ESL News: Literacy Website – Funschool.com

In an effort to provide engaging effective literacy websites for English Language Learners (ELLs), the LBJ ESL Coordinators, Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera and Lois Taitano Gumataotao, will continue to provide you with contributions of the University of Guam’s ED638* class. The following is a resourceful website they think you will enjoy and learn from at the same time!

Website: Funschool

URL: http://www.funschool.com

Contributor: Devin Paciente

The website http://www.funschool.com provides learning activities for students, teachers and parents. There are many learning activities for grade levels Pre-K to 6^th grade. Most of the activities are quiz-type games that users can play for subjects such as Reading, Language Arts, and Math. There are also games for content areas, such as Science, Social Studies, and Health.

For students in Pre-K, there are matching, counting and printable coloring activities. K-2 students can have fun learning how to type and spell with the Language game Super Hyper Spider Typer! Students in the 3^rd-4^th grades can have fun with math and memorizing activities that become more challenging as they progress through levels. The 5^th-6^th grade students can apply their knowledge to trivia-type games on a variety of subjects. The website also includes a game that helps young learners support recycling.

The website also includes a link for parents to http://www.kaboose.com. On the website there is a blog where parents can read and share their stories, parenting tips, family activities, or just simply exchange ideas. Parents can also find seasonal/thematic arts and crafts activities, as well as many recipes that they can experiment with, such as grilling, cooking with kids, or healthy eating.

*ED638: Teaching with the Internet

ESL News: Literacy Websites for English Language Learners

In an effort to provide engaging effective literacy websites for English Language Learners (ELLs), the LBJ ESL Coordinators, Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera and Lois Taitano Gumataotao, have tapped on the contributions of the University of Guam’s ED638* class. The following is a resourceful website they think you will enjoy and learn from at the same time!

Website: FunBrain

URL: http://www.funbrain.com

Contributor: Tara Balajadia

FunBrain is an interactive website that offers educational activities for grade levels K – 8. Language Arts and Mathematical skills are reinforced through child friendly games. The website also offers a teacher resource and a homework help link.

The teacher resource link has a curriculum guide that groups games by title, subject, and grade level. The grouping is designed to help teachers easily choose appropriate games for their lessons. Math flashcard print outs are available on the teacher resource link. Teachers can create on- line quizzes for students to answer on the Quiz Lab link.

Funbrain offers the student games to practice math and language arts. Students log on to a game by their grade level and rate of difficulty. The language arts games target skills such as spelling, grammar, and word meaning skills. Math skills vary from number identification, measurement, addition, subtraction, and fractions. Students can join the blog sessions or send e-cards to other students. The homework help link offers reference materials with just a click away.

*ED638: Teaching with the Internet

ESL Program

Our focus in the ESL Program is to address the needs of English Language Learners (ELLs), whose first language is a language other than English. We strive to ensure that our student population, which includes a rich diversity in cultures from around the Pacific islands and abroad, attain proficiency in English and meet academic and content standards that all students are expected to meet. In the ESL class, the ELLs become active learners of meaning and in making connections and transitions among ideas and elements.