In addition to the articles about mental health and wellbeing, you will find some external links to key refugee support organisations with useful resources towards the bottom of this page.
(Source Open Learn)
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/supporting-ukrainian-refugees
This collection of English - Ukrainian dual resources is at your disposal if you create a free Twinkl account. Perfect if you want to teach English (vocabulary) to learners who are native Ukrainian speakers
You can read, download (text and audio) and listen to stories. You can also choose language (English, French, and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages of Canada) and level (five levels).
It provides teachers with a guide to show how links can be made between the stories and Curricular Competencies by referencing universal themes and activities across grade levels and subject areas.
Find it on:
They can search for readings by category, written (English and Spanish can be chosen so it is also a good resource for early readers of Spanish) and narration language.
Blog:
https://about.uniteforliteracy.com/blog/
On Twitter:
https://twitter.com/unite4literacy
Webpage:
Reading Bear, a project of WatchKnowLearn.org, is the first free program online to teach beginning readers vocabulary and concepts while systematically introducing all the main phonetic patterns of written English.
Reading Bear and WatchKnowLearn are free, ad-free, non-profit projects of the St. Charles Place Education Foundation.
World Theatre Day (WTD) is an international observance celebrated since 1962 on 27 March. It was initiated by the International Theatre Institute (ITI). This day celebrates the essence, and importance of theatre arts, their significant role in entertainment, and their impact on life.
This year, World Theatre Day celebration will focus on the young, the next generation, the emerging artists, who have been a strong special focus of ITI in the recent past.
Webpage
On App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/app/power-thesaurus/id967211375
On Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.powerthesaurus.powerthesaurus
Webpage:
Ludwig is the a sentence search engine that helps you write better English and feel more confident about it by giving you contextualized examples taken from reliable sources.
On Google Play:
On YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0WwUD27J1NxEVopX0Ijo3g
Webpage:
It includes the element's name, symbol, and atomic number. Each element box has a drawing of one of the element's main human uses or natural occurrences. The table is color-coded to show the chemical groupings. Small symbols pack in additional information: solid/liquid/gas, color of element, common in the human body, common in the earth's crust, magnetic metals, noble metals, radioactive, and rare or never found in nature. It offers textual descriptions and information about atomic structure, chemical bonding and radioactivity. (source Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words).
Find it on:
https://elements.wlonk.com/ElementsTable.htm
You can also download a PDF version on:
YouTube channel with videos that expose children to famous art, classical music, literature, and natural science in an age-appropriate and kid-accessible way.
Find it on:
https://www.youtube.com/c/FreeSchool/featured
Here you have an example:
It includes a text, warm-up questions, pre-reading ideas, reading and discussion activities, homework and solutions to the proposed questions.
Find them here:
International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality.
To support this celebration people and groups across the world develop IWD videos that amplify the commitment to helping build a gender equal world.
On this webpage you can check out hundreds of videos from past years and submit one of your own:
YouGlish gives you answers about how English is used by real people and in context. An interesting tool to improve your English pronunciation.
PlayPhrase can be used as a cool tool to practice listening discrimination or to present new vocabulary while using authentic speech.
Webpage
https://playphrase.me/#/search
YouTube Channel
Mystery Doug is a free weekly video series for elementary teachers (grades K-5) based entirely on questions that real students ask. The videos are short, approximately five minutes long.
Some videos provide activity extensions.
It features fun videos that empower middle school kids to solve real-world problems and understand the impact of engineering in a global context.
YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/DesignSquadGlobal/featured
Webpage:
Find it on:
This lesson on YouTube English Danny is useful for Valentine’s Day vocabulary. Very interesting for ESL students who want to know more about this significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration.
Groundhog Day is observed every year on February 2, having originated in the town of Punxsatawney, Pennsylvania. The annual ritual has roots in pre-Christian traditions and was brougt to the USA by German immigrants. The emergence of a groundhog from its burrow is said to foretell the weather for the following,
The following video explains the origins of the tradition:
With Topworksheets you will be able to create interactive auto-grading worksheets easely and free. You don’t need to learn any code.
You can add many different question types: fill the blank, dropdown, join elements, drag & drop. You can also include multimedia content like video, audio or images, assign worksheets as tasks for your students, and receive results directly in your account.
