English Learner Family Toolkit from the U.S. Department of Education/Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) provides important information about public schools in the United States. Translations are available in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish. The toolkit covers these topics:

• Enrolling Your Child in School
• Attending School in the United States
• Coming Soon: Other Educational Programs and Services for Your Child
• Coming Soon: Finding Extracurricular Activities for Your Child
• Coming Soon: The Health and Safety of Your Child at School
• Coming Soon: Helping Your Child Be Successful in School

 

Starting School in the United States - A Guide for Newcomer Students' Families from REL Northwest, answers many questions newcomer families typically have about the U.S. school system. The guide offers guidance on the registration process, how families can get involved in their children's education, the rights every student has under U.S. law, and more. The guide is available in four languages (English, Spanish, Somali, and Arabic).

• Google Tutorials
• Accessing ClassLink
  • Spanish: Acceso a ClassLink desde el Hogar
  • (Tagalog - coming soon)
• Accessing Google Classroom
  • Spanish: Acceso al Salón de Clases de Google  “Google Classroom”
  • (Tagalog - coming soon)

BrainPop and BrainPop ELL

BrainPop is providing FREE access for students and their families during school closures. Brainpop is an excellent resource for learning at home in all subject areas (Math, Science, Social Studies, Health, and so on).

For English Learners, BrainPop has BrainPop ELL (https://ell.brainpop.com/), based on the same WIDA standards we use when planning instruction for ELL students in our schools.

 

Learn English Kids 

Learn English Kids (https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org) has free online games, songs, stories and activities for children. For parents, they have articles on supporting children in learning English and videos on using English at home.

 

International Children's Digital Library 

International Children's Digital Library (http://en.childrenslibrary.org/) has books in many languages. Reading together in your home language and asking questions about the books builds literacy skills that transfer into English learning!

 

IXL

https://www.ixl.com/ offers activities from pre-K to high school, in Math, English, Science, Social Studies, and Spanish.

 

Khan Academy

Math tutorials: Arithmetic and Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Probability,  Statistics, Precalculus, Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Applied Math, Brain Teasers, and Vi Hart Animations.

 

Wilbooks

https://www.wilbooks.com/wilbooks-free-resources has free online books to read in English and in Spanish (https://www.wilbooks.com/recursos-gratis) for students in grades preK-3. 

For students whose dominant language is other than English, parents may use the resources here to help improve both their own and their children's language skills. There are fun sites with games, quizzes, and activities with contributions by teachers in the field.

• https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/language-rbern/resources/bilingual-glossaries-and-cognates - High School and Elementary level bilingual glossaries organized by subject areas. Glossaries available in a variety of languages: Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Korean, French, and other languages. (New York State Education Department website)
• Activities for ESL Students
• Dave's ESL Cafe
• English at Home
• Larry Ferlazzo, Website Resources
• Stanford University ELL Teaching Resources

Literacy Council of Alaska offers adult English as a Second Language classes throughout the school year at various levels. You can find out more about the current classes from https://www.literacycouncilofalaska.org/projecto-2. Literacy Council is located in downtown Fairbanks, at 517 Gaffney Rd. If you are interested in learning more about the classes, please contact Literacy Council at 456-6212.

University of Alaska Fairbanks offers adult English as a Second Language classes. You can find out more about the classes offered from https://catalog.uaf.edu/courses/eslg/.