If you need assistance at Cedarcrest-Southmoor, you can contact our ESL Instructional Specialist 225-293-9950.
Istrouma Baptist Church
ESL: English as a Second Language Istrouma offers FREE conversational adult English classes for all levels of learners. Participants will be asked to purchase materials for a small fee. Classes are taught by trained and certified Istrouma Baptist Church volunteers to help you quickly improve your speaking, reading, and writing skills. All classes are held in the Hope Building on the Istrouma Baptist Church campus. Click here for directions to Istrouma.
Classes Offered:
- Beginner: for those who speak little or no English.
- Intermediate: for those who know some English words.
- Advanced: for those who want to improve their pronunciation and feel more comfortable conversing with others in English.
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Websites
Sites for Grades PreK-2
Sites for Grades 3-5
Sites for Grades 4-8
- Literacy Center.net - an early childhood language learning site. Includes French, Spanish, and German.
- Starfall.com - Reading instruction and reading games for students in Pre-K-1. It's hard to believe this site is free.
- ReadToday-Join the reading revolution! Teach a child to read.
- Continent song - Good for students learning the names of the continents.
- Reading is Fundamental. - This site has many stories for Pre-K-2 students.*
- Storyplace.org - a site with online stories and activities. Grades pre-K-Kindergarten.*
- Kiz Club -Stories about a variety of topics for grades 1-3
- Online Story Time -This site is more for teachers but has many online stories.
- Martha Speaks.This site is good for beginning ELLs in grades k-2.
- British Council Stories - This site has many stories that are read aloud. Check for spelling and pronunciation differences.
- Games on PBS Kids - Games for K-2. "WordPlay" can be used for students in grades 3-4.
- Arthur - Sequencing activity where students hear a story and put pictures in order.
- Storyline Online - A terrific site with stories read by actors from the ScreenActors' Guild. Grades 1-4.*
- Reading-A-To-Z - This is a commercial site with free books that you can download and print. Grades 1-4.
- Raz-kids.com - Reading and listening activities for elementary age students.*
- Tumblebook Library - Click on "stories." A large collection of stories from the Los Angeles Public Library. All grades.
- Clifford - Activities pre-K-2.Try the reading and writing section with students in grades 2-3.
- Videos - Short Clifford videos. Click on "See and Hear." Grades K-2.
- Berenstain Bears Games and Songs - Great activities for young children including word games, songs and puzzles. Grades K-2.
- Game Goo - Learning that sticks - Great learning games for young children. Grades K-2.
- The Reading Lady - Includes short plays for students in grades 1-2.*
- Enchanted learning - Printable books and for students in grades K-4.
- Discover Science Simulations - Science content from Houghton Mifflin Science Series.
Sites for Grades 3-5
- MadLibs - for Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5
- KidsKnowit Network - Learning videos for students is grades 3-6.
- Reading is Fundemental. - Look at the writing activities for students in Grades 2-5.
- Grammar Gorillas - for Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5
- Stories for Kids - for Advanced Beginners in Grades 3-5
- Kiz ClubStories about a variety of topics for grades 1-3
- Bookhive.com -This site has multicultural children's stories told by famous storytellers. Be sure to click on "Listen to a story." For Grades 2-5
- Songs for Kids - Grammar songs for students in Grades 2-5.
- Postcards from Buster - See Buster's adventures from various places in the U.S. Each city has video, audio, map skills and games. Grades 3-5.*
- Arthur -Games from Arthur. Grades 2-5.
- Captain Underpants - Make a comic. Grades 2-4
- Scholastic - A program for kids to make flashcards. Grades 3-8.
- Surfing the Net with Kids - Site with games and puzzles in different subject areas.
- Write a book report - Students make a book report sandwich. Grades 4-8.
- Literactive - This site has great oral stories and games for grades 1-12.
- Spelling Wizard - Use spelling words to make a word search or sentence scramble. Grades 3-6.
- The Story Starter, Jr. - Select a story starter for students in grades 4-12.
- Tumblebook Library - Online stories read from the Los Angeles Public Library. All grades.
- Poetry - Gives examples of different types of Poetry.
- Science vocabulary - Label pictures using science vocabulary. Grades 4-8.*
- Songs and Rhymes- Songs for students in all grades.
- Songs for ELLs with words.* Grades 3-12.
- Word Game - Intermediate students in grades 5-8.
- Owl online - This is a good grammar site for 6-12
- FunBrain reading - Intermediate students in grades 5-8.
- Zoom - Games, activities and science experiments from the TV Show Zoom. Grades 4-6.
- U.S. Symbols - U.S. Government information from Ben's Guide. Grades 3-5.
- Social Studies Vocabulary Games - Vocabulary from U.S. government. Grades 3-5.
- Spiders. - Spider activities for kids. Gr. 3-6.
Sites for Grades 4-8
- Listening Activities - Designed for older students but pronunciation and listening activities could be used for students grades 4 and up.*
- iKnowthat - This link takes you to map and social studies activities for grades 5-12.
- BrainPop - This site has some free sections to teach grammar. Look up "nouns" and watch the video. Grades 5-8. Grades 3-8. *
- Multicultural Stories - Stories from around the world by Nick Jr. Grades 3-8
- Brainteasers, Puzzles and Riddles - Kids' page from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Grades 5-8
- Translation Site - Students can bookmark this site to translate words from English to their native language. Grades 3-12.
- Interactive games and activities - Social Studies Games from Ben's Guide to the U.S Government. Grades 5-8.
- Audio Comprehension - An audio concentration game for Grades 4-12.*
- Homophone game - Match homophones in this concentration game.* Grades 4-8.
- Wordsearches - Wordsearches on U.S. Presidents. Grades 4-8.
- Movie Trailers - Listening activities using movie trailers for Grades 5-12.
- Vocabulary - Vocabulary games - From Interesting Things For ESL Students, aa collection of vocabulary games for Grades 6-12.
- WordBuilderGreat site for phonics practice. Grades 4-12