Talking About Wordless Picture Books
Talking About Wordless Picture Books: A Tutor Strategy Supporting English Language Learners is designed to support tutors who are working with low-intermediate English language learner (ELL) parents in family literacy programs.
Target: Field Trip Grants
Target offered 5,000 fieldtrip grants of $800 or less this year. Teachers can apply through this website.
Teach English, Teach About the Environment
This ESL curriculum guide from the Environmental Protection Agency includes lesson plans, vocabulary lists, and activities. Designed for adults but appropriate for grades 4-12.
Teach-nology.com: Using Parts of a Book (worksheets)
These activities focus on the parts of a book such as the Table of Contents and Index.
Teacher Guide: Esperanza Rising
This site was created by Gail Dessler, and includes information and activities related to the situation of migrant workers during the Great Depression.
Teacher Vision: Popular Drama & Literature Resources
This website has "Popular Drama and Literature Resources," including links to Readers' Theater scripts.
Teacher Vision: Readers' Theater
Here you'll find an article by Sam Sebesta describing Readers' Theater and its benefits, as well as a listing of recommended reading.
Teacher's Guide: Home of the Brave
Home of the Brave, a novel written in free verse by Katherine Applegate, tells the story of Kek, an eleven-year-old boy from the Sudan who arrives as a refugee to Minnesota in the middle of winter.
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
TESOL is a professional organization with a goal of ensuring quality education for English language learners.
Teachers.Net
Teachers.Net web site provides teacher networking, columns by educators such as Alfie Kohn and Harry Wong, lesson plans, live meetings with experts, and job information.
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Web Resources
Explore this section and discover useful web resources, some in multiple languages, to help our current and future generations of English language learners succeed. While we continue to check and update these links to other websites, some may have changed since our most recent update.
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Statewide Resources
To see web resources organized by state, visit our State Resources section.