ELL Standards and Assessment: http://www.wida.us/
Treasure Chest Curriculum Resources: http://reading.macmillanmh.com/treasurechest/
Best Practices for ELL students: http://ell.nwresd.org/
Articles for Parents and Teachers: http://colorincolorado.org/
Cool Carney's Website: http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/staff/boldtkatherine/index.htm
Story Line Online: www.storylineonline.net
Barnes and Noble-Online Books: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/online-storytime-books-toys/379003588
Sites for Grades PreK-2
- Literacy Center.net - an early childhood language learning site. Includes French, Spanish, and German.
- Starfall.com- Reading instruction and reading games for students in Pre-K-1. It's hard to believe this site is free.
- ReadTodayJoin the reading revolution! Teach a child to read.
- Continent song Good for students learning the names of the continents.
- Reading is Fundamental.This site has many stories for Pre-K-2 students.*
- Storyplace.org -a site with online stories and activities. Grades pre-K-Kindergarten.*
- Kiz ClubStories about a variety of topics for grades 1-3
- Online Story Time-This site is more for teachers but has many online stories.
- Martha Speaks.This site is good for beginning ELLs in grades k-2. 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.
- 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 collection of 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.*
- Enchanted learning Printable books and for students in grades K-4.
- Discover Science Simulations Science content from Houghton Mifflin Science Series.
Sites for Grades 3-5
- MadLibs for Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5
- KidsKnowit Network - Learning videos for students is grades 3-6.
- 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
- Kiz ClubStories about a variety of topics for grades 1-3
- 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 Buster's adventures from various places in the U.S. Each city has video, audio, map skills and games. Grades 3-5.*
- 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 KidsSite with games and puzzles in different subject areas.
- Write a book report - Students make a book report sandwich. Grades 4-8.
- Literactive This site has great oral stories and games for grades 1-12.
- Spelling Wizard - Use spelling words to make a word search or sentence scramble. Grades 3-6.
- The Story Starter, Jr. - Select a story starter for students in grades 4-12.
- 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.*
- Songs and Rhymes- Songs for students in all grades.
- Songs for ELLs with words.* Grades 3-12.
- 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
- Listening Activities - Designed for older students but pronunciation and listening activities could be used for students grades 4 and up.*
- iKnowthat This link takes you to map and social studies activities for grades 5-12.
- BrainPop-This site has some free sections to teach grammar. Look up "nouns" and watch the video. Grades 5-8. 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.
- Vocabulary Vocabulary games - From Interesting Things For ESL Students, a collection of vocabulary games for Grades 6-12.
- WordBuilderGreat site for phonics practice. Grades 4-12
**Portion of the list from EverythingESL - by Judie Hayes
