Tech Support Portal:  Report a tech issue here

Tech Resources: Information on how to use district technology 

Family Resources:  

• WIDA Resources - What Multi-lingual Learners Can Do

• WIDA Family Engagement - webinars and resources for families

• Colorin Colorado - resources for ELs and families 

• ELD Portal - PA resources for ELs and families

• Pennsylvania Department of Education - Educating English Learners

Student Resources:

• Bilingual Glossaries and Cognates - academic vocabulary

• ClassLink - Abington School District Library  - click "ClassLink" then open "Library" folder

• WIDA Resources - What Multi-lingual Learners Can Do

• Headspace - free app for breathing and reducing anxiety

Accessibility Extensions for students:

• Accessibility - tips to make Google docs and slides accessible

• Awesome ScreenShot - capture a part or entire page; tools for annotation 

• Captions for Google Slides - click cc at the bottom for closed captioning while you speak and present Google Slides

• Google Dictionary - view definitions and offers pronunciation

• Google Input Tools - input tools lets you type in the language of your choice; Google voice typing in docs   

• Google Translate - translates words, phrases, entire pages; voice to text language options for Google Docs

• Grammarly - suggests why words are wrong and better word choices 

• Fluency Tutor - helps students develop reading fluency

• Post Light Reader - app that zaps clutter and saves web articles in a comfortable reading view

• OpenDyslexic - replaces fonts on web pages with the Open Dyslexic font; makes pages more readable

• Read&Write - highlights, reads aloud; dictionary, picture-/fact-finder, translator, highlighter, and vocab tool

• Read Aloud - reads out loud current web-page article in 40+ languages

• Select and Speak - narrates any web text to students at various speeds 

• oTranscribe -  free HTML5 app to transcribe audio

Multilingual Books Online:

• Audible - stories available in English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Italian

• Global Storybooks - books in dozens of languages, including many from various countries in Africa.

• The Spanish Experiment -well-known children's stories translated into Spanish

• Unite for Literacy - books in over 45 languages

• World Stories - stories in 30 languages

The Abington School District is committed to providing equitable access to  English Learners and their families. 

Please contact Ms. Allison Renye, Supervisor of World Language, with any questions via email.