ELL+Web+Resources

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 * Great Websites for ELL and classroom teachers**


 * Great SOL Review songs or videos**

a href="http://sharegeography.co.uk/2009/09/20/singing-continents/">Continent song Good for students learning the names of the continents. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0zEtwtXb6w&feature=related- Song about Simple Machines (Bill Nye) http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=7708&title=Water_Cycle_Song http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=69855 > Funny and educational video/song about the water cycle. http://www.angelfire.com/la/kinderthemes/pfingerplays.html Several songs about parts of a plant to familiar tunes. http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/homophones.html A great way to remember what homophones are!
 * Social Studies/History**
 * Science**
 * Language Arts**

The following list of websites was taken from the web resource section of the acceleratingmids.com website.

Sites for Grades 1-2

 * [|Starfall.com-] Reading instruction and reading games for students in Pre-K-1. It's hard to believe this site is free.
 * a href="http://sharegeography.co.uk/2009/09/20/singing-continents/">Continent song Good for students learning the names of the continents.
 * http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=69855 > Funny and educational video/song about the water cycle.
 * [|Reading is Fundamental.]This site has many stories for Pre-K-2 students.*
 * [|Kid's Lab -]Great site with tons of terrific activities. Try the reading comprehension section.*
 * [|Storyplace.org -]a site with online stories and activities. Grades pre-K-Kindergarten.*
 * [|Online Story Time-]This site is more for teachers but has many online stories. It is advertised as a pre-school site but the stories are suitable forK-1 students.
 * [|British Council Stories -]This site has many stories that are read aloud. Check for spelling and pronunciation differences.
 * [|Games on PBS Kids -] Games for K-2. "WordPlay" can be used for students in grades 3-4.
 * [|Arthur -]Sequencing activity where students hear a story and put pictures in order.
 * [|Printable Games -]For readers in Grades 1-2.
 * [|Storyline Online -]A terrific site with stories read by actors from the ScreenActors' Guild. Grades 1-4.*
 * [|Reading-A-To-Z -]This is a commercial site with free books that you can download and print. Grades 1-4.
 * [|Raz-kids.com-]Reading and listening activities for elementary age students.*
 * [|Tumblebook Library -] Click on "stories." A large collectionof stories from the Los Angeles Public Library. All grades.
 * [|Clifford -] Activities pre-K-2.Try the reading and writing section with students in grades 2-3.
 * [|Videos -]Short Clifford videos. Click on "See and Hear." Grades K-2.
 * [|Berenstain Bears Games and Songs -]Great activities for young children including word games, songs and puzzles. Grades K-2.
 * [|Game Goo - Learning that sticks -]Great learning games for young children. Grades K-2.
 * [|The Reading Lady] Includes short plays for students in grades 1-2.*
 * [|Calgary Public Library.] See Children's Talking Tales for Grades 1-2.*
 * [|Enchanted learning]Printable books and for students in grades K-4.
 * [|Kiz Club]Printable books and for students in grades K-1.
 * http://bogglesworldesl.com/animalhabitatcards.htm Very nice flashcards naming animals in their habitats.

Sites for Grades 3-5
[|Grades 3-12.]
 * [|MadLibs]for Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5
 * [|Reading is Fundemental.] Look at the writing activities for students in Grades 2-5.
 * [|Grammar Gorillas] for Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5
 * [|Stories for Kids]for Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5
 * [|Bookhive.com -]This site has multicultural children's stories told by famous storytellers. Be sure to click on "Listen to a story." For Grades 2-5
 * [|Songs for Kids -] Grammar songs for students in Grades 2-5.
 * [|Postcards from Buster -] See Busterï¿½s adventures from various places in the U.S. Each city has video, audio, map skills and games. Grades 3-5.*
 * [|Kid's Lab -]Terrific site with many great activities. Try the Science vocabulary section.
 * [|Arthur -]Games from Arthur. Grades 2-5.
 * [|Captain Underpants -] Make a comic. Grades 2-4
 * [|Scholastic -] A program for kids to make flashcards. Grades 3-8.
 * [|Surfing the Net with Kids]Site with games and puzzles in different subject areas.
 * [|Write a book report -]Students make a book report sandwich. Grades 4-8.
 * [|Spelling Wizard -]Use spelling words to make a word search or sentence scramble. Grades 3-6.
 * [|Tumblebook Library -] Online stories read from the Los Angeles Public Library. All grades.
 * [|Poetry -]Gives examples of different types of Poetry.
 * [|Science vocabulary -]Label pictures using science vocabulary. Grades 4-8.*
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 * [|Songs and Rhymes-] Songs for students in all grades.
 * [|Songs for ELLs with words.*]
 * [|Word Game] Intermediate students in grades 5-8.
 * [|Owl online] This is a good grammar site for 6-12
 * [|FunBrain reading]Intermediate students in grades 5-8.
 * [|Zoom -]Games, activities and science experiments from the TV Show Zoom. Grades 4-6.
 * [|U.S. Symbols -]U.S. Government information from Ben's Guide. Grades 3-5.
 * [|Social Studies Vocabulary Games -]Vocabulary from U.S. government. Grades 3-5.
 * [|Spiders.]Spider activities for kids. Gr. 3-6.

Sites for Grades 4-8
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 * [|Jamestown Adventure.]Students become colonists and make decisions about how to run their colony. Grades 5-12.*
 * [|Listening Activities -]Designed for older students but pronunciation and listening activities could be used for students grades 4 and up.*
 * [|BrainPop-]This site has some free sections to teach grammar. Look up "nouns" and watch the video. Grades 5-8.
 * [|ESLbears-]A site for beginning students. Exercises in pronunciation, reading and vocabulary. Grades 3-8. *
 * [|Multicultural Stories -]Stories from around the world by Nick Jr. Grades 3-8
 * [|Brainteasers, Puzzles and Riddles -] Kids' page from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Grades 5-8
 * [|Translation Site -]Students can bookmark this site to translate words from English to their native language. Grades 3-12.
 * [|Interactive games and activities-] Social Studies Games from Ben's Guide to the U.S Government. Grades 5-8.
 * [|Audio Comprehension -]An audio concentration game for Grades 4-12.*
 * [|Homophone game -]Match homophones in this concentration game.* Grades 4-8.
 * [|Wordsearches -]Wordsearches on U.S. Presidents. Grades 4-8.
 * [|Movie Trailers]Listening activities using movie trailers for Grades 5-12.
 * [|ESL and Archie Comics -]Lesson plans and comic strips for Grades 5-12.
 * [|Vocabulary]Vocabulary games - From Interesting Things For ESL Students, a collection of vocabulary games for Grades 6-12.