Question 1

What's the difference between Diphthongs, Blends, and Digraphs?

Accepted Answer

Diphthongs, Blends & Digraphs

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I had no idea what these were when I first began teaching phonics.

Not that I needed to know what these terms meant in order to teach phonics well, but it did help when it came to sorting out the different combinations in my head as I was teaching them.

Here are the basic differences between Diphthongs, Blends, and Digraphs:

Blends - Consonant Blends include letter combinations like st, pr, and nk. You can hear the individual sounds even as you are blending them.
Digraphs - Digraphs include letter combinations like oo and ew. They only make one single sound when blended together.
Diphthongs - Diphthongs include letter combinations like ai and oa. They make one sound that morphs into a second sound when blended together. (For example, "ai" sounds like "aaaeeee" if you say it really slowly, like a long a morphing into a long e sound 😁 .)

Question 2

What are graphic organizers and how do I use them?

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Graphic organizers usually include boxes for writing information and pictures to help students organize information they read from a text. Below is a picture of a historical timeline which is a perfect example of a graphic organizer to help students organize important dates from a historical text.

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Graphic organizers are incredibly helpful tools for organizing information, regardless of whether students are English learners or not.

For our English learners who are attempting to access grade-level materials, they can be crucial.

In the ESL Curriculum Membership, you can find a growing library of graphic organizers you can use to scaffold learning for your English learners.

Click Here to Check Out the Graphic Organizers

Question 3

How do I assign materials online using Seesaw?

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Using materials on-line in Seesaw is simple.

If you're already a member of the Kid-Inspired community, you can log in and take the course Engaging Learners Online! for lots more resources and strategies you can use while teaching online.

Start the Course

To get access to the curriculum, you can choose from one of the following memberships:

Kid-Inpspired ESL Curriculum Membership ->

Includes the entire curriculum and all supplementary teaching resources.

Independent Teachers Membership ->

Includes the entire **Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum Membership **
Also includes your own website, payment processing, scheduling, course-building software, community of other teachers going independent, training courses on topics such as finding students, desigining your site, marketing, etc.

Question 4

How do I assign materials online using Google Classroom?

Accepted Answer

Using materials on-line in Google Classroom is simple.

If you're already a member of the Kid-Inspired community, you can log in and take the course Engaging Learners Online! for lots more resources and strategies you can use while teaching online.

Start the Course

To get access to the curriculum, you can choose from one of the following memberships:

Kid-Inpspired ESL Curriculum Membership ->

Includes the entire curriculum and all supplementary teaching resources.

Independent Teachers Membership ->

Includes the entire **Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum Membership **
Also includes your own website, payment processing, scheduling, course-building software, community of other teachers going independent, training courses on topics such as finding students, desigining your site, marketing, etc.

Question 5

How do I assign materials online using Zoom?

Accepted Answer

Using materials on-line in Zoom is simple.

If you're already a member of the Kid-Inspired community, you can log in and take the course Engaging Learners Online! for lots more resources and strategies you can use while teaching online.

Start the Course

To get access to the curriculum, you can choose from one of the following memberships:

Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum Membership ->

Includes printable PDF files for the entire curriculum and all supplementary teaching resources.

Kid-Inspired Interactive Online ESL Curriculum Membership ->

Includes landscape PPT files and engaging online interactive lessons.
Bonus: Get the basic Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum Membership free with this membership.

Question 6

How do I use the vocabulary pages in the curriculum?

Accepted Answer

Click below to check out the video on how to use the vocabulary pages inside the ESL Curriculum Membership!

You can also check out how the vocabulary page can be used by heading over to one of the Grammar/Speaking Lessons Plans.

Question 7

Can I use the materials for teaching online?

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Resource Formats

**There are 3 formats for most of the resources inside the ESL Curriculum Membership:

PDFs,
Powerpoint,
NearPod.

There are a number of ways you can use the materials from the Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum online with your students. The article below includes tutorials and tips for online teachers.

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How to Use the Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum for Online Teaching ->

Here are a few specific tutorials for how to use the materials with popular platforms:

Access to the Curriculum

To get access to the curriculum and download resources, you can choose from one of the following memberships:

Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum Membership Click Here ->

Includes the entire curriculum and all supplementary teaching resources.

Independent Teachers Membership Click Here ->

Includes the entire **Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum Membership **
Promotional materials for the Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum (Not available in the basic ESL Curriculum Membership)
Training courses on topics such as finding students, desigining your site, marketing, giving assessments, & more
Your own website, payment processing, scheduling, course-building software
Community of other teachers going independent

Your license:

Teachers can use the curriculum as long as they maintain an active subscription to the membership and are only using it with students they personally teach live and in-person whether it's online or offline. If the curriculum is being used on a freelance platform, like Outschool, for example, please leave a link to the Kid-Inspired website as a reference.

Teachers are not allowed to:

Re-package the curriculum in any way
Build a Self-Paced, Resellable Program Out Of It
Resell the Curriculum
Share the Curriculum with Others They Are Not Personally Teaching
Use Resources, Images, Text, or Logos from Kid-Inspired Classroom in Promotional Materials (The Independent Teachers Membership includes pre-prepared promotional materials teachers are licensed to use as long as they maintain an active membership)

Question 8

Free ELL Management Portal Account Terms of Service

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Free ELL Management Portal Account Terms of Service

These Terms of Service are in addition to the regular Kid-Inspired Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.

For a limited time, members of the Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum Membership, Interactive Online ESL Curriculum Membership, or Independent Teachers Membership can create a free account in the ELL Management Portal Membership.

This Free Account Comes with the Following Conditions:

Fifty student seats are provided with the free account.
The free account will remain active only as long as an active memberbership to one of the following is maintained: ESL Curriculum Membership, Interactive ESL Curriculum Membership, Independent Teachers Membership.
If the active membership to the ESL Curriculum Membership, Interactive ESL Curriculum Membership, or the Independent Teachers Membership is canceled, the free ELL Management Portal Membership account will also subsuquently be canceled.

If you have any questions or need any help, please contact support by emailing support@Kid-inspired.com or by visiting the support portal.

Question 9

How can I add student seats?

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You can easily add student seats from your account page:

Click on one of the Upgrade options to add the number of seats you need.
Use the same email at checkout.
The student seats will be added to the current number of seats you already have.
You can view your account history with any additional seats added on your account page.
You can cancel or decrease the number of student seats you're using at any time.

If you have any questions or need any help, please contact support.

Question 10

Where do I send purchase orders?

Accepted Answer

You can send purchase orders to the following email address: support@kid-inspired.com

You can also ask any questions you might have in an email to the same address.