Websites for Teachers

The following list contains no-cost, content resources for teachers who work with English language learners (ELLs).

• Breaking News English
  Leveled English news articles for older ELLs

• EL Civics for ESL Students
  This website offers social studies resources to help ELLs build their understanding of social studies themes. 

• English Club
  Lesson plans and activities

• ESL Partyland
  Lesson plans and reproducible materials to use in class

• HC Tutorial
  Haitian Creole academic tutorial videos for K-12 students 

• Learning Chocolate
  This vocabulary learning platform provides a picture dictionary and audio.

• MES English
  Free printables for preschool-6th grade ESL classrooms.
• Multiplication Games
  Students can learn all the multiplication tables no matter what grade they are in.

• Simple English Wikipedia
  This is a great reference site for ELLs.

• The New York Times Learning Network 
  This site provides step-by-step lesson plans based on the day's news.  It is for intermediate to advanced level ESL students. 

• Vocabulary Profiler –Classic
  Laufer & Nation's original 4-way sorter can be used to analyze vocabulary frequency bands.

• Vocabulary Profiler –Kids
  250-word frequency band cuts can be used for finer analysis of vocabulary.

• Windows to the Universe
  This website provides science and culture articles at the beginner, intermediate and advance levels. 

• Word Sift
  This tool from Understanding Language analyzes texts for content-related vocabulary.