Announcements

  1. Interactive Online Student Portal Updates

     

    • NEW Independent Version of the KIC ELL Assessment - Students Can Take This Assessment on Their Own & Have a Level Automatically Assigned to Them!
    • NEW Form for Assigning Levels to Students to Make It Easier to Assign Multiple Students at a Time from a List of Your Students.
    • Independent Lesson Content & Audio for Beginners 1-2 so that students can work through lessons more independently.
    • Quizzes for Automated Progression through lessons. We've completed Beginners 1-3. Students can now take a quiz and proceed to the next lesson without the need for the teacher to mark that lesson complete.
    • New Set New Password Form for Students - You can now set a new password for a student after that student has been added. Previously, you had to receive an email but some students are unable to receive emails due to school servers blocking the emails.
    • Quizzes for Automated Progression through lessons. We've completed Beginners 4 & Low-Intermediate 1-2. Students can now take a quiz and proceed to the next lesson without the need for the teacher to mark that lesson complete.

     

     

     

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  2. Beginners 1-3 Lesson Updates

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    • QR codes for Step-Up Reading Passages now link directly to the audio file and the speed can be adjusted on most web browsers.
    • New Lower-Proficiency Level Step-Up Reading Passages - There are now 2 versions of each Step-up reading passage at 2 different levels.
    • New Small Flash Cards - This was requested by many of you.
    • Fixed: Links in lesson plans are now working!
    • NOVEMBER UPDATE: Beginners 3 has now been completed as well!

     

    New Small Flash Cards

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  3. Middle & High School ELL Beginners Lessons

    New Resource

     

    Grade 6-12 versions of our popular Beginners lessons. We've completed Beginners 1-3.

    These are highly requested resources for higher grade level / low-proficiency level students.

    NOVEMBER UPDATE: Beginners 3 has been completed!

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  4. Student Portal Updates

     

    • Independent Lesson Content & Audio for Beginners 1-2 so that students can work through lessons more independently.
    • Quizzes for Automated Progression through lessons. We've completed Beginners 1-3. Students can now take a quiz and proceed to the next lesson without the need for the teacher to mark that lesson complete.
    • New Set New Password Form for Students - You can now set a new password for a student after that student has been added. Previously, you had to receive an email but some students are unable to receive emails due to school servers blocking the emails.

     

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  5. Just Added (PRO): Intermediate 4 Landscape PPTs!

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    Intermediate 4 PPTs and slides have been added both on the main site and in the Student Portal!

    • The interactive content will be added in the near future, but the PPTs and landscape slides are completed and ready to go!
    •  Intermediate 4 -> 

    ALSO!

    INTERACTIVE CONTENT has been added for INTERMEDIATE 1 & INTERMEDIATE 2.

     

    Intermediate 4 New PPT Lessons

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  6. New ELL Social Studies Readers

    New Resource

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    These continue our development of a social studies and science lesson library. They are currently being organized into a couple of different places: the Low-Intermediate levels and the fluency readers section.

     

    Here are the latest readers:

    • The Wealth Gap
    • Shortages & Surpluses
    • Maps
    • Maya Civilization
    • The Silk Road
    • Branches of Government
    • Constitution & Bill of Rights
    • U.S. Elections

     View All Readers -> 

     

    New Social Studies Fluency Readers - Government, History, Maps - July 2024

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  7. Classroom Posters for ELLs Just Added!

    New Resource

    We've just added a selection of new Classroom Posters for your ELLs.

    You can use them to decorate your classroom or for students to keep in a welcome packet. They make for a quick reference or a little encouragement right when your students need it! 🥰

     

    For Members, check them out at the link below:

     View All Posters -> 

    For Non-Members, you can sign up here. 

     

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  8. New Find & Write Resources for Your ELLs!

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    NEW FIND & WRITE RESOURCES FOR ELLS!

    These are a lot of fun AND they also help student practice common vocabulary, sentence stems, and writing.

    You can find them in the Writing Resources under Scaffolds in the top menu or by going to Beginners 2.

     View Writing Resources -> 

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  9. NEW Science & S.S. Readers AND Lesson Updates!

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    We've added 8 new readers to our growing library of Science and Social Studies Fluency Readers!

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    NEW Science & Social Studies Readers:

    • Flying Squirrels
    • How Plants Reproduce
    • Thomas Edison
    • World Holidays
    • Ancient China
    • Native American Tribes
    • Supply & Demand
    • Costs & Benefits

     View All Readers Here -> (New Interface allows you to press buttons to filter by Reader type!)

    From the membership, go to the top menu: Scaffolds -> Fluency Readers

     

    You can also find these resources organized into Low-Intermediate 3 and Low-Intermediate 4.

     

    ALSO! Low-Intermediate 4 to Intermediate 2 Major Updates:

    We've completed updates for ALL of the Low-Intermediate 4 ~ Intermediate 2 vocabulary, grammar, literacy lessons & discussion lessons. We've added lesson plans, activity ideas, more organized numbering, and more! We will be working to update all the Kid-Inspired levels with these updates in the near future.

    New Science and Social Studies Readers

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  10. Low-Intermediate 1 - New Interactive Content!

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    PRO MEMBERSHIP UPDATE

    Lots of new interactive content has been added to Low-Intermediate 1.

    You'll find:

    • New Games & Activities
    • More Spelling Practice
    • Virtual Field Trips & Scavenger Hunts
    • And More!

    We've also done a lot of work to make lesson layouts more consistent with:

    • A Welcome Page
    • Link Index
    • More Convenient Instructions
    • Vocab & Grammar Review Pages in Literacy Lessons

    You can find the new interactive content in the Interactive Online ESL Curriculum Membership as well as the Interactive Online Student Portal!

     

    Interactive Lesson with Clothing

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