ESL/TESL Sites for Elementary Teachers

Constructed by MaryDeFalco M.S.

Parent/Caregiver Site for Young Children by M. DeFalco

"Good literacy instruction for ELLs looks very much like good literacy
instruction for students in general...both in terms of general teaching strategies
and of literacy-specific instruction."

William H. Teale, Rdg.Teacher, 5/2009

Books for Emergent Readers
Lesson Plans
Resources
LA LECCION DE RECUPERACION DE LECTURA Reading Recovery  Stories for Kids/Activities-ESL Resources ESL Teachers Board
Supporting Recovery Students/Dr. Fugate /MO Model Integrated Thematic Unit on Oceans for ESL/Dr. Mora

Riverside Elm. Discription of Various Programs in Many Languages

Reading Recovery Think Along UTube

Learn English Kids/British Council English as a Second Lang.Resource / Shelby County-scroll down for primary
Early Rdg. Intervetion for ELL At-Risk for Learning Disabilities  Mrs. Hurley's ESL Page

Young TEFL Lesson Plans &Resources

Reading Recovery Lessons Let It Snow ESL Curriulum Guide
Typical Reading Recovery Lesson PASO Partners Integrating Math, Science & Lang. Arts Mainstreaming ESL Students
Reading Recovery Lesson by Sedalia Park Elm./GA PDF Fairy Tales Plans and LInks K-3 Lesson Planning:ESL Learners

UTube Reading Recovery 

Thanksgiving Lesson Plan ESL Learning Rescources/ESL Monkeys
Fun on the Farm Books & Lesson Plans Chrysanthemum, What's in a Name?

Reading Resources for Bilingual/

ESL/ Laurel Hill Elm.

Effective Reading Instruction for Struggling L2 Readers:A combination of Two Literatures

The link is live but downloading takes time.

How to Make the Very Young Talk

to Each Other in English/UTube

 4 by 4 Thematic Planning /Model Activities/Levels/San Diego/ Mora

Literacy Collaborative/ Ga.

In collaboration with Rdg. Rec.

 Fairy Tales Unit Ideas/Lesson Plans/Teach Net  Teaching the Four skill in the Primary EFL Classroom
One More Story / stories read in different languages/read along Activities for ESL /EFL Students

Make Every Moment Count in

Billingual Classroom PDF
Word Study for the Emergent Stage pdf8 ESL Online Learning Games

Spanish Billingual Resources K-5 Education Place/Houghton Mifflin
Guided Reading/ESL Students ESL Kids Lab -2  Young learners/learning & teaching materials including video lessons Learning EnglishThrough Picture Books
Phonological & Phonemic Awareness /Porto Rica Early Learning El Tesoro del arcoiris Over 300 Spanish Fables in Spanish
Very Emergent Readers

ESLKids Lab -1 Grammar Ex., Video Lessons, 

Quizzes, Voc. Exercises

 Bilingual Books for Kids
Designing Effective Literacy Centers for 2nd Gr. English 4 Kids Lab/Interactive Videos & Quizzes Literacy Development for ELL Students/Bank Street College
Carl' s Corner/Reading Other than Spanish ESL Print Resources-Skills Center-Fullerton College ESL Videos
Beaveron School District: Leveled Bks. Database

Pumpkin Science Lesson Plans

2 - 6th

Enabling a Reader Through Picture Books/Adolescent
Reading A-Z Guided Reading Program with Downloadable Books -for a sight fee Animal Voices Lesson/Genki English

Promoting literacy & Biliteracy in the

Second-Language & Mainstream Classroom

Reproducible Mini Books for Emergent Readers 6 Key Strategies sfor Teachers of English-Language LearnersAlliance of Excellent Ed. PDF

Learning Online Strategies ESL, EFL,ESOL/ Resources English Pond

45 Printable Guide Reading Books for ESL

 EFL Playhouse:Resource for Teachers of Young Leareners Amazon: The Big Book of Reproducible Graphic Organizers: 50 Templates
Mrs. Jones -Free Printable Mini Books Guided Reading en espanol Elementary Literacy/scroll down for ELL's
Tampa Reads Grade 1 Books Online Themes in Spanish/Enchanted Learning ESOL Material 2008-2009
Keep Books/Ohio State Tips & Tools for Managing Cooperative Groups/ESL Strategies/CSCOPE Adolescent Literacy Gr. 4-12/AdLit
RIF Kids- Reading Planet Home PreSchool & Elementary Lesson Plans/MichelleHenry Larry Ferlazzo/Beginning Learners& Early Intermediate
Wordless Books Booklist Allen County Public Library ESL Lesson Plans/TEFL.nte

 Preschool Resources/The Teacher's Cafe
Katie's Kiddie Klassics scroll down for a reading of Froggie Fantastic Preschool Sctivities for a Multicultural Theme

Dave's ESL Cafe
Clifford's Interactive Storybooks Free English Lesson Plans About Nad's ESL Island

Poetry Sings with Early Readers

 Teach Prepositions with "Going on a Bear Hunt" Confusing Words and Their Usage
101 Independent Book Companies Literacy Center Education Network/Early Childhood ESL Resources for Students OWL
Winter Theme-Lesson Plans, Printables AtoZ Teacher Stuff Language Lizard

Educational CyberPlayGround/

Lang. Liberation
Bebop Books-Spanish Reading Recovery Levels 1-6 ESL Teacher Lounge - Lesson Plans Plus Confusing Words and Expressions
Steps to Literacy - Catalogue efl4U Teaching the World English Second Language Acuistion and Learning/ Stephen Krashen
Bilingual Spanish, ESL, & Literacy Resource Pro Teacher ESL/LEP Lesson Plans for Elem. School K-6 ESL/EFL Teaching/Learning Resources/Reading
Rigby Literacy Levels, skills, & Synopsis Struggling Readers from New Zealand/Via Skype ESL Kid Stuff
McGrawHill::Breakthrough to Literacy

Scaffolding Academic Learning

for ESL Learners

TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/

EFL/ESOL Links
ChildrenBks.Online:Rosetta Project Connecting Books to Children ESL Reading Index
Make Your Own Mini Books Who's Inside the Mitten? Drama that involves everyone

Idioms for the Week /

Open English World
EBooks for Young Readers Multicultural Connections through Trade Books

Activities for ESL/EFL Students:

Grammar, Voc., Crossword

Lugares en espanol para ninos

Making Content Comprehensible

for ELL Students

 40 Hints and Tips for ESL Teachers
DLTK Children's Book Break Cinderella: Teach All Skills/ArtsEdge ESL Galaxy for Middle School
Chapter 4/Rdg. Comp./Miriam PDF ESL/EFLTeaching/Learning Resources Reading Grammar Slammer
Houghton Mifflin's Leveled Readers Eng. & Sp. EFL/ESL Lessons & Lesson Plans Interesting Things for ESL Students
Story Place -Spanish Site Cowboys& Castles:Interacting with Fractured Texas Tales NCTE/K-2 Tips, Tools, Technology
Storybook Castle in French, English, German/Fairy Tales/Fables Reading Aloud in Concersational English ClassCon Text to Speech Programs
Kindergarten Clifford See and Hear Games from Scholastic Information, activities, & advice for Spanish Speaking Parents Get Ready to Read
Guided Reading in Kindergarten Language at Hall School Working with Primary Children Tower of English ESL Sites
Kindergarten Reading Strategies -KinderPlans Genki English, ESL games, songs, & ideas

Glossary for Strategies & Terms-

A to Z /Project Connect
Guided Reading in Kindergarten/Alphabet Soup How -To: Adjust Teaching Styles for ESL Students

Internet Picture Dictionary-

5 Languages
Kindergarten Sings  Free ESL Flash CardsFree ESL Flash Cards

Illustrated Voc. Eng.,Danish,

French & Dutch-Primary
  Educational Games /Childtopia/Eng.,Sp.,French, Catalan, Bhasque

ESL/EFL Teaching/

Learning Resources

ESL Songs /GenkieEnglish

 Free Ation Flash Cards

Spanish A-Z Food Dictionary/

Glossary /Cellar Tours
Kindergarten Games GenkieEnglish

Games & Activities from Taiwan

Little Explorer's Picture Dictionary /Enchanted Learning- 5 Languages

Cybrary Man's Ed'l Wed Site

Pre-K

 edHelper

Literacy Center Education Network/

Early Childhood
Kindergarten/Videos/English 4Kids Apple Pickin'Time at The Virtual Vine

Interactive Literacy Activities/

Cyperspace
Kindergarten Children's ESL Reading Stories Printable Booklets Including Lesson Plans/Primary/HubbardsCupborad Foreign Language Fun - Colors of the Olympic
Nellie Edge Songs, Poetry etc. Developing Reading Comprehension of Expository Texts

Multicultlural Lesson Plans

& Resources
ABC's 85 Grammar Lesson Plans Reviewed by Teachers/Need to Log in

Learn English Online with

English Daily
Alphabet Themes Developing Oral Language***

ESL/Bilingual Resource Guide for Mainstream Teachers PRF
Letter Lane Ana A 50 Fun Ways to Improve Reading

Emergent Stage Activities Chapt 4
KinderKorner Developing Reading comprehension of Expostiory Texs Dígame un cuento / Tell Me A Story: Bilingual Library Programs for Children and Families
Carll's Corner Alphabet Using Fractured Texas Tales with Read Alouds Distinguishing Learning Disability from Language Acquisition
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree ESL Very inclusive

Classroom Management/

Six Thinking Hats
Star Fall's Alphabet English Grammar Lessons Letter & Number Reversals & Mirror Writing
Letters & Sounds/ Mrs. DeFalco Word Final -ed Older Ells& Sp.Ed./ ESL, Leveled Texts etc. Benchmark Ed. Company
Children's Book Breaks Grammar: Present- ESL Resources
First Grade English Language Arts: Teaching & Learning
ColorinColorado!: Reading in 1st Gr. ELL Free English Printables
First Grade Lang. Arts Alphabet Soup-very inclusive

Fun on the Farm Books

& Lesson Plans/ DLTK

 Guided Reading Level Comparison
Mrs. Meach Emergent Readers Lesson Plans & Resources Writing
Bilingual Programs for Children/Preschool/Texas Lib. Guide to Implementing ESL- Scroll down for graphic organizers Guided Writing in Second-language Classroom
Chrysanthemum/What's in a Name Printables / Enchanted Learning Guided Writing Tasks

Literacy Connection at the Virtual Vine

 Lesson Plans: Snowy Evening Poetry for ESL Wriing Short Story/Dr. Jerz

Label Me! Printouts-

Enchanted Learning

 esl lesson plans/WebCrawler Top English Teaching /ESL Printables
Grouchy Ladybug Ideas Poetry

ESLPrintables/English Worksheets:

Fairy Tales
 

Poems for ESL/Diamante Poems

Studnts/Rank noodle

 Tips for Teaching ELL to Write
Create Drama & Imporvisation with Poetry: Teaching ESL Mini Lessons for Primary Grades Mrs. Meacham
Poetry Sings in the Early Classroom Writing/Literacy Center /Can Teach
Mrs. McGowna's First Grade Personification

Story Telling: Sandwich Approach

also to Writing
ESL Grade 1 Reading Language Arts Giggle Poetry English Writing Techniques Gallaudet U.
• Leveled Expository Text, Reader’s Theater ... Benchmark Education Company - for purchase Teacher Songs & Poems Worksheets teAchnology Using Authentic Literature as a Model for Writing Memoir Seachers Network
Second Grade Creating Drama with Poetry Peer Sheet for Expository Writing
You Tube Reading Strategies for students in general Hart Work Poetry Middle Schools Poems/DC Global Story Train
  Poetry as We See It Pizzaz: Simple Creative Writing & Story Telling Activities
Language Arts Skillsi4c
When Animal Goes to School Poem
 Halloween Theme A to Z Teacher Stuff
Reading in 2nd & 3rd/ Colorin Colorado Poetry: Acrostics about Animals -Helium

Halloween Writing Project/

Fix-It Writing Shop

Ms. Jabcoby's Methods Using Poems to Teach English

Writing Fix Interactive Prompts,

Lessons, Resources
Learn NC:Media Center
Virtual Tour Is Endless		 Poetry Month Booklist/Great for ESL/Scholastic Riverdeep/Make a Story/Emergent Writers
  Apple Poetry Writing Prompts:Scott Foresman ESL 7
  English Acquistion through Poetry

Amazing Story Club/Kids & teens write & publish
Designing Effective Literacy Centers for Second Gr. /Spanish Edition Writing with Writers:poetry: Scholastic Book Report Sandwich/Scholastic
Third Grade Poems for Kids-Pitara Daily Writing Prompt/Teachers Connect
U Tube Reading Strategies for students in general Different Types of Poetry for Children/Mitchell Paragraph a WeekYear's Plan
Like to Read.com Songs & Poems: Can Teach Writing Lessons / Outta Ray Head/Resource
8 Reading Comprehension Strategies That Work of Kids   INTERMEDIATE HIGH Nutrition Education for ESL Programs
Abuela Activities Personality Poetry Quest Daily Instructional Lesson Plan

Abuela's Weave Lesson Plan

Omar Castaneda

 Poetry in the ESL Classroom See It, Say It, Write It-Templates Great for Primary

PourquoiTales for Third Grades

in general

Apple Acrostic Poem: Enchanted Learning

 Decorated Writing Paper
Thanksgiving Short Songs Friendly Letter/ Power Point
Bird Poetry:Plays, Recitals, and Rhymes for Kids Teaching Writing Skills as 2nd Lang./About
Talking Books Poetry Sings with Early Readers Persuasive Writing-Scholastic
Story Line Online Teaching Poetry/Jefferson Parish Schools Standard-Based Writing for ELL ColorinColorado
Between the Lions Stories/PBS Poems- ESL Resources Writing: Lee's Summit
Children's Storybooks Online Early Chants, Poems, and Songs Mrs. Meacham's Writer's Workshop-Primary
Fablevision Fern's Poetry Club Giggle Potz Paragraph Writing
Elementary Reading Books Online Poetry Introducing ScienceConcepts 3-5 Read-Write-Think Writing Theme Unit-Prompts, Poetry, Daily Story StartersEdHelper
Room 108 Kids Stories Poems for Friends-Reading Lady
Anderson's Fairy Tales******* Finger Plays and Action-EFL Playhouse Interactives:Elements of a Story.Cinderella/Voice
Frank Ash Animated Books Methods Using Poems to Teach English

Music

 Lesson Plans, Act Out/Asian-America Cultures/Ed. World
We Read- Literacy & Education for Life Mama Lisa's World: Children Songs & Rhymes of All Nations Stuck Stories Mapping & Story/ Table of Contents first/WOW
K- Three Billy Goats Gruff UTube Songs to Teach English Writer's WorkshopNCTE
  Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab Poetry Teacher
International Children's Digital Library

Kids Music - Oh McDonald...Video

and more

A-Z Writing for a small fee- check it out
Story Hour IPL Children's Music Web WritingPlans from the Teacher's Desk
Stories in Spanish IPL Kidspace

Teaching Rhyme through Music -

"A Hunting We Will Go" NCTE

 A Walking Talking Text Extended Petal Planner Unit of Work based on Kites
Clyde's Smile-Story Place ESL Through Music Online Writing Lab ESL owl Kent State
Stories, Songs & Poetry to Teach Reading& Writing - Carol Hurst  Guided Writing in a Second Language by Dr. Mora
CBeebies Story Circle Songs & Poems Can Teach Personal Narrative/Learning to Give
  Teaching the Train Song Guide to Grammar and Writing
RIF Reading Planet Read Along Stories & songs Kids Music Writing with ESL Students
Mighty Books/Learning to Read EFL Playhouse Songs Reversals: Anna's Story

Silly Books/songs, books, books, games and puzzles

Animal Voices Through Music

GenkiEnglish

 Assessment and Rubics
BookHive Listen to a Story : Zinger Tales EFL Club Songs

6 + 1 Trait Writing /Web

English Teacher
Dream English / Teach English with Songs Assessment and Rubric
U Tube Stone Soup Basic Story Elements with videos of action songs Assessment of ESL Students
Bilingual Books ESL Through Music Assessment Resources
Book-Pop Sing AlongWith Putumayo/ World Playground All About Assessment and Rubrics/ Dr. LeBeau
Kids'Interactive& OnLineWeb Sites Learn Songs Using Rubrics to Assess L2 Writing
Online BAB Books ESL Games & Music
Interactive , Elements of a Story.Cinderella   Language Assessment Case Study Guidelines
Interactive Story Books/Woodland
Teaching Ideas
Suggestions for Evaluating ESL Writing
Raz-Kids-fee required Strategies for Teaching Reading ESLRubrics Elm. & SecondaryVG
Kid's Corner Featuring Stories of Beatrix Potter and More Interesting Things for ESL/EFL Students Student-directed Assement inESL/EFL: Designing Scoring Rubrics with Students
Story Place/ Spanish and English Blooms Critical Thinking Questioning Strategies Tools of the Trade
Tumble Books e-books ( a fee is charged) Bloom's Critical Thinking/Slide Share/ Scroll down on the presentatio to application ESL/ Learning Results Toolbox Glossary
Primary Lil Fingers Storybooks & Playing Games with Toddlers Where In the World Is Cinderella Unit Plan Template  
Technology Resources/Dr. LeBeau Computers/IPL
Reading On Line with Support/BEENLEIGH STATE SCHOOL Book Making with Children Graphic Organizer for Content Instruction/teAchnology
Glencoe Earth Science /Brain Pop Movies for children in general Tell Me a Story Encanted Learning Graphic Organizers
Word Study Tell Me a Story, Virginia HamltonLesson Plan-Crayol Official Site

Teaching Tools.Reading Lady.

Mosaic List Server

Word Study Activity/About English Power to Learn Grant: Tell Me a Story:World Cafe Book Club Graphic Organizers
Final Ending ed/ Eva Easton Graphic Organizers Illustrated
Homophones -ESL Resources Adele's ESLCorner -Language KWL Chart/Print Friendly Version
Word Study in Action PDF Fairy Tales Lesson Plans& Linds K-3 Web Resources Applying Bloom's Taxonomy Chart

Themes

 Welcome to Classic Fairy Tales & Links
  Virtual Field Trips Reading Pen Scanner
Teaching about Amazing Animals/EverythingESL Virtual Tour with Flat Stanley to China, Japan, S. Korea
Old Mc Donald's Farm at The Virtual Vine WOW! Engaging Students in Read-Alouds Using Fractured Texas Tales Reading
Autumn Story Time Finger Puppets /EFL Playhouse

Mrs. DeFalco's Reading Web Site

for Primary Teacher
Themes & UNits at the Virtual Vine Printable Poetry for Kids: Poems, Rhymes & Recitals/4theKids Balanced Literacy Program Gr. 1-5
Bird Poetry: Poems, Plays, Recitals, Rhymes Brown Bear, Brown Bear: Story Patterns
Foundation of Emerging Literacy/TESOL
  Story Arts Online  
Connecting Books to Children Second Language Reading
Reader's Theater
On Line Reading Exercises
Reader's Theater: Where the Wild Things Are
Little Red Riding Hood Finger Puppets/Manhattan Toy Storytime

Reading Instruction for Struggling

Spanish--Combination of 2 Literatures

17 ReadersTheaterESL Lesson Plans /Lesson Planet
Sights and Sounds Mary DeFalco
Play Script Fables Don't Miss
    

Timeless TeacherStuff-scroll down -scroll down
Visual Literacy

Instructional Strategies for

Literature-Based Instruction
Little Read Hen Crafts & Lesson Plan Preschool & K
Animal Riddles Chateau Meddybemps

10 Principals to Improve

Comprehension
Billy Goats Gruff /visual aids/Sparkle Box
Arthur. Games; Binky's Story Scramble /PBS

Reader's Theater
Phonics
Strategies to Involve Parents
More Reader's Theater
Carl's Corner/Phonics
"Just Read" Florida's Dept. of Ed. also in Spanish
Power of Readers Theater:ELT Journal
S.C.O.R.E. Language Arts- Phonic Links
Literacy Network K-3

Colorin Colorado
Phonic Lesson Plans A-Z
Simple Ways Parents Can Improve Children's Voc.
Mrs. Atkinson's Class/Readers' Theater in ESL
Rhyming Games
Including Parents in the Classroom
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