Helpful Links and Resources for Parents, Educators, and Students

·         Engage NY; for information about Race to The Top, the Common Core Standards and how they will effect/support ELLs.

www.engageny.org

 

·         The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL). CAL is a private, nonprofit organization working to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture.

http://www.cal.org/

 

·         Glossaries Updated on NYSED Website

Several bilingual glossaries have been updated and/or added to the Office of Bilingual Education & Foreign Language Studies website. http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/bilingual_glossaries.htm

 

·         NYS TESOL; a helpful resource with information for students, educators and parents interested in learning more about ESL.

http://www.nystesol.org/

 

·         Karen Dictionary and Phrases, as well as helpful information for educators. This year we welcome many students from the Karen tribe of Burma. It may be helpful to take a minute to learn about our new students and their culture.  Click on “Speak Karen” to learn common greetings, phrases, and classroom language. 

http://drumpublications.org/index.html

 

·         Google Translate; Use this to translate documents.

http://translate.google.com/#en|es|

 

 

Prek-K

·         The StoryPlace Pre-school Library is full of great activities for you to explore:  http://www.storyplace.org/PRESCHOOL/other.asp

·         This site contains run nursery rhymes:  http://www.nurseryrhymes4u.com/  

·         This site is where you can listen to children’s stories read aloud by real actors!:  http://www.storylineonline.net/

·         Fun, interactive and literacy rich games for children sponsored by Scholastic:  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/index.htm

 

1-3rd grade

·         A fun website for emergent readers with games, guided reading and interactive whiteboards:  http://www.roythezebra.com/

·         This site is where you can listen to children’s stories read aloud by real actors!:  http://www.storylineonline.net/

·         Fun stories, games, poems and more:  http://www.inklesstales.com/games/makeaword/index.shtml

·         A great site to read Aesop’s fables and timeless stories. It’s illustrated. http://www.umass.edu/aesop/fables.php

·         Fun, interactive and literacy rich games for children sponsored by Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/index.htm

·         A fun site to practice letter recognition, play games, and play with words:  http://www.teachers.cr.k12.de.us/~galgano/dibel2.htm

 

4-6th grade

·         This site provides standards-based cross curricular web resources designed to enhance online learning opportunities.  Text-based or graphical user interface. This is especially good for help with content area subjects:   http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm

·         Fun stories, games, poems and more:  http://www.inklesstales.com/games/makeaword/index.shtml

·         A great site to read Aesop’s fables, timeless stories. Illustrated. http://www.umass.edu/aesop/fables.php

·         This is a fun site with games and ESL Lessons:  http://www.brainpopesl.com/level1/unit1/lesson1/