ElementalEnglish.com

ElementalEnglish.com is a free online resource for English language lessons, with a focus on practical conversation and pronunciation. 

Created by Larissa Majlessi, this resource teaches how native speakers speak in everyday life.

http://www.elementalenglish.com/

On YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/elementalenglish/videos

On Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/elementalenglish

On Twitter: 

https://twitter.com/elementlenglish

Podcast (iTunes): 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/english-pronunciation-language/id465174263

E-news

Built specifically for an English-learner audience, E-news was created by Eva Baisan, a language teacher, to help ESL learners read real newspaper articles at their current level of English (advanced, intermediate or elementary). You can read the same contents in different levels. 

In each article keywords to help learners understand the main ideas are available.

This site offers weekly news reports. News categories include culture, politics, science, sports, travel and tech.

Visit:

https://www.enewsdispatch.com/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/enewsdispatch

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/enewsdispatch

#EarthDay

In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace was proposed. First held in 1970, Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. It is considered the birth of the modern environmental movement. Since then many people participate worldwide on Earth Day in various events to demonstrate support for environmental protection.

Some resources to celebrate Earth Day (activities, lesson plans, lessons, videos, printables...) with your students:

http://www.earthday.org/ (Earth Day Network)

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collections/teaching-content/celebrate-earth-day/

https://www.teachervision.com/holidays/earth-day

http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/earthday.shtml

http://www.noaa.gov/topic-tags/earth-day

http://b-inspiredmama.com/25-earth-day-activities-for-kids/

https://www.education.com/worksheets/earth-day/

http://www.greeneducationfoundation.org/nationalgreenweeksub/curriculum-and-activities/activities-ngw/1195-top-10-earth-day-activities.html

dreamreader.net (@dreamreader.net)

Free online English reading practice for learners created by Neil Millington, an EFL instructor with over 15 years of experience in the field of language education, to help teachers find freely available resources and for students to improve their reading skills. The website is updated regularly with new content.

http://dreamreader.net/

On Twitter: 

https://twitter.com/dreamreadernet

On Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/dreamreadernet

Blog: 

http://dreamreader.net/category/uncategorized/

Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature

If you are interested in children's literature of the late 19th century, we recommend that you enter the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature (University of Florida Digital Collections), where you will find more than 6,000 titles searchable by subject, author, title, topic, etc.

You can also download XML versions and read the books with comfortable reader views.

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/baldwin/all/thumbs

Martha`s True Stories

Martha’s True Stories is based on Martha Speaks, an animated series and interactive website on PBS KIDS. It introduces kids ages 4-7 to the world of nonfiction through interactive books where they can read along with Martha as they learn vocabulary skills.Martha's True Stories are divided into four STEM categories: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (environment, technology, inventions and measuring).

Within each category, you'll find two nonfiction stories about the topic, plus another kind of nonfiction "text" (instructions, recipe, a made-up website, and so on). You can review the words using the Word Bones interactive glossary. There is also a short vocabulary quiz for each story or text, that will help reinforce the new vocabulary and concepts.

A parents guide and a teachers guide are also available.

http://pbskids.org/martha/stories/truestories/index.html

Englishwsheets.com

ESL printable grammar worksheets, exercises, handouts, quizzes, tests, activities, teaching and learning English resources, materials, explanations and lessons.

Website created by Mehmet Gül, a Turkish English teacher, for the use of English language learners and teachers from all over the world.

https://englishwsheets.com/about.html

Songlyrics.com

It's great to use songs in the class. Songs are often used in the ESL classroom to learn new vocabulary and expressions, and to consolidate concepts that they have already learnt. Songs help recognize sound patterns and words of a foreign language in a motivating way.

Songlyrics.com offers thousands of song lyrics searchable by artist and genre. Music news and songs and albums reviews are also available. In fact, it is one of the largest entertainment sites and one of the most complete lyrics databases in the world.

http://www.songlyrics.com/

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/songlyrics

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SongLyrics

April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day is celebrated every year on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools. An April Fool joke is revealed by shouting "April fool!" at the recipient, who becomes the "April fool".

These are a few April Fools' Day resources and teaching ideas you can use to bring this celebration into your class:

On Pinterest

https://es.pinterest.com/2dstudio/april-fools/

https://es.pinterest.com/weareteachers/april-fools-day-lessons-and-activities/

Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/aprilfool/

Scholastic: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/allie-magnuson/april-fools-day-a-foolproof-primer-on-classroom-laughter/

Hoaxes.org: http://hoaxes.org/

Seeker (origins of April Fools'Day): https://www.seeker.com/where-does-april-fools-day-originate-1769694656.html

Story Starters

Stories are important in education and in language learning. 

Story Starters is a fun interactive tool aimed at engaging children and inspiring them to write by serving up hundreds of writing prompts in creative combinations. Three main themes (Adventure, Fantasy, or Sci-Fi) are available. 

Story Starters gives ideas for character, plot, and setting. Students may choose to use the notebook, letter, newspaper, or postcard templates for their writing and may choose to include a drawing with their story.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/