ELL Resources for Teachers
Colorin Colorado is an excellent resource to learn more about policy, strategies for parent involvement and overall information about working with ell students and their families. It also has a great blog that I subscribe to and it sends me excellent articles about new policies and instructional ideas that could be helpful for you to support ell students in your classroom.
- Larry Ferlazzo's blog is one of the best ELL resources I have ever come across. He shares interesting educational information as well as useful lesson ideas. He also provides excellent links to current events that impact English Language Learners. His Best lists are great. He has an amazing collection of resources for teaching ELL.
Colorin Colorado is an excellent resource to learn more about policy, strategies for parent involvement and overall information about working with ell students and their families. It also has a great blog that I subscribe to and it sends me excellent articles about new policies and instructional ideas that could be helpful for you to support ell students in your classroom.
- Visible Thinking are thinking strategies. "The routines are a central element of the practical, functional and accessible nature of Visible Thinking. Thinking routines are easy to use mini-strategies that are repeatedly used in the classroom. They are a small set of questions or a short sequence of steps that can be used across various grade levels and content. Each routine targets a different type of thinking and by bringing their own content, teachers integrate the routines into the fabric of their classrooms." The more you use them, the better they work.
- Leveled Language Frames: Ruth Hanna, the ELL coordinator in the St.Vrain Valley School District, put this document together to support teachers to scaffold speaking and writing activities for ELL students.
- Linguistic Responsive Teachers try to implement these 6 strategies in the classrooms...Give it a look.
Edutopia has an incredible array of resources of ELL as well as project based learning and global education ideas. I linked this page to a search for ELL topics, but you can search for just about anything and it will provide you with excellent resources. This Edutopia article is an excellent tool for digital story telling. Edutopia also helps you learn how to implement global education into your classroom.
The Buck Institute for Project Based Learning shared a great list of resources for integrating project based learning into your ELL curriculum. Designing a driving question can be supported here.
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The New York Times Learning Network also offers amazing photos and lesson ideas.
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Programs for teachers of English as another language:
English Language Programs with the State Department |
Podcasts to check out to
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