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**//Resources for Teachers//** MECY EAL Curriculum Framework of Outcomes - View the entire draft document on-line. Jim Cummins- Theory and practice of EAL teaching ESL Kid's Lab - This site has videos and printables to support teaching EAL students Everything ESL - Tons of resources for teachers ESL Teacher Resources- More great resources for teachers ESL flow- A great source of resources sorted by type of activity, topic, and theme Word Sift- You must give this a try! Language Lizard - A great source of multilingual books, posters, and more. Lesson plans are also included. The Internet TESL Journal

//**Professional Associations**// TEAL Manitoba- Manitoba Teachers of Englisha as an Additional Language TESL Canada- Teachers of English as a Second Language in Canada TESOL - Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

**//Resources for Students//** Starfall - Starfall teaches phonics as well as beginning reading skills to children. Bookflix - Bookflix pairs animated children's literature with non-fiction texts. Children can watch the stories and then read along to the non-fiction book. Imbedded in the non-fiction texts are highlighted key vocabulary complete with an audio definition. Mingoville - Mingoville is an interactive tool to help children learn English vocabulary and pronunciation as well as reading and writing skills. Basic membership is free. Tumblebooks - Children can read along to many favourite children's stories on-line.

Wordle - Wordle creates word clouds of words of your choosing. Wordle yourself, vocabulary from a science topice, a response to a book... the possibilities are endless! Crazy English - Some food for thought about the English language. The Chaos - An interesting play on English words... try reading this poem out loud!
 * //Just for fun//**