Websites to promote English Language Learners!
Note: Any of the websites listed under the content areas under 'Portfolio' can be used with English Language Learners with a little bit of adaptation.
Literacy Center Education Network (literacycenter.net)
Purpose: This website helps with language acquisition through online and printable worksheets in English, French, Spanish, and German. The website includes practice with colors, shapes, numbers, lowercase vs. uppercase letters, writing, spelling, and keyboard strokes. |
readtoday.net
Purpose: This website has lots of Pre-K and K level reading activities focusing primarily on letters, numbers, shapes, colors, and words for English, French, German, and Spanish. There are also resources for wall decorations printable on this website. |
Online Story Time Preschool Activities and Crafts
Purpose: This website offers themed lesson plans for preschool activities especially created with ELLs in mind. This website also offers printable activities and online stories listed under subject and highly dependent upon the written word. |
Martha Speaks
Purpose: This website uses games, cartoon video, cartoon pictures, and a talking dog to explain vocabulary, discuss the difference between the 5 W's (why, who, what, where, when) and an H (how) in context, and provide the opportunity for children to create there own stories with Martha the talking dog. It's 100% kid-friendly! |
Raz Kids
Purpose: This website contains short stories for children working on specific sounds in words. The difficulty of the text increases slightly the lower on the webpage you explore. Each book can be printed or projected on to a screen single-sided or double-sided. |
Arthur
Purpose: As well as a bunch of reading and writing inspired games, this website also includes a sequencing activity where students hear a story and put pictures in order. |
Funbrain
Purpose: This website provides the opportunity to read a small variety of books, comics, as well as math and reading games all available online without having to sign in or register. |
Discover! Stimulations
Purpose: This website lists science units with easy-to-understand labels under specific grades. Each unit has one online activity/game associated with it from grade K-6. The activities/games ask deep questions (level of depth depends on grade) but all questions use small words and explain clearly what they want from the students participating in the activity/game. |