Useful websites for English Teachers

http://www.etseverywhere.com

1.主要強調聽力練習，不論是故事、歌曲、文法、文學改寫、小詩、學生作品或生活經驗都可以錄音檔出現。

2.若希望站長Kevin幫忙pose 你的東西，可先和他連絡，並先做一個影音檔介紹一下自己。

3.不論是native speaker或EFL speaker都可以pose，可以給學生嘗試世界各國英語腔調。

4.錄音檔也有 natural 、slow and Karaoke等不同版本，可因教學需要靈活應用。

5.有方便使用的現成worksheet.

6.錄音內容多半在1-2分內，時間很短，所以下載容易。

• Grammar Songs     Holidays     Jokes / Comedy     Kid Songs   Learn Russian
• Little Literature     Little Stories    Modal Verb Songs    Movement Songs
• Other Voices       Podcast Articles    Recycle Song Classics    Recycle Songs
• Sound Effect Activities      Sound Games      Strange or Silly Songs
• Student Songs     Uncategorized       Vocabulary List Songs

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids.htm

 有分等級不同的故事, 遊戲讓學生體驗

 故事有錄音版, 如果按 Read, 還有字幕出現供學生對照著看

 在故事目錄會大概敘述故事種類, 老師可以省去尋找的時間

  配合故事還有遊戲和學習單

  遊戲分 “for fun” “play and learn” “little kids”  - 含聽和讀的訓練  很好玩

  歌曲有的會配合遊戲, 或有學習單或歌詞,也有flashcards 可印,very resourceful!

http://www.starfall.com/

Phonics, Level Readers, Download Center, the Starfall Store, Fiction & Non-fiction, Plays, Fables

http://bogglesworldesl.com/

Glossary of ESL terms, Worksheets, Card Games, Bingo, Songs, Role-play Scripts, Business English

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/resources/britlit
Reading context with some instructions and worksheet, but it’s just appropriate for advanced students

http://www.enchantedlearning.com

It’s a website that classify all kinds of theme, however the preschool to K, K-3, craft, nursery rhymes parts will be most useful for us

http://www.grammarmancomic.com/

1.（1）漫畫教學：每一則漫畫會敎一個單字及使用方式。

  （2）SONG：內有一首歌

2. Free Stuff：

（1）製作了許多與電影相關的學習單，並附有使用方式

（2）遊戲及歌曲教學

（3）閱讀、podcasts、card games (resources and rules)

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

由Discovery製作的網站，設計內容以主題教學為主，範圍包含了科技、歷史、藝術等。

1.     Puzzlemaker：提供多種不同款式，教師只需跟著輸入你所需要的條件就可輕易製作完成。

2.    從K-12年級製作多種的教學計畫，但是沒看到有附學習單。

http://www.mes-english.com/

There are many free resources here（flashcards, worksheets, ppt, phonics, game, video and etc.）and all of these resources are organized by topics. For example, if you want to teach “body parts”, you will have “body parts” ppt, flashcards, worksheets（with suitable listening mp3 to make evaluation）. Also, you can make your own flashcards and worksheet with the easy tools provided by the website by your own.

http://www.esl-kids.com/

This website also provides lots of free resources as the website above. I think the “Links” part could pay more attention on it—especially fantastic list of the 100 Best Resources and Guides for ESL Teachers.

http://www.english-4kids.com/  

ESL kids Lab offers: Printable ESL Worksheets, Games for ESL Classrooms, EFL Videos, PPT Lessons Videos, Interactive Kids Vocabulary & Grammar Quizzes,Powerpoint downloads for English teaching and learning. Teach young learners, preschool, kindergarten/nursery, primary school, k12.

http://www.eslkidstuff.com/

Main menu includes: flashcards, worksheets, crafts, lesson plan helper, ESL games, song sheets, holidays, teaching tips, teaching articles, kid’s online activities and games, ESL links.

http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/

Arcade games, puzzle games, writing games.

Sites for Grades 1-2

http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet.htm

This site has many stories for Pre-K-2 students.*

With bookplates designed by famous illustrators/ freed download story template, you can illustrate stories.

http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/other.asp

A site with online stories and activities. Grades pre-K-Kindergarten.*

http://www.first-school.ws/theme/onlinestory.htm

This site is more for teachers but has many online stories. It is advertised as a pre-school site but the stories are suitable forK-1 students.

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/

 Games for K-2. "WordPlay" can be used for students in grades 3-4.

There are about 15 kinds of activities about adj., phonics, synonym, alphabet, word, category, etc.

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/storyscramble/scramble.html

Sequencing activity where students hear a story and put pictures in order. Making your own story

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/coloring.html

For readers in Grades 1-2. SOME photocopiable coloring pages.

A terrific site with stories read by actors from the ScreenActors' Guild. Grades 1-4.*

http://www.storylineonline.net/

This is a commercial site with free books that you can download and print. Grades 1-4. audio/video story reading; optional reading speed; caption on/off; related activities and more (written suggestion)

http://www.raz-kids.com/main/BookRoomMenu

 Reading and listening activities for elementary age students.*

partly free online samples(with T’s email address only); story reading and follow-up quizzes

http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/customer_login.asp?accessdenied=%2Flibrary%2Fasp%2Fbook%5Fdetails%2Easp%3FCategory%3DPictureBooks%26offset%3D60

 Click on "stories." A large collection of stories from the Los Angeles Public Library. All grades. No account, no enter!  Great resources but too stingy!  Very difficult to register a free trial accountL

http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/

Activities pre-K-2.Try the reading and writing section with students in grades 2-3. Scholastic Website for Clifford the Big Red Dog Series.  (Gr1~3)

Six Interactive Categories:

1.     Play & Learn: interactive flash games for kids, free 1 hr trial readings and activities.

2.     Read & Write: online interactive story-telling, reading and writing activities from phonics to reading stories.

3.     Make & Do:  Arts and craft printable, activities sheets.

4.     See & Hear: Music and videos of the Clifford stories.  Include sing-along, story-telling video clips, etc.  (Requires Quick Time  plug in to watch)

5.     Meet & Greet: Character introductions, games & printable of the main characters.

6.      Parents & Teachers: P & T guides for reading the Clifford series.  Include lesson plans.

http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/see/index.htm

Short Clifford videos. Click on "See  and Hear." Grades K-2.  

http://pbskids.org/berenstainbears/

Great activities for young children including word games, songs and puzzles. Grades K-2. PBS Website for Berenstainbears TV Cartoon (Kindergarten ~ Gr1 & 2 )

~Photos: Clip arts of the cartoon

~Character: short introduction of the bear family

~Art: paint pictures online or download to color

~TV: watch short clips of the bears teaching kids how to do storytelling by using different methods.  Ex: reading aloud, acting out, writing etc. (*Requires Real Player plug in to watch)

~Games: 6 online interactive flash games.  Include reading, matching, searching, connect the dots.

http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

Great learning games for young children. Grades K-2. （beginner / intermediate / advanced STUDENTS CAN PLAY THEM AFTER SCHOOL）

http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?name=Downloads&req=viewdownload&cid=7

Includes short plays for students in grades 1-2.* （comprehension：posters / author & book / poems / assessments about reading / RT scripts / activity worksheets / ALL DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BE DOWNLOADED ARE IN “DOCUMENTS”）

http://www.kizclub.com/

Printable books and for students in grades K-1.（ABC’s：activities, writing / phonics：activities, worksheets / different topics / crafts / stories & props / rhymes / flash cards / clip arts & other resources）

Sites for Grades 3-5

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html

For Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5

Funbrain Reading網站在Mad Libs Junior部分提供四個待改編的故事，依照提示選出字彙後， 就成為一篇屬於你的全新故事。

http://www.rif.org/educators/activities/online.mspx

Look at the writing activities for students in Grades 2-5.

Reading is Fundamental網站提供

(1)  閱讀有關的文章

(2)  教案

(3)  活動: 如編故事: 選擇圖片與字彙=>就編成了屬於自己的故事.

http://www.rif.org/educators/activities/online.msp

For Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5

http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/     

For Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5   非常有趣的網站

故事: 影片故事超好玩(視覺+聽覺=>閱讀)，故事看完還有extended activity/game

Video clips: 生動活潑有趣的影片、 歌曲、教phonics/文法/詩…不會無聊喔！

http://www.plcmc.org/bookhive/zingertales/

This site has multicultural children's stories told by famous storytellers. Be sure to click on "Listen to a story." For Grades 2-5

http://www.plcmc.org/bookhive/zingertales/

This site has multicultural children's stories told by famous storytellers. Be sure to click on "Listen to a story." For Grades 2-5

有很多知名的講故事者所講的故事

http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/comic.htm

Make a comic. Grades 2-4  可以自選劇情，製作屬於自己的一本書

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/flashcards.htm

A program for kids to make flashcards. Grades 3-8.

可以做flashcards，不過不能中英對照，只能用英文解釋

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/sandwich.asp

Students make a book report sandwich. Grades 4-8.

可以書寫關於自己在看完一本書後的讀書心得

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/spelling.htm

Use spelling words to make a word search or sentence scramble. Grades 3-6.

http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/customer_login.asp?accessdenied=%2Flibrary%2Fasp%2Fbook%5Findex%2Easp

 Online stories read from the Los Angeles Public Library. All grades.

Multimedia Books & Activities for Children
Tumble book Library presents a wealth of narrated, animated children's books, audiobooks and activities to encourage your young reader.

http://www.tumblebooks.com

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/what.html

Gives examples of different types of Poetry.

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/maggie_science.htm

Label pictures using science vocabulary. Grades 4-8.*

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/maggie_science.htm

Songs for students in all grades.   Scholastic 網站，囊括各式的教學資源，很完整，但需付費。Scholasic includes variety types of teaching resource. However, users have to pay for the right of using the websites.

http://www.manythings.org/songs/ 

Songs for ELLs with words.* Grades 3-12.  免費的音樂, 歌詞, 以及對歌曲的詳細介紹, 諸如及歷史, 來源等。除此之外這個網站還提供可下載的英語笑話、閱讀材料、 新聞英語、線上測驗等。此網站完整度雖不高但是所提供的資源都是免費的。Stuff in this site is free so far, including, songs, (lyrics, music, and the evolvement), jokes, news English, reading and listening material, online cloze, etc.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/az/       

Intermediate students in grades 5-8. 這個網站免費的部份（試用版）提供了美國孩子社會科學習的一些相關主題，如學校與家庭,、社區意識等等，因為教材的設計是以美國的社會科學習為主軸, 所以使用時轉換的功夫可能要花一些。Users need to pay for using the webs. The site is available only on the USA. For teachers from other region, it is necessary to work on the adoption to his or her context. 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/index.html

This is a good grammar    site for 6-12           這個網站主要以寫作為主，網站上面的教學素材都是免費的，內容完整度夠，它甚至把教師要教寫作的一些相關題目做成詳細的檔，教師使用時只要稍微整理一下就可以了。This website is quite complete. The focus of the site is on writing. This site even provides easy access for teachers to make their teaching presentations.

http://www.funbrain.com/books/callahan/book.html

Intermediate students in grades 5-8.

http://pbskids.org/zoom/printables/activities/

 Games, activities and science experiments from the TV Show Zoom. Grades 4-6.

http://pbskids.org/berenstainbears/

Great activities for young children including word games, songs and puzzles. Grades K-2.

**http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

Great learning games for young children. 

Grades K-2. (ex. “letter bug”-phonics, “Monkey Business”-word order,)

 http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?name=Downloads&req=viewdownload&cid=7  

Includes short plays for students in grades 1-2. (Teacher Reference Resources, Poetry, RT, Blog)

http://www.kizclub.com/

Printable books and for students in grades K-1. (ABC’s, Phonics, Topics, Crafts, Stories, Nursery Rhymes, )

 Sites for Grades 4-8

http://www.manythings.org/pp/

    speaking 的pronunciation

This web site is for people studying English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as a Foreign Language (EFL). There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator and other computer assisted language learning activities.

Designed for older students but pronunciation and listening activities could be used for students grades 4 and up.* There are also many minimal pair practice, quiz, songs, poems, twister, consonant and vowel practice as well.

http://www.brainpop.com/english/seeall/

The website includes not only just grammar but also writing, reading skill and books as well with some printable activity sheet.

This site has some free sections to teach grammar. Look up "nouns" and watch the video. Grades 5-8.

http://eslbears.homestead.com/

A site for beginning students. Exercises in pronunciation, reading and vocabulary. Grades 3-8 Great activities for all. Other linking sites recommended: Adele’s ESL corner, Many things for ESL students.

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/braint.htm

 Kids' page from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Grades 5-8

http://dictionary.reference.com/translate

Students can bookmark this site to translate words from English to their native language. Grades 3-12.

For Translation

http://www.manythings.org/ac/family.html

An audio concentration game for Grades 4-12.*

http://www.manythings.org/ac/family.html

An audio concentration game for Grades 4-12.*

This audio concentration game combines memory matching with listening concentration /comprehension. It requires you to depend on your ears only. There is no text. There are no pictures. There are 2 categories and 7 games in total. The first category is for “similar sound words”, 5 games. The other one is “words in logical group”, 2 games (family members & months of the year). There are 2 other links listed on this page for similar games.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar5.htm

 Match homophones in this concentration game.* Grades 4-8.

Homophones are words that have the same sounds but have very different meanings, e.g.: horse/hoarse, would/wood.  This memory matching game aims to familiarize students with these homophones. There are 3 sets of games in total. There are some grammar related activities on the left of this page,.

http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/

Vocabulary games - From Interesting Things For ESL Students, a collection of vocabulary games for Grades 6-12. This page is a collection of English vocabulary word lists with online activities. First you choose a set of words from the “Vocabulary Word Lists” (ESL / EFL Beginners and ESL / EFL Basic Vocabulary are perhaps the most suitable ones for us), then there is a list of “things you can do with this word list”. Scroll down and pick one, whether it be a Flash game, Java game, JavaScript game, etc.

On the top of http://www.manythings.org’s main page, there’s a menu you can scroll down to have a look at the different sections this website provides and find what you want faster.