NC Standard Course of Study for English Language Development (ELD) - To be used alongside content NCSCOS
Teaching America's English-Language Learners: A Special Report from Education Week
WIDA “Can-Do” descriptions for what tasks ELs are able to do at each level of English proficiency, organized by "key uses" (recount, explain, argue, and discuss)
Using Bloom’s Taxonomy with ELs - Resources compiled by an ESL teacher
Increasing ELL Student Reading Comprehension with Non-fiction Text
Writing Prompt Ideas for ELLs - Teaching & Learning with The New York Times
Tips for Educators of ELs: Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4-12
Marzano Vocabulary Lists - organized by grade and content area (ELA, Science, Social Studies, Math)
Cognates listed alphabetically, English to Spanish
Cognates listed alphabetically, Spanish to English
Cognates grouped by part of speech
Math resources compiled by an ESL teacher
Science resources compiled by an ESL teacher
Strategies for Teaching Science to English Language Learners
List of EL-friendly Social Studies resources organized by historical topic
National History Education Clearinghouse: Teaching English Language Learners
World History resources compiled by an ESL teacher
Geography & US History resources compiled by an ESL teacher
Merriam Webster Learner's Dictionary Includes pronunciations you can hear and definitions that are easy to understand.
Thesaurus Find synonyms and antonyms of words.
Sweet Search Like Google, but all sources have been approved by educators.
Carrot2 Search engine organizes search results into topics.
Wikipedia in Simple English Encyclopedia includes same information as regular Wikipedia, but written for English Learners.