These free online translators are perfect for fast word or sentence swapping to other languages. Some offer other features as well. They include:
1. Google Translate
2. Bing Translator
3. Translatedict
4. Translate.com
5. DeepL Translator
6. PROMT Online Translator
7. Collins Dictionary Translator
8. ImTranslator
9. SpanishDict
10. Reverso
Kate Kinsella, Ed.D., is a teacher educator in the Department of Secondary Education at San Francisco State University. She teaches coursework addressing academic language and literacy development in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms. She has maintained secondary classroom involvement by teaching an academic literacy class for adolescent English learners through the University’s Step to College Program.
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Make brief notes by the apps that you explore so that you can report back to the group.
Beginning Reading Instruction (BRI)/Advanced Reading Instruction (ARI) is a highly researched, and simple reading program that helps children learn to decode.
A teaching guide, along with the three sets of books, and the booster set (extra practice) are all you need to begin teaching a child to read. Additional materials, such as tests to make sure a child has mastered the skills after they complete each set, and ways to keep track of progress are included.
Each book set offers a drop down menu featuring the book, suggestions for looking through and discussing the book and story questions.
This site offers a collection of some of the best translation apps to help you effectively communicate in foreign language situations. Most apps are available for Apple or Android devices and offer voice and text translation.
The list includes access to:
1. Google Translate - free
2. iTranslate Translator - free
3. SayHi Translate - free
4. Speak & Translate - Translator - free
5. Voice Translator App - free
6. Dialog - Translate Speech - free
This site offers free Research-Based, Teacher-Approved Texts for supporting decoding and beyond.
How it works:
- Beyond Decodables aim to support young readers success in reading by allowing children the chance to decode words in a meaningful context.
- Use the "Beyond Decodables Scope and Sequence" chart to pick the right text for your student(s).
- Most texts are available in digital editions (projectable PDFs) and printer-friendly editions.
Sets of texts:
- CVC Words
- Consonant Digraphs
- Consonant Blends
- Long Vowel Patterns
- CVCe Words
- Multisyllabic Words
A big name in free online translation websites is Bing, which uses Microsoft Translator. You can select your input language or have the site automatically detect it as you type. If you have your microphone enabled, you can speak the text you want to be translated, which seems quite convenient if you ask us.
After you receive the translation, you have options to hear it aloud in a male or female voice, share it, or search Bing with it. Moreover, you can also give the translation a thumbs-up or thumbs-down if you would like to provide a little feedback. The free translator offers over 60 languages.
The skills required to read a passage are listed in the top right corner of the passage. Words to preview and differentiation suggestions are also provided for the teacher.
Different links to sources for books
Child-Led, Hands-On, Active Learning for Kids including:
Math
Reading
Writing
Sports and Recreation
Colors
Multilingual Teaching Tips (lots of Chinese resources)
This Module outlines Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR), a strategy for helping students to improve their reading comprehension skills. In CSR, students work together in small groups to apply comprehension strategies as they read text from a content area, such as social studies or science (est. completion time: 1 hour).
The Can Do Kids website is full of ready-made resources to support teachers and learners in their study of orthography.
You have to sign up for an account, then can download free resources, including beautiful posters, that are connected to picture books supporting a variety of orthographic lessons. Please note, some items have a cost, but there are still many free resources on this site.
CommonLit has a FREE collection of hundreds of short stories, poems, historical documents, and more for students in grades 5-12. The texts selections include fiction and non-fiction. The collection can be searched and filtered by lexile, grade, theme, genre, book pairings, literary device and units (a new feature).
"Decodable Comics that follow the teaching sequence of Letters and Sounds."
A scope and sequence is included as well as 47 passages and activities.
"DecodableReads™ are short, engaging stories that reinforce consistent, common vowel patterns in words and high-frequency words...Individual stories can be viewed and downloaded as PDF files by clicking the thumbnails below—or download all stories for each level by clicking the story bundle link."
Free decodable books from The Core Knowledge Foundation. You will need to sign up to gain access to all of their materials.
Search for:
Core Knowledge Reader 1 & Practice Book to accompany (handwriting, phonics, additional stories & questions)
Core Knowledge Reader 2 & Practice Book to accompany (handwriting, phonics, additional stories & questions)
Core Knowledge Reader 3 & Practice Book to accompany (handwriting, phonics, additional stories & questions)
Core Knowledge Reader 4 & Practice Book to accompany (handwriting, phonics, additional stories & questions)
Core Knowledge Reader 5 & Practice Book to accompany (handwriting, phonics, additional stories & questions)
Core Knowledge Reader 6 & Practice Book to accompany (handwriting, phonics, additional stories & questions)
Core Knowledge Reader 7 & Practice Book to accompany (handwriting, phonics, additional stories & questions)
Core Knowledge Reader 8 & Practice Book to accompany (handwriting, phonics, additional stories & questions)
The scope and sequence for these books is provided in the folder. The skills required to read the book are also provided in the first few pages of each book.
Open each book to see the sound/pattern included in the story. Sets 1-50 are available. High interest decodable chapter books are also included.
The DeepL Translator is a really cool tool that comes with its own definitions and automatic sentence completion options. You can choose from 26 languages and when you receive the translation, just double-click on a word for more details.
When you select that word in the translation, you will see a dropdown box with more options. You can also take a look at the word definition that pops up at the bottom of the page at the same time. Plus, you will see examples of the word being used in both the input and output languages. This is a great feature to have if you are trying to learn the language you are translating into.