literacy

1. Dave's ESL Cafe

Excellent resource and ideas for all ESL/EFL teachers. Great quizzes, grammar activities, and student and teacher discussion forums for ideas, practice writing, listening skills, lesson plans. May require Media Player, Flash or Real Audio.

2. a4esl.org - Tons of practice sheets, many fun activities with excellent visuals.

3. www.funbrain.com

Many activities that parents and kids can do together. Entertaining children's activities. Check out Grammar Gorillas for elementary students!

4. Homophones and minimal pairs - you hear the sounds by an native English speaker.

5. www.manythings.org

Great visual site, with interesting ESL activities. See the picture quizzes, flashcards to download, and all kinds of signs.

6. Up To Ten. com

Great children's site with many games and activities.

7. Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

Great site (www.esl-lab.com) with audio support to practice listening and pronunciation skills. Must use Real Audio Player plug-in.

8. Taiwan Teacher

Nice activities, excellent links for online English courses, quizzes, online games and classroom lesson plans. Site created for ELL's in Taiwan with teacher articles specific to their language needs.

9. songsforteaching.homestead.com/ESLSongs.html

Great site to practice chants, poems, and learn all kinds of songs. Many songs organized by theme. Most songs require Media Player or Quicktime.

10. English Media Lab (http://www.englishmedialab.com/)

Excellent site uses online ESL videos, from beginners to advanced. All exercises are to increase listening abilities, pronunciation, increase vocabulary, quizzes. May require Flash.

11. www.eslkidstuff.com

Tons of worksheets, over 900 kinds of flashcards with excellent visuals, games, job postings and song sheets. Students can download enlarged flash cards.

12. www.boowakwala.com

Excellent interactive game site to practice instructions, vocabulary and computer skills. Well-organized (thematic) and entertaining for all ages.

13. ESL Edutainment

Great site with many links for vocabulary development, word searches, crossword puzzles for kids and teachers. See the games and activities for holidays!

www.linapuzzles.com/esledutainment.html

14. Karin's ESL Partyland

Activities are for advanced students, with most themes in middle school or high school. Has discussion forums and a great quiz center.

15. www.starfall.com

Recommended by Mrs. Berg, reading teacher at Gates to help students learn how to read. Many interactive books and visuals for sight words. Included are activities for phonics, listening, etc. Designed for elementary age PreK-2nd grades.

16. www.comenius.com/fables/

Fables for middle school and high school students.

MORE SITES TO BE ADDED IN DECEMBER!