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Offering free Social Studies and Science resources to teachers to support virtual learning.
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This YouTube channel has Celebrities reading to kids! (Be sure to use subtitles if necessary)
https://www.youtube.com/user/StorylineOnline/videos

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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ESOL HELP is a free English language learning software for novice and intermediate English language learners (ELLs).
http://www.esolhelp.com/

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Read Theory has prepared a video tutorial to facilitate distance learning opportunities.  https://readtheory.org/remote-teaching-with-readtheory/
Practice comprehension based upon a pretest. Both teacher and student track progress. High interest for older students!

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Immigrant Youth 'e-Hangouts'.
AHC: Volunteers NEEDED! https://a4hc.ca/. Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.  Among many other supports, also working to help families with EI and CERB benefits.

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Engages kids in core subjects like early literacy, reading, writing, language, and math, while encouraging creativity and building social-emotional skills.
https://learn.khanacademy.org/khan-academy-kids/

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Free, fun educational app for young kids | Khan Academy Kids

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Featured Listen-and-Read-Along MY HERO Stories - for ESL

https://myhero.com/audio-stories-2

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ManyThings.org This fun study site for ELL students includes word games, puzzles, quizzes, exercises, slang and idioms, proverbs, etc.
http://www.manythings.org/

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Interesting Things for ESL/EFL Students (Fun English Study)

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Awesome Fiction, Nonfiction and other genres- levelled text that reads to you!
https://www.storyshares.org/books

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Top 10 Educational Websites for Kids

https://www.kiwifamilies.co.nz/articles/top-educational-websites-kids/

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New Zealand's trusted parenting site for over 10 years. Expert advice on pregnancy, babies and toddlers to teens. From party ideas to behavioural issues, we have it all covered.

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Placement test, levelled work in all subjects.

https://ell.brainpop.com/

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The world's most popular museums are now just a mouse click away thanks to incredible free virtual tours powered by Google Street View technology.
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Top 10 Best Virtual Museum Tours & Online Art Gallery 2024

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Explore the greatest museums in the world for modern and ancient art on a virtual museum tour from your home. It's an educational and fun activity to keep kids entertained.

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LanguageGuide.org  A great website for all language learners.  Go to the English page for numerous categories of pictures.
http://www.languageguide.org/

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Learn a Language - Share a Language - LanguageGuide.org

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This is a list of over 900 English lessons.  Click on any lesson to study for free.  There are over 9000 audio files to help you improve your English speaking.https://www.talkenglish.com/lessonindex.aspx

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Learn English Speaking and Improve your Spoken English with Free English Speaking Lessons Online!

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Explore from your couch, 32 National Parks from the Grand Canyon to Yellowstone, virtual zoo exhibits and museum gallery tours

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Experts are urging people to practice social distancing, or staying at home and avoiding public spaces and crowds to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.

While the National Parks Service has yet to close any of its parks to the public due to the coronavirus, taking a trip to a national park amid the pandemic may not be a viable option for many people for the time being.

However, Google Earth and Google Arts & Culture have made virtual tours of at least 32 national parks.

Nature enthusiasts can bring the outdoors in with these realistic, digital looks at the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, the Redwoods, and other beloved national parks.

Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.

As many people practice social distancing - or staying home and avoiding crowds and public spaces - to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, several museums, and theaters have temporarily closed in the name of public health.

But amid the coronavirus pandemic, many places of leisure and cultural institutions are opening their doors virtually to provide resources, online activities, and tours to give people a fun way to stay entertained and connected to the outside world while they're spending more time at home.

While the National Parks Service hasn't closed any of its parks to the public due to the coronavirus at the time of writing, making a special visit to a national park may not be in the cards for many Americans and travelers around the world for the time being.

Here's how to virtually visit at least 32 US national parks - all from the comfort of your couch or bed.

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32 national parks you can explore from your couch, from the Grand Canyon to Yellowstone

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Experts are urging people to practice social distancing, or staying at home and avoiding public spaces and crowds to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. While the National Parks Service has yet to close any of its parks to the public due to the coronavirus, taking a trip to a national park amid the pandemic may not be a viable option for many people for the time being.

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Whether you want to learn a new language, read an eBook or eAudiobook, stream an award-winning movie or enjoy a storytime with your little one, there's a world of possibilities instantly available at your fingertips.
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For teachers, parents, and kids! Find fun websites, games, apps, and hands-on activities
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ELLs practice listening and learning new vocabulary with short clips from current movies!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0SW6B8NNOE6O0iaJfhn6uA

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Boosting Your English Listening Skills

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab has been providing online English listening comprehension activities for ESL and EFL learners since 1998. Visit Randall's other Web sites at DailyESL.com, EZslang.com, and Trainyouraccent.com for more language practice.

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20 Virtual Field Trips to Take with Your Kids
https://adventuresinfamilyhood.com/20-virtual-field-trips-to-take-with-your-kids.html

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20 Virtual Field Trips to Take with Your Kids - Adventures in Familyhood

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Explore zoos, aquariums, museums and destinations around the world without leaving home. Here are 20 virtual field trips you can take with your kids.

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Flick through the pages below—but this book’s not for reading, it’s for writing in! https://bookcreator.com/2020/04/the-big-book-creator-activity-book/

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Resources for teachers - Book Creator app

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Daily Free Learning Workbooks  Teachers to Share with Parents while Schools are Closed - Kids will actually do these!
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A website that allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display. Includes translated instructions.
https://blog.flipgrid.com/news/remotelearning

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We express ourselves in different ways. On Flip, you can use our simple and fun built-in camera to record your thoughts, add effects and share within your Flip group as video, audio only or text in your web browser or mobile app.

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Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a video discussion and video sharing app, free from Microsoft, built for classrooms and beyond. Learn more.

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educational streaming platform targeting educational institutions from primary through to post-secondary levels across Canada.

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Clicking on the picture will take you to the prompt . . .
http://visualprompts.weebly.com/middle-grades.html

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Hi Everyone!

I have created a helpful guide for all of you to survive the upcoming school closures.

Many of these activities listed below will require some supplies. Most items you could find at the Dollar Store.

Enjoy the list!

4) COLOURING CONTEST
Put out paper and markers. For each "round" give your children a theme like an amusement park or their dream house.

7) GLOW STICKS DANCE PARTY
Go to the Dollarstore and buy some fun glow sticks, turn off the lights, and blast some music!

12) MAKE PLAYDOUGH MATS
This will keep the little ones busy for a long time!
http://picklebums.com/2014/07/22/fun-food-play-dough-mats/#_a5y_p=2110571

17) MAKE A RETRO THEME DAY
https://entertainkidsonadime.com/2015/06/04/80s-retro-day-at-home/

22) PUT ON A MAGIC SHOW
Learn magic tricks and show family and friends.
http://www.funology.com/magic-tricks

23) BALLOON POP ROCKS EXPERIMENT
Do the Balloon Fizz Science Experiment
https://entertainkidsonadime.com/2014/07/22/balloon-pop-rocks-experiment/

23) MAKE CUPCAKES
24) HIDE AND GO SEEK IN THE DARK
Play Hide & Seek with the lights off using glow bracelets.

25) MOCK CAMPING TRIP
Make a mock camping trip
Use a play tent, sleeping bags or blankets, and flash lights. You can eat dinner in your tent and sing camp songs.

26) MAKE A "RESTAURANT" DINNER
Have your kids help you make dinner. Create menus with them to decorate and serve your spouse or neighbours.

28) MAKE A COLLAGE
Make a collage with magazine pages or family photos.

29) MAKE MUSICAL INSTRUMEMTS
Find items around the house and construct different instruments. This teaches kids how to recycle waste into something useful and fun.
https://makingmulticulturalmusic.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/14-world-music-instruments-that-can-be-made-from-recycled-materials/

31) SALAD SPINNER ART
You can purchase a salad spinner at The Dollarama.
http://theimaginationtree.com/2010/09/salad-spinner-art.html

34) DO A JIGSAW PUZZLES
You can purchase puzzles at Dollarama for $2-$3
36) WATCH HOME MOVIES (ie. Mom & Dad's Wedding, Baby Videos)
37) DECORATE WITH PUFFY PAINT
The Dollarama sells Puffy Paint in the art section and you can purchase a top or a hat to decorate.
Make sure you let it completely dry before wearing it.
42) BUILD A VILLAGE OUT OF BLOCKS OR LEGO
43) MAKE A DEEJAY DANCE PARTY
Go to the dollar store and get glow sticks! Dress your kids in light colours. Close the blinds and the lights and activate their glow sticks. Put on their favourite songs and have them dance.
61) BOARD GAME NIGHT
68) MAKE A VIDEO
Bust out your cell phone or ipad, get your children to make a play.
Have them practice it a bunch of times. Find or make some costumes and have them perform their play on the video.
You can put it on the computer for them to watch.

69) CARD BOARD BOX CREATIONS
Take your children to the grocery or drug store and ask for extra used boxes.
Here are some cool ideas your can do with coard board boxes:
http://www.designdazzle.com/2013/09/15-cardboard-creations-to-make-for-kids/

71) NATURE ART
Let your kids run around your front or back yard and collect items in nature (ie. leaves, sticks, rocks, flowers)/
Give them bristol board and glue and have them make abstract art using their findings.

72) MAKE SMORES
Safely microwave your marshmellows.
73) MAKE A PLAYING CARD CASTLE 74) MAKE PIZZA
76) RELAY RACES
You can create some games to play:
* Potato Sack Races (using garbage bags or pillow cases)
* 3 Legged Race using Socks or Shoe Laces
* Spoon Race (holding a ping pong ball or egg)

77) MAKE EDIBLE PLAYDOUGH
https://entertainkidsonadime.com/2014/03/26/easy-play-dough-recipes/

79) MAKE AN AQUARIUM
All you need is two paper plates (cut out the middle of one), glue, googly eyes, foam, blue paint, saran wrap and rocks from outside.

80) HOME MADE TAP SHOES
Tape nickels to the bottom of your kid's running shoes and you've got a pair of tap shoes.

89) PLAY SHARK
All you need is a folded ironing board to be your boat. Keep the kids on the boat. If they fall off, they get "eaten" by the Shark, which Mom or Dad can play!

97) EXPLODING BAGS EXPERIMENT
This one is messy but a lot of fun!
https://entertainkidsonadime.com/2014/05/21/exploding-bags-fun-science-experiment/

98) MAKE A PET ROCK
Pick a rock outside. Let the kids paint them, decorate them

99) SUMO WRESTLING MATCH
Make the kids are supervised during this one.
http://allfortheboys.com/home/2012/2/2/sumo-boys.html

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Assistant Principal | Miderland Delance | Email | ESOL Coordinator | Joshua Philpart | 754.322.0666 | Email

Deerfield Beach High School has approximately over 200 ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) students who come from all over the world, but mostly from the Caribbean Islands and Central and South America. Students whose home language is not English are evaluated upon entering Deerfield Beach High School and are placed either in sheltered ESOL classes or regular classes depending on English language level.

The ESOL Department is committed to providing rigorous academics, promoting community involvement, and delivering quality services to English Language Learners, and multilingual families.

As per Section IV of the META Consent Decree, ELLs in ESOL basic subject area classrooms shall have access to an aide or teacher, proficient in their languages, in addition to a trained ESOL subject area teacher.

Student will get assistance with the following:

* Translating information

* Interpreting test questions and homework assignments as appropriate

* Helping students comprehend textbooks and other written materials.

* Home language assistance through other bilingual school personnel, including registrars, clerks, guidance counselors, ESOL Program staff, and other school support staff.

In addition, schools must provide bilingual dictionaries (hardcopy or electronic) and may provide resource materials in students' home languages such as computer software, videos, content glossaries and other resources books to facilitate content area knowledge development while English is being learned. These resources may be placed in the school's virtual media center.

Bilingual/ESOL Resources

Teachers and Support Staff

Paraprofessionals Support Staff

Guidance, including resources and tips to support Bilingual/ESOL students, are provided in the Bilingual/ESOL Resources (K-12) accordion link at the bottom of browardschools.com/learningnevercloses.

Communications are available in Haitian Creole, Portuguese and Spanish.

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Unlock Every Writer's Potential | NoRedInk

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NoRedInk offers authentic assessments, adaptive practice, personalized content, and actionable data to improve your students' writing and grammar skills!

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Content for ELs including lessons, digital activities, and online homework

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Great teachers need great content. Teach your best class every day with exceptional English lessons, flashcards, and resources from Ellii.

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News articles with adjustable Lexile levels, questions, and annotation feature, including articles in Spanish. Link includes a remote teaching toolkit. Access to the entire content library is free through the school year.

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Deliver equity for every learner with content that goes beyond how students access the materials and ensures the materials themselves are accessible.

Breathe new life into existing paper-based core materials with up-to-date content designed to work with leading third party curricula.

Skip the learning curve and get started right away with one simple platform millions of teachers and students alreadyknow, and that connects seamlessly with your LMS.

Get the visibility you need into usage and student work with real-time reporting on engagement, content usage, and exposure to standards.

Dr. Alejandra Worozaken

Instructional Coach - Arcadia, CA

Newsela has become a K-12 staple for our school district, before our district's closure but especially now during this time.

James Yanuzzelli

Technology Integration Specialist Old Bridge Township Public Schools, NJ

Newsela is a great fit into our district-wide initiatives since it brings in content that is relevant and individualized. ELA, Social Studies, and Science curricular supports are easily integrated with lessons. Since Newsela is adaptive, it gives our district the opportunity to maximize learning and develop content that reaches all learners and meets their needs.

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Distance Learning Features, Content & Lessons

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Meet students and educators wherever they are! Get started today with Newsela's distance learning resources during hybrid learning.

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Collaborative project-based learning platform where students can work with students around the world. Includes lessons, videos, and texts. Teachers, administrators, and parents can sign up for free access at this link.

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Texts (with vocabulary support and audio options) students can annotate and assignments they can complete online. Includes collections for ELs.

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ReadWorks | Award-Winning, EdTech Nonprofit Organization

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ReadWorks is an edtech nonprofit organization that is committed to helping to solve America’s reading comprehension crisis.

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Teachers can choose reading passages (including passages in Spanish), assign questions, and track student progress

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CommonLit is a comprehensive literacy program with thousands of reading lessons, full-year ELA curriculum, benchmark assessments, and standards-based data for teachers.

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Access thousands of reading lessons and our comprehensive ELA curriculum, CommonLit 360.

Accessible for all learners

Tailor instruction to students' needs with text-to-speech, translation, and digital note-taking.

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Track students' reading performance, set goals, and plan instructional next steps.

CommonLit
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Discover thousands of free, supplemental lessons and quizzes in English and Spanish - all featuring great authors.

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Measure growth in reading comprehension with three benchmark assessments when you unlock our premium packages.

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CommonLit has made a tremendously positive impact on my teaching practice. I'm very proud to teach CommonLit.

Jennifer Lane ELA Teacher

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CommonLit definitely keeps me organized. It's easy for me to grade and it's easy for me to see students' reading growth increase throughout the year.

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The CommonLit assessment questions are aligned to our ELA standards, which is extremely helpful when prepping for the state exam.

CommonLit is a nonprofit that has everything teachers and schools need for top-notch literacy instruction: a full-year ELA curriculum, benchmark assessments, and formative data.

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CommonLit | Free Online Reading Passages and Literacy Resources

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CommonLit is a comprehensive literacy program with thousands of reading lessons, full-year ELA curriculum, benchmark assessments, and standards-based data for teachers.

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Writing activities with an EL-specific diagnostic assessment

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Set up your classroom, without IT

You can quickly and easily set up your classroom in Quill by inputting student names or providing students with a unique code. If you use Google Classroom or Clever, you can automatically set up your classroom with one click.

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Quill.org | Interactive Writing and Grammar

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Quill provides free writing and grammar activities for middle and high school students.

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Science lessons with a starter list of K-5 lessons for school closures.

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Open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science.

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Mystery Science offers open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science. The hook, visuals, and activity have all been prepared for you. Less prep, more learning.

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Seven levels of vocabulary and grammar instruction with audio and video

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Learn American English Online with Teacher Paul

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Quickly learn American English for free. Improve your grammar and vocabulary skills with the countless beginner-advanced resources the site has to offer.

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Texts and videos for ELA, Science, and Social Studies with scaffolds and higher-order questions (Free for the rest of the school year)

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Texts (and videos!) for ELA, Science, and Social Studies with scaffolds and higher-order questions

READING

The best features to
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Engage every student in every lesson with Actively Learn's award-winning ELA, science, and social studies curriculum platform.

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Math games, puzzles, and activities

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Math explained in easy language, plus puzzles, games, worksheets and an illustrated dictionary. For K-12 kids, teachers and parents.

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Books from around the world available in many languages to read online

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ICDL - International Children’s Digital Library

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Free, research-based K-12 activities specifically adapted to support teachers of English learners in distance learning environments.  The English/Spanish activities include how-to instructions, tips and tricks, graphic organizers, video examples, and more

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Start Listening
Highest Aspirations

The Highest Aspirations podcast = important conversations about English Learners.

Recently, we spoke with Dr. Gretchen Oliver and Dr. Karen Gregory, professors of TESOL of Clarkson University. We discussed:

How can we help ELs keep learning during long term school closures?

What tech tools can teachers use to help support English learners while they are not able to come to school?

Subscribe to the podcast to make sure you get all new episodes!

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Ellevation Education | Distance Learning |

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Start Listening The Highest Aspirations podcast = important conversations about English Learners. Recently, we spoke with Dr. Gretchen Oliver and Dr. Karen Gregory, professors of TESOL of Clarkson University. We discussed: How can we help ELs keep learning during long term school closures?

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10 free sites with English listening practice and quizzes

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So what do you do to practise listening for exams?

Growing up, I never had the opportunity to do any extra practice to improve my listening skills. We didn't have the Internet and the thousand possibilities it offers to learners of any language nowadays. The teachers had an old tape player that sometimes stopped and started on its own and old tapes that ended up sounding distorted and most of the times unlistenable so if you wanted to get better at listening, you just listened to the radio and struggled to understand the lyrics and sing along. Not that I ever complained. That was the perfect excuse to listen to music while claiming to be working hard. I have to say that my father never bought it!

So, exams are just around the corner and I know you're beginning to freak out. Don't worry! Here I am, coming to the rescue!

These are, in my opinion, the best sites with quizzes to practise listening comprehension. In no particular order.

TALK ENGLISH

Levels: three main levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced)

Pre-listening /Post-listening activities: no

Transcript: yes

Audio Download: no

What I like best: it has some other listening activities like dictations or listening based on pictures for lower levels. It also has a section dedicated to advanced students with a story and some comprehension questions. See here

What I don't like: In my opinion, the "listening" categorised under "advanced level" is far too easy.

BRITISH COUNCIL

EDTED LESSONS WORTH SHARING

Levels: advanced

Pre-listening /Post-listening activities: all the lessons have three parts : watch, think (where you can do the comprehension exercise) and discuss (post-listening questions)

Transcript: no, although most lessons are on youtube, and you can watch them with subtitles

Audio Download: the videos are on youtube, so they can be easily downloaded

What I don't like: the audio is not sorted by level and although most of videos are for advanced students, some of them are much easier than others so I would say that they are suitable for B2 students and higher. You need to register although it's free.

Extra: you can also create your own lessons

ESOL COURSES

url: http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php

Levels: five ( from beginner to advanced)

Pre-listening /Post-listening activities: no

Transcript: not always

Audio Download: the videos are on youtube, so they can be easily downloaded

What I don't like: anybody can create a listening quiz so it might contain mistakes

Extra: You can create your own quiz

BREAKING NEWS ENGLISH

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/index.html

Levels: seven levels

Pre-listening /Post-listening activities: both

Transcript: yes

Audio Download: yes

What I like best: you can listen to the same piece of news at different levels and the news can be read at different speeds.

Extra: Sean Banville's also runs eight other sites, check them out here

RANDALL'S ESL CYBER LISTENING LAB

Levels: three levels ( easy, medium and difficult)

Pre-listening /Post-listening activities: Both

Transcript: yes

Audio Download: No

What I like best: the post-listening activities and the vocabulary section ( see here) where you can learn how to pronounce words associated to different topics.

LYRICS TRAINING

Levels: four ( from beginner to expert)

Pre-listening /Post-listening activities: no

Transcript: any lyrics site will have the lyrics for the song

Audio Download: the videos are on youtube, so they can be easily downloaded

What I like: it's fun and a different way to approach listening exercises.

Extra: You can create your own exercises (beta).

Check also:

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10 Best Free Listening Websites with Quizzes to Practise for Listening Exams

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So what do you do to practise listening for exams? Growing up, I never had the opportunity to do any extra practice to improve my listening skills. We didn't have the Internet and the thousand possibilities it offers to learners of any language nowadays.

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Artist Mo Willems will post videos with guided drawing at 1pm ET weekdays

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Announcing: LUNCH DOODLES with Mo Willems!

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Chalk full of good resources:
https://sites.google.com/arpdc.ab.ca/learningathome/for-teachers?authuser=0

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Essential Conditions

A Guide to Support Implementation: Essential Conditions was developed by a provincial working group of education partners committed to realizing positive change in Alberta's schools and classrooms.
Visit Essential Conditions "
Creating Communities of Practice

This website resource offers a collection of information, strategies and examples to support school and district leaders, professional development providers, and educational consultants who want to create and support effective communities of practices for K-12 educators. The goal of this website resource is to support the development, implementation and evaluation of current and future communities of practice.
Visit Creating Communities of Practice "

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ERLC | Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium

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A Guide to Support Implementation: Essential Conditions was developed by a provincial working group of education partners committed to realizing positive change in Alberta's schools and classrooms. Visit Essential Conditions " This website resource offers a collection of information, strategies and examples to support school and district leaders, professional development providers, and educational consultants who want to create and support effective communities of practices for K-12 educators.

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Animal live cams from animal sanctuaries, and in the wilderness

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GRACE Gorilla Forest Corridor | Explore.org

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Watch live video of gorillas at the Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education Center (GRACE) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa. Watch as the gorilla's pass through, graze on vegetation, and make their nest for their overnight slumber

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https://arpdcresources.ca/?source=learning-network

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The Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortia (ARPDC) are dedicated to promoting student learning and achievement, school improvement, and parental engagement in the educational process through the provision of professional learning opportunities at the local, regional and provincial levels.

On our site you will find:

Connections to your Regional Consortium,

Professional Learning Opportunities dedicated to meeting the needs of Alberta Educators and

Professional Development Resources made for your classroom.

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Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortia (ARPDC)

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The Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortia (ARPDC) are dedicated to promoting student learning and achievement, school improvement, and parental engagement in the educational process through the provision of professional learning opportunities at the local, regional and provincial levels.

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at-home learning flyer with links for share - smorgie.pdf

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Free Resources for Distance Learning

Whether you're teaching in school or online, Ballard & Tighe wants to ensure you have the tools and resources to continue direct instruction and keep language acquisition progressing for your English learners (ELs).

The content in this resource library can be taught from anywhere, and can be easily transitioned from physical to virtual classrooms.

DISTANCE LEARNING PACKETS

Get More Support for EL Instruction

Learn about additional Ballard & Tighe resources you can tap into to ensure language acquisition keeps progressing even when ELs are learning remotely. Schedule a time to talk with one of our EL experts about your needs for the coming school year.

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Free Multi-language Storybooks

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Storybooks Canada is a free open educational resource that promotes literacy and language learning in homes, schools, and communities. It makes 40 stories from the African Storybook available with text and audio in English, French, and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages of Canada.