Documentation:ESLforPrimaryTeachers

Resources for Primary English Teachers

Resource created for TRU World's Beijing Teacher Education Program - July 2015

Integrated / All Skills

About ESL ESL Cafe ESL Flow Explore English Literacy Center Education Network

Enchanted Learning MES Busy Teacher Using English

BBC English A4 ESL ESL Gold EduScapes ISL Collective

Reading & Writing

Alphabet & Animals: http://www.bemboszoo.com/

Scholastic: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/index.htm

Mad Libs: http://www.madlibs.com/

Kid's Click: http://www.kidsclick.org/

Picture Dictionary: http://www.pdictionary.com/

Poetry

Giggle Poetry: http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

Poem Hunter: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-months/ (from: http://www.poemhunter.com/)

Fun Brain: http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html (see examples of comics to use for creative writing).

Journal Writing: See Diary of a Wimpy Kid at http://www.funbrain.com/journal/Journal.html?ThisJournalDay=1&ThisPage=1

Read Write Think: http://www.readwritethink.org/

Guide to Grammar and Writing: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/

Spelling City: http://www.spellingcity.com

Slideshows: http://photopeach.com/

Listening & Speaking

Listening & Speaking: http://www.rong-chang.com/listen.htm

ESL Lab: http://www.esl-lab.com/cgi-bin/mail.cgi/list/esllab/

Digital Dialects: http://www.digitaldialects.com/

About ESL: http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening/

Many Things: http://www.manythings.org/

Songs

Freddie's Ville: http://www.freddiesville.com/songs/

Many Things: http://www.manythings.org/songs/

ESL Galaxy: http://www.esl-galaxy.com/music.htm

Busy Teacher: http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-listening/songs_and_lyrics/

English 4 Kids: http://www.english-4kids.com/lessons.html

English Learning: http://www.englishelearning.com/en/index.html

Train Your Accent: Accent reduction exercises. http://www.trainyouraccent.com/

• The Big Numbers Song

• Wheels on the Bus

Games

Puzzle Maker Word Search

Puzzles Games for the Brain

Jeopardy Pictionary

Videos

Teacher Tube: http://www.teachertube.com/videos/

Thematic Lessons

Numbers

• Saying Large Numbers Lesson

• Pronouncing Numbers in English

Canada

• Provinces and Territories of Canada

• Stompin Tom - Capitals Song

• The Hockey Song - Stompin Tom Connors

Grammar Lessons

Figures of Speech

• The art of the metaphor Animated video explanation by Jane Hirshfield

• Similes and Metaphors: Cartoon video by The Bazillions

• Explanation of Metaphors

• List of Metaphors

• Metaphor Examples for Kids

• 200 Short and Sweet Metaphor Examples

Assessment

http://www.quia.com/

Classroom Management

Online Stopwatch: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/

Instructional Pedagogy

Learning Outcomes

• https://esl-literacy.com/outcomes-landing

Theories of Teaching and Learning

Total Physical Response (TPR)

• TPR: Article from BBC's Teaching English website.
• TPR Video: Video demonstration of TPR

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

• The Advantages of Communicative Language Teaching: Article on CLT
• CLT Video: Five Communicative Language Teaching Methods.

Bloom's Taxonomy

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
• http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching-resources/effective-practice/revised-blooms-taxonomy/
• http://ww2.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm
• http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/bloomtax.htm
• BLOOM’S TAXONOMY and Costa’s Levels of Questioning
• Bloom's Taxonomy: Video from LSU Center for Academic Success
• Bloom's Taxonomy: Finding Nemo
• Bloom's Taxonomy
• Blooms Taxonomy According to Seinfeld

Gardner's Multiple Intelligences

• http://www.multipleintelligences.org/
• http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_62026ee70100gu20.html
• http://esl.about.com/od/teachingenglish/a/l_multiple.htm
• http://msetramapo.org/edtc631/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/GardnerLectureNotes.pdf
• http://www.education.com/reference/article/Gardners-multiple-intelligences/

Learning Styles

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles
• https://www.personalitymax.com/learning-styles

Assessment

• http://longmanhomeusa.com/blog/tag/summative-assessments/
• http://www.docin.com/p-88917378.html
• http://profeherrera.com/formative/strategies.html

Educational Technology

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-learning

Resources

• The Internet TESL Journal
• http://www.mastersinesl.org/blog/instructional-technology-tools-in-the-esl-classroom/
• http://eslteachingandtechnology.com/index.html