ESOL Spring Break S'more

Don't think of it as being stuck at home, but being safe at home. In the safety of your living room, you can travel to the San Diego Zoo, Yellowstone Park, China and Mars. The best news is you can do all this while you stay in your pajamas and it is all free!

Please click on the link below to access numerous virtual field trips your family can take over the break!

30 Virtual Field Trips

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SvIdgTx9djKO6SjyvPDsoGlkgE3iExmi3qh2KRRku_w/preview?fbclid=IwAR3YK4lzUURAGeaJC5sQXaF-KyQopZm-9p7TaYFdPtTKKuV8jsT_lPCxysI

One of our book vendors, Junior Library Guild, is offering students FREE access to their online digital reading platform. This gives readers unlimited access to read books online from any device with no limit to the number of users. Titles will enter and exit the stream regularly, so there are always new selections available. Many are READ ALOUD books! There are also selections for all ages and levels. Click the link below for additional information:

https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/at-home

You may also try free books at Audible which offers many languages. Audible.com's free offer to listen to audio books at https://stories.audible.com/start-listen .

To change languages:

Go to Audible.ca using the internet browser on your mobile device. Tap Menu in the upper left corner. Tap the language drop-down at the bottom of the screen under "Sign Out."
...
How can I change my language preference?

1. Go to Audible.ca.
2. Click the language drop-down next to "Sign In." ...
3. Click your preferred language.

KNOW BUDDY RESOURCES. Free books in several languages. Choose the collection you want to use:

• Fiction

• K-2 Non-fiction

• 3-5 Non-fiction

• 6-8 Non-fiction

• Spanish

virtual.knowbuddyresources.com

User: info@knowbuddyresources.com
Password: KNOWBUDDY

Sometimes it's hard to find something for EVERYONE...but with over 100 ideas at your fingertips, you have plenty of options here!

100 Things for Kids to Do At Home

https://justcaracarroll.com/100-activities-for-kids-to-do-at-home/?fbclid=IwAR3uDekR4Ys6FOS2kNP8n2ImN6-OZpQ9SMG9pQ_84K8tTVAEcXbCGBfvtP4

Did you know that the Paulding County School District offers numerous ways to get in touch with your child's teacher in any language you need?

See below for some of the ways we are happy to reach every child and every family in his/her native language.

Talking Points - is a 'teacher app that helps teachers reach all parents and guardians, regardless of language, via text messages or email in 100+ languages. The translation is done by a combination of human translators and machines, allowing for seamless communication with all of your families'. It is very user friendly and allows parents to respond to you in their language,but when it reaches you, it is in English. If you were not aware of this feature and you have a student served in ESOL, please reach out to your child’s ESOL teacher. In most cases the email address is the first initial and last name followed by @paulding.k12.ga.us They look forward to hearing from you!

RTT Mobile Interpretation - an app that gives us access to a live interpreter in more than 180 languages. Your child's ESOL teacher is glad to assist you with setting up any parent conferences or answering any question you may have in your native language. Reach out to your child's ESOL teacher via email and he/she can set this up for you at any time you need translation.

Google Translate - 'a free multilingual machine translation service developed by Google, to translate text. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, and an application programming interface that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications.' This tool has improved with time and can be accessed instantly on your phone or computer. We encourage students and parents to use it.

Microsoft's Immersive Reader- '... is a full-screen reading experience to increase the readability of content. It was designed to support students with dyslexia and dysgraphia in the classroom, but it can help anyone who wants to increase their fluency or needs help decoding more complex texts.' It is available in CANVAS but it may only read Word documents.

This website has free digital resources, ebooks and virtual field trips for students of all ages.

www.amazingeducationalresources.com/

The following website belongs to one of our amazing elementary ESOL teachers and has loads of good resources and activities.

https://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/Page/42307

Mega Math is a free website that has a lot of fun math games for students to play at home. Unfortunately, they will not work on an iPad or Tablet at this time. Click the below link for all resources.

https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/hspmath/ca/common/mega_math_9780153663963_/

Other very helpful websites:

http://www.english-4kids.com/

https://www.readworks.org/

http://www.english-4kids.com/videos.html

http://funenglishgames.com/

https://www.khanacademy.org/

https://pacoelchato.com/

• Lexia is one of the best resources we offer for our ESOL students! It can be used at home or at school. We have included a word document with directions, but we have also included the links below!

https://www.lexiacore5.com/?SiteID=4066-0072-9943-1492

https://www.lexiapowerup.com/?SiteID=4066-0072-9943-1492

Check out our ESOL Facebook page!

https://www.facebook.com/Paulding-Co-ESOL-109579544005394

While the bilingual website below has many resources for educators, and is one of our favorites in PCSD, it is also exceptional for parents and families.

Click on the link below and peruse for many helpful tips, videos, resources and ideas.

https://www.colorincolorado.org/families