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Handout
Other

Jerz's Literacy Weblog: Gender Neutral Language

For Students 9th - 10th
This very readable piece uses charts, examples and brief discussions to explain ways to create gender-neutral writing and speech.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Figurative Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discover how authors use figurative language to enhance their writing and explore the differences between similes and metaphors in this animated video [3:37] from WNET. Discussion questions below help students to further apply their...
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Website
US Department of Education

U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Kindergarten Activities (Spanish)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Links to 100 kindergarten activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Technology: Way to Go!

For Students K - 1st Standards
Which type of vehicle do you dream of driving? The book includes audio narration in 17 additional languages with text in English.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Technology: Watch Out!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn to recognize different safety signs you may see in your community or when traveling. Includes audio narration in 16 additional languages with text in English.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Technology: Trains, Planes and Boats

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A book about trains, planes, and boats, and the difference between those that carry people and those that carry cargo. Includes audio narration in eight additional languages with text in English.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Technology: The Assembly Plant

For Students 1st Standards
A book about making things with tools and different materials. Includes audio narration in six additional languages with text in English.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Community: Farm Tractors at Work

For Students 1st - 2nd
Learn about all the jobs that a tractor does on a farm. Includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Create and Play: Apple Annie

For Students K - 1st
Follow along as an aunt teaches a young girl how to make dried apple dolls. Book includes audio narration in 10 additional languages with text in English.
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Website
Joe Landsberger

Study Guides & Strategies for Speakers of Arabic.

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Arabic language version of a study skills site also available in English and other languages as well. Different sections teach skills in reading and writing, Internet literacy, critical thinking, math, science, dealing with...
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Interactive
Digital Dialects

Digital Dialects: Tibetan Language

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn one of the official languages in China, found in the Tibet Autonomous Region and Nepal. Study the alphabets and number systems used and practice with the online games.
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Handout
Other

English Language Activities, Exercises and Tests

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers tests and activities which can be used by a teacher as well as by an advanced ESL high school student doing a self-guided study.
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Website
US Department of Education

U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: First Grade Activities (Spanish)

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Links to 100 first grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
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Website
US Department of Education

U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Third Grade Activities (Spanish)

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Links to 100 third grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
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Other

New York State Education Department: Regency Exams: 6th Grade Language Arts

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Links to past New York State English Language Arts Grade 6 tests for 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006. Links to a practice test are also available, and all links open in PDF format.
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Website
Joe Landsberger

Study Guides and Strategies in Korean

For Students 9th - 10th
Study guides and strategies for general school work including project management, classroom participation, preparing classes. Some Korean expressions are not completely translated in the content. Site also provides versions in English...
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Website
US Department of Education

U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Second Grade Activities (Spanish)

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Links to one hundred second grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set,...
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eBook
LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: Jordan and the Little Magic Pencil by Anna Kondis [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
Through this fairy tale "Jordan and the Little Magic Pencil" children will realize that language and spelling are like games. It offers tricks to make learning language skills easy. Parents and teachers should help them understand the...
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Professional Doc
Other

New Jersey Dept. Of Ed: Teacher Practices for Kindergarten Ccss for Ela [Pdf]

For Teachers K
These teacher practices correlate with the Common Core English Language ArtsLiteracy State Standards for Kindergarten and are intended to give teachers guidance as they carefully, and systematically plan for language arts literacy...
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Website
Other

Go Army

For Students 9th - 10th
Official site of the US Army lists a variety of training opportunities including GED, the GI Bill, skill training, and money for college.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: News and Media Literacy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection, which includes videos, blog articles, student handouts, lesson plans, and tip sheets for families, helps students identify, analyze, and investigate the news and information they get from online sources. Media literacy...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Peg the Hen (Short E Listening Practice)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
English language learners and beginning readers can listen as they read this wonderfully animated story about Peg the Hen. Excellent drill for learning to pronounce the short E sound with excellent reinforcement of basic vocabulary...
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Robot and Mr. Mole (Long O Listening Practice)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn English words with the long O sound by listening to this read-aloud story about a robot. English language learners and beginning readers can practice listening to and pronouncing words with long o's. Great graphics, unlimited...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze How Author's Style and Syntax Support Meaning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Analyze how an author's style and syntax support meaning in a text. RI.9-10.3 author unfolds. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.3