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__**ESL Resources** __ Teacher Tools []--Visit the Teachers' Corner for information on free educational materials for teachers of grades 4-12, including lesson plans, magazines, videos, posters and games @http://www.wordle.net/ - Create word clouds

@http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ - Rubric generator

[] - General information and website suggestions

@http://www.readwritethink.org - The website states its mission is to "provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in Reading and Language Arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials." Sponsors include: the International Reading Association, The National Council of Teachers of English, and Thinkfinity

Professional Development

@http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp - TESOL professional development organization

@http://www.colorincolorado.org/index.php?langswitch=en - ESL literacy instruction information

Worksheets and Printable

www.busyteacher.org - Free lesson plans and worksheets for all levels

Blogs

@http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ - "ESL Website of the Day"

Sites for ELL students

@http://www.starfall.com/ - Phonics and beginning reading

[] - A collection of sites for ELL students divided by grade level

Content Support

@http://www.digitalvaults.org The Digital Vaults is an online interactive exhibit for the National Archives Experience, launched in February, 2008. The site uses visual records such as documents, photographs, and popular media, and illustrates how these materials can come together in unexpected ways to tell the story of our country. (source: www.archives.gov)

@http://www.sheppardsoftware.com Free, interactive, educational website. Covers all content areas.

Misc [|Refugee experience game] @http://www.howstuffworks.com - Tagline says it all: "smart is cool"