I am always looking for ways to use online resources to teach English to kids. I discovered the Read Write Think website when I was teaching my 3rd grade English learners. The first section I started using was their Letter generator because learning the parts of a friendly letter was a 3rd grade standard in California.
Read Write Think has many such online activities that are easy for kids learning english to practice their English language skills. One that I have also used effectively with my ELL's is the Comic Generator to practice Dialogue. My students also used it to practice different grammar exercises. For example we used it to practice have to, must and have got to. When they finish kids can print their comic strips to share with the class or save them as a PDF’s and email them to you. These are just two of the many interactives that are available in this site.
For teachers teaching English the site also has Lesson Plans and a wonderful section for Professional Development with Guides for Persuasive Writing, Choral Reading, Making Connections and many more. Additionally the site has webinars and E-workshops for many strategies.
Check it out it is a wonderful resource for teaching English to kids and come back and share some of the ways that you or Young Learners have used it.
