Click below for resources to use with newcomers and students with limited formal education.
Here is a site that has a lot of newcomer assessments, diagnostics and instructional resources (Sheridan School District).
Here's a great blog post with tips and strategies about what to do with newcomers in a general education classroom.
For older students who are literate in their home language: caption your Powerpoints with live machine translation.
Here are some simple games that newcomers can work on independently to build vocabulary - very little text.
Here is a site for creating your own vocabulary games.
Here are some fun vocabulary games that can be used synchronously or asyncronously to practice vocabulary. Includes Memory!
Here are some printable icons about school topics and schedules that can be used in the classroom.
Info here about the Picture-Word Inductive Model for building vocabulary and writing in ELs. Learn more about the Picture-Word Inductive Model here.
This is a great site for generating worksheets for newcomers - can be used for spelling words and vocab. Visit ESL-Kids.com
Many free flashcards and activities for younger newcomers at Twinkl.
Here are my favorite sites for younger newcomers who need some independent work. You will still need to teach them the interface first, or have a paraprofessional help them to start:
ImagineLearning.com (must have account and login info)
Learning Chocolate (Teacher should guide student to topics)
Unite for Literacy (Teacher should set language to student's home language)
Starfall.com (Teacher should guide students to topics)