There are many audio book sources out there. Find site that work for you and your students.
Listen and Read
Listen and Read
http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm
Scholastic’s Listen and Read is a great resource for Beginner ELLs and early readers. Currently includes 15 nonfiction read-along books with audio, text and images.
The Unite forLiteracy Library offers simple audio books for young readers and Beginner ELLs. Select and click a book to read. Audio is accompanied with text and vibrant illustration. The narration is also available in 34 different languages. Unite for Literacy is perfect for use with ESL/ELL students for reading and hearing books in both English and their native language. Share a link to the site on your website or newsletter for use at home. World language teachers can use this site to have students listen to books in the language they are learning.
Epic! includes a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction books from leading publishers such as Scholastic, National Geographic, HarperCollins, Macmillan and many more. With over 10,000 books available now and many more titles added each week, Epic! has been called the “Netflix of kids' books” – it's an unlimited library your kids can take anywhere!
www.getepic.com/educators is absolutely free to elementary school teachers and school librarians in the US and Canada. Epic! encourages young readers with badges and rewards, while letting teachers assign books and track individual reading progress.
Starfall
Starfall
This free learn-to-read web site is arranged in four different main sections: ABCs, Learn to Read, It’s Fun to Read and I’m Reading. This site is great for the beginning readers. It scaffolds reading instruction through images and interactive voice-over stories. Grades K - 3
Into the Book
Into the Book
Into the Book Into The Book is a reading comprehension resource designed for elementary students and teachers. However, older ELL students would get something out of it as well. Content is offered in both English and Spanish. The site focuses on eight reading strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Students work through online interactive activities and short videos.
NewsELA
NewsELA
NEWSLEA provides teachers, parents, and students with current event articles scaled at five different Lexile reading comprehension levels. Students read articles covering a wide variety of topics then complete accompanying Common Core-aligned quizzes. Teachers have the ability to assign articles and monitor student progress through the Newsela Binder feature. A large portion of Newsela’s offerings are free for users but schools may opt for additional features through Newsela PRO.
NewsELA Elementary
NewsELA Elementary
NewELA elementary - resource for younger children - excellent resource for assigning students the same article at different reading levels anonymously
TeachersFirst CurriConnects
TeachersFirst CurriConnects
Use CurriConnects to find books related to curriculum topics or subject areas. Build student literacy skills, reinforce the place of curriculum concepts in other contexts, and help students build the important reading strategy of connecting what they read to prior knowledge. Share CurriConnects as links on your class web page or wiki or share them with school and local libraries where students can select books to accompany what they are studying.
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