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Bilingual
Balanced Literacy Overview
Provides a brief summary and links to instructional/professional development, NYC instructional publications, etc.
NYS & NYC Literacy Assessments
This
site has a list of assessments that are given to meet the requirements
of NCLB, as well as state and city assessments given to measure student
progress and to provide teachers with information about each student's
strengths and weaknesses in Language Arts and Social Studies.
NYSED Regents ELA
Download PDFs of the ELA requirements and sample tests.
NY State Bilingual/ESL Network Links
A website for ESL links to information on assessments, publications and resources.
Parents Guides to the New York City English Language Arts Test
PDF files in English, Arabic, Korean, Bengalli, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Creole and Urdu.
Children's Book Council
National Association for Bilingual Education
New York State Association for Bilingual Education
English Education
Balanced Literacy Overview
Provides a brief summary and links to instructional/professional development, NYC instructional publications, etc.
NYS & NYC Literacy Assessments
This
site has a list of assessments that are given to meet the requirements
of NCLB, as well as state and city assessments given to measure student
progress and to provide teachers with information about each student's
strengths and weaknesses in Language Arts and Social Studies.
The NCTE INBOX
A
free, weekly e-mail service from the National Council of Teachers of
English. The INBOX is an easy way to stay in touch with English
language arts news, teaching ideas, and new resources for English
teachers at all levels.
NYCDOE Performance Standards for English
Take a look at the Overview for your subject/grade level.
Awesome Library Language Arts
English Language Arts Lesson Plans
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) Database
ERIC database of educational literature.
ELA Resource Guide
A
website dedicated to a complete and very extensive list of helpful web
pages for subjects like lesson planning, the improvement of reading
skills, thematic units and using technology in the classroom.
New York Times & Learning Network Language Arts & Journalism
Hundreds of lesson plans using New York Times articles.
Online Learning Centre
This
section contains a list of links to interactive modules and teacher
resources from a variety of online projects. Links off of this page may
be used as a teacher resource or as a student activity as many of these
items have been pulled from online projects to make them easier for you
to find quickly.
ESL/TESOL
Balanced Literacy Overview
Provides a brief summary and links to instructional/professional development, NYC instructional publications, etc.
NYS & NYC Literacy Assessments
This site has a list of assessments that are given to meet the requirements of NCLB, as well as state and city assessments given to measure student progress and to provide teachers with information about each student's strengths and weaknesses in Language Arts and Social Studies.
NY State Bilingual/ESL Network Links
A website for ESL links to information on assessments, publications and resources.
Parents Guides to the New York City English Language Arts Test
PDF files in English, Arabic, Korean, Bengalli, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Creole and Urdu.
NYSED New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT)
A webiste for upto date information about the NYSESLAT test.
NYCDOE Performance Standards for ESL
Take a look at the Overview for your subject/grade level.
Breaking News English
Lesson plans with a current affairs focus. Also allows you to search for easier or harder articles.
ESL lesson plans (California State University)
A great resourse for lession plans.
Dave's ESL Caf
This
website is mainly concentrated to serve ESL teachers who are seeking
employment both abroad and in America. There are also a massive number
of classroom activities for ESL teachers.
Education Guardian TEFL
A
good overall source of info, comment and lesson ideas from The
Guardian. Designed more for TEFL and from a Brit perspective, but might
have some useful things
English as a Second Language
This
website is designed for both ESL teachers and learners. There are
activities designed for teachers and learners. There is also a link for
translations.
English Forum
Comprehensive site for teachers and students
ESL Caf
ESL lesson plans
Links to blogs for ESL students.
Has
tons of links to ESL activities and games as well as links to other ESL
resource sites Lesson plans with a current affairs focus. Also allows
you to search for easier or harder articles
Has a lot of links for online ESL activities and lessons as well as links to other newspapers and magazines that have an ESL slant
ESL Partyland
Quizzes, activities and fun things to do for Teachers and ELL's. For Fridays in June!
ESLgold.com
Activities, lesson plans and worksheets separated by topics (pronunciation, writing, grammar...)
ESL-Lounge
Free worksheets and activities for all levels that you can print out.
Everything ESL
This website is mainly for ESL teachers. It offers links for resources and lesson planning tips for teachers.
Great resources for K-12 Teachers. Very user-friendly and has very original content-based topics to choose from.
Interesting Things for ESL Students
Lesson ideas and practice for English language learners (ELL's). Beginner level.
Internet for ESL Teachers
Various links and resources.
Internet TESOL Journal
Monthly online journal with professional articles and lesson plans.
Internet TESOL Journal Lesson Plans
ESL lesson plansMinneTESOL Links
ESL lesson plans resources, games, and etc. for students.Ohio ESL
Content-Based ESL.One Stop ESL
More ESL lesson plansRandall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
This website offers the service of learning English in the internet. It focuses on audio activities and all activities are divided into three levels; easy, medium, and difficult.Resources for ESL Learners in Mainstream Classrooms & Content-Based ESL
Content-Based ESLTeachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
International association of teachers; provides professional development opportunities, news; connects teachers in the field with one another by area of interest or location. Plus TESOL Quarterly Magazine.Inclusive Education (Teaching Students with Disabilities)
Project Participate
Inclusion strategies: Project Participate's tips for creating a meaningful and inclusive learning environment.Least Restrictive Environment Coalition
Least Restrictive Environment Coalition Directory of Links.Math
NYCDOE Performance Standards for Math
Overview for Grade LevelsMath A
A special 16 page section in the Student Edition contains information that will inform students about the NYS Math A Regents' Examination.NYC Balanced Math Curricula
K-12 links to Math textbooks supplements.NYSED Math A Regents
Past tests, scoring keys , and conversion charts for Math A Regents.NYSED Math B Regents
Past tests, scoring keys , and conversion charts for Math B Regents.College Board
Site for educators about the SAT test- Problems, Resources, Educational Issues.Math Forum
Has many math resources for the classroom.Math Forum Individual Lesson Plans
Includes lesson plans for all different topics in high school mathematics.Math Surf
Lists educational grants and other teacher resources.National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Web Page. About NCTM, standards, professional development, publications, news.National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
Virtual interactive math manipulatives.Regents Exam Prep Center Math A
Descriptions and sample questions of all Math A topics found on the regents exam.Science
NYCDOE Science Standards Overview
Performance Standards, New York City - First EditionNYSED Regents Exams for Science Subjects
Download PDFs of the Science Subject requirements and sample tests.Cartoon Guide to Genetics
Biology in Motion
Digital Library for Earth System Education
Great earth science lesson plan ideas, very creative and can choose by grade level and type of lesson.Earth Science World
General science information.NASA Destination Earth
Great images and data from NASA.National Weather Service Eastern Region Headquarters
Live satellite data into your classroom.Columbia University's Summer Research Program for Science Teachers
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