Instructional Resources

References

• 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

Resources for All Content Areas

• 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

• Teaching ELLs to Navigate Textbooks Effectively

Literacy

• Reading 101 for English Language Learners

• Increasing ELL Student Reading Comprehension with Non-fiction Text

• Reading Comprehension Strategies for ELLs

• Writing Prompt Ideas for ELLs - Teaching & Learning with The New York Times

• English Language Teaching Through Cognates

• Using Cognates to Develop Comprehension in English

Academic Vocabulary

• Tips for Educators of ELs: Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4-12

• Academic Vocabulary teaching strategies and lists

• Marzano Vocabulary Lists - organized by grade and content area (ELA, Science, Social Studies, Math)

English/Spanish cognates

• Cognates listed alphabetically, English to Spanish

• Cognates listed alphabetically, Spanish to English

• Cognates grouped by part of speech

• Download list of cognates

Math Instruction for ELs

• Math resources compiled by an ESL teacher

• 10 Ways to Help ELLs Succeed in Math

• 8 Strategies for Teaching Math to English Learners

• Reading and Understanding Written Math Problems

• Math Instruction for ELLs

Science Instruction for ELs

• Science resources compiled by an ESL teacher

• Science Bilingual and ESL Glossaries

• 10 Tips for Teaching ELL Science

• Strategies for Teaching Science to English Language Learners

Social Studies Instruction for ELs

• 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

Reference and Research Tools for ELs

• 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.