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Reading Is Fundamental​

https://www.rif.org/

This website provides book resources with different material types and filter options between grades.

Reading Rockets

http://www.readingrockets.org/

This website provides resources for teachers teaching reading and is the sister site to Colorin Colorado.

English Interactive

http://englishinteractive.net/reading.html

In addition to writing, this website also provides reading passages for students to read and has three levels of exercises: Beginning, intermediate, and advanced.

American English

https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources

This website provides resources for English language teachers and gives programs and suggestions for effective teaching.

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English Page

https://www.englishpage.com/

This website provides a great resource for grammar and vocabulary concepts in writing.

English Interactive

http://englishinteractive.net/writing.html

It provides writing exercises for students to work through and has three levels of exercises: Beginning, intermediate, and advanced.

Using English

https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/

I found this website useful because it categorizes idioms and explains what they mean. In addition, it also supplies a list of English verbs and irregular verbs.

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Listenwise

https://listenwise.com/

This is a website that provides instructors with radio podcasts, listening activities, etc., that they can utilize to improve listening skills. It's nice because it has a multitude of subjects to choose from.

ESL Assessments

http://eslassessments.weebly.com/listening.html

This provides information on giving dictations and provides examples of how to assess students using authentic material.

BVIU ESL

https://bviu-esl.wikispaces.com/ESL+Listening+Assessments

This website provides links to listening assessments for each grade and proficiency level, which can be useful to refer to when creating assessments for class.

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Colorin, Colorado!

http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/using-informal-assessments-english-language-learners

This website provides valuable information on assessing ELs, including speaking skills. It provides different types of assessment and has TONS of resources on ELL education.

Scholastic

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/teaching-ell-speaking-strategies/

This website provides strategies for teachers to use to help their ELs' speaking skills improve.

FluentU

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator-english/esl-listening-activities-intermediate/

This website targets listening and speaking activities.

Spoken Skills

http://www.spokenskills.com/student-activities.cfm

Provides different tests to assess oral skills (like diagnostic tests, etc).

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why is technology important in education?

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9th Grade ESL Classroom (Intensive Reading)

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9th Grade ESL Classroom (Intensive Reading)

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I think padlet is a useful tool that could be implemented in a 9th grade ESL reading classroom for ESL students.

For example, if the students have reading assignments, they could make columns for each of the books that they are reading (I assume that while some may have similar reading levels, most of the students have different levels of reading). For students reading the same book, they could break up their columns by chapter and attach videos or other articles that relate to the reading. The students can view each other's books and comment on the different attachments that helped them better understand the text.

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Can Technology Change Education? Yes!: Raj Dhingra at TEDxBend

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Teachers are expected "to be adept at a variety of technology-based and other approaches for content delivery, learner support, and assessment" (p.30). In addition to this, teachers are also teaching students to be global citizens and work to address some of the social factors that affect student learning.

However, while the roles of teachers are continually expanding and changing, not all teachers are equipped with the knowledge or background to use instructional technology effectively.

I think that this is starting to change as educators and administration are realizing the importance of having technological resources in the classroom.