A resource page for teachers of various content areas and grade levels to support ELLs in the classroom.
Translanguaging Guide for Educators: Created by CUNY-NYSIEB, this comprehensive guide offers detailed support for translanguaging instructional methods and general support for the development of emerging bilingual students. With the use of this guide, educators can support student’s home languages while developing academic English proficiency.
What is translanguaging? Translanguaging refers to the language practices of bilingual indviduals.
WIDA English Language Development Standards: WIDA provides the English Language Development standards most commonly used by educators in K-12 settings in addition to Common Core standards. Other useful resources found on the WIDA site include:
- Early Language Development
- Can Do descriptors
- Spanish Language Development
- Assessment for ELLs (ACCESS)
- Professional Learning resources
Colorín Colorado: A bilingual site for educators and families of English Language Learners. This website is very comprehensive and includes the following resources:
- Some resources for teachers include:
- ELLs & Technology
- ELLs & Special Education
- Literacy Instruction
- Content Instruction fot ELLs
- Classroom videos (teaching examples)
- ELL Resources by State
- College Readiness for ELLs
- Multicultural literature list
Multicultural and Social Justice Book List for educators to incorporate in the classroom. Literature ranges from a children’s audience to young adults. All book recommendations on this site have been previewed by the nonprofit organization Teaching for Change and checks for the storyline, the representation, and the quality of the writing. They write “we are also concerned with who is writing the stories, what the characters are doing, how issues of power and activism are introduced, and representations of people in community rather than in isolation.”
Teaching Tolerance: Educating for a Diverse Democracy. This website provides free resources for educators, administrators, counselors, and other practitioners who work with children. The mission of the website is to reduce prejudice, improve intergroup relations, and create civil and inclusive school communities.
Educators can use the materials on this website as a supplement to their curriculum and to inform practice to achieve the goals of teaching for a democratic society. The program emphasizes social justice and anti-bias. Teaching Tolerance has materials for all grade levels and subjects: Learning plans for ELL/ESL
SIOP Lesson Plans and Activities: A resource for educators working with ‘Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol.’ This website provides free resources created by real teachers working in the SIOP model. Resources are for K-12 and also include GED/Adult Education lesson plans.
Newcomer Tool Kit: Created by the U.S. Department of Education, this resource can support teachers who may receive newcomer students at the beginning of the school year or throughout various times of the school year as well.
Translated Documents of Title III No Child Left Behind: An important document for teachers to share with parents regarding No Child Left Behind Act and the measures being taken to support ELL students. The document is available in 15 languages.
DreamBox Learning: Bilingual (Spanish) math resources. Lessons available in English and Spanish
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