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Students learn that written communication is created in a variety of forms for an array of purposes and audiences. English language learners write to express meaning through drawing, symbols, or text.
Students learn that written communication is created in a variety of forms for an array of purposes and audiences. English language learners write to express meaning through drawing, symbols, or text.
Examples of sentence frames table.pdfhttps://www.colorincolorado.org/sentence-frames
Sentence frames and sentence starters are "fill in the blank" phrases and sentences that provide the structures or patterns that students need to express themselves. This strategy is part of Colorin Colorado's ELL Strategy Library and can be used to support academic language development for all students.
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.
Writing Cube Creator
Writing Cube Creator
This interactive website helps students create four different types of writing drafts: biography/autobiography, mystery, basic elements story, create-your-own-topic. Students are given specific prompts and support. Drafts can be saved to revise later or printed and folded into a fun cube that can be used for future references. Recommend Grades 3 -12
More ReadWriteThink Student Interactives
More ReadWriteThink Student Interactives
Student Interactives
Engage your students in online literacy learning with these interactive tools that help them accomplish a variety of goals—from organizing their thoughts to learning about language—all while having fun.
Storyboard That
Storyboard That
Storyboard That is a graphic organizer and storyboard creator that reinforces english and history concepts in elementary schools - high schools. Easy to use drag-and-drop features make this program user friendly across grade levels. Teachers can also use this program to enhance understanding through visual learning. A basic model is available for free and is best for light use since it allows for two storyboard per week with watermarks. For more access and features, teachers can purchase the product for $59.95/teacher/year.
Witty Comics Generator
Witty Comics Generator
Students choose backgrounds, characters, and dialogue to go in speech bubbles. This can be used to write stories or share facts on a content-related unit. Recommend Grades 3-12.
Letter Generator
Letter Generator
Students learn the important parts of a business or friendly letter, and then generate letters by typing information into friend letter template or business letter template. The finished letter can be saved, e-mailed, or printed. Have students write a friendly letter to relatives or friends. Students can practice writing business letters to someone they admire, such as an athlete, author, or actor. Lesson ideas are endless. Recommend Grades 1 -12
ePals
ePals
Create a safe space for your students to write letters and collaborate with students from across the world. Assign your students email pen pals through ePals Global Community. The site incorporates several safety measures, which it refers to as SchoolSafe. Teachers create accounts, find ePal connection and monitor incoming/outgoing student email. ePals aim is to connect classrooms and individual students through email correspondence, as well as provide projects, global challenges, and content teachers can bring into the classroom.
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