Resources/Recursos

¿Qué significa ser estudiante de inglés? — Este video de 25 minutos se trata de que quiere decir 'estudiante de inglés' en el estado de IL.

Building to Code — Virginia “Jenny” Williams uses assessment and scaffolding to support the five stages of second-language acquisition

Differentiating for English Learners — For a list of some valuable classrooms strategies to make your lessons more adaptable for all learners check out this resource!

Education Connections — Differentiation is a key part of any ESL or mainstream classroom—it involves determining the skill levels of your students and making sure your lessons are challenging to all students across all levels. Differentiation becomes especially important in classes where English learners and native English speakers have shared instruction. While differentiation might seem intimidating, there are a few small steps you can take in both the planning process, and lesson delivery, that can help make sure your lessons are accessible to all students across language levels.

ESL and Math at the Elementary Level — For young English-language learners, language skills can be a barrier not just to reading but math as well. Educators and researchers working in two school districts here hope that helping students "talk through" number problems will assist them in meeting the state's new math standards.

Focus on how pronunciation is reflected in student writing. — In the crush of course content each semester, teachers can feel forced to choose between content and language objectives. At our alternative high school, we found that as long as students' work reflected content knowledge, teachers tended to tolerate ambiguity in students' oral and written language production. More specifically, teachers who ignored a lack of articulation in oral speech found (not surprisingly) that students' written work reflected their oral language. Once we made this connection, we realized the disservice to students. Overlooking inarticulate speaking or writing meant we were bypassing opportunities to guide students to a more academic spoken English, which would benefit students in their future classes and careers.

New WIDA ACCESS Cut Scores - What do they mean? — This webinar is from wida.us and explains how and why the cut scores were shifted for ACCESS 2.0 in 2017.

Orientation to a new book - Spanish

Recursos de la red en casa — Esta es la lista de actividades que presentó la Srta Cisneros.

Success in Dual Language! Portland, OR

Teaching For Biliteracy — Create a free account and subscribe to blogs and instructional support!

Tips for Adapting Content for ELs — This site allows teachers to click on types of activities and learn strategies to adapt typical classroom activities for ELs.

Using CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) resources to differentiate instruction — This discussion lists a couple of sites that you can use to differentiate your instruction for ELLs. If you don't have an Obaverse account, I suggest you sign up. It's free and has a lot of great resources!

Writing Resources in English/Spanish — This site has links to graphic organizers and worksheets for the following topics in both English and Spanish! Book Writer Organize and communicate information about a topic English / Spanish Extended Response Pre-Writer English / Spanish Extended Response--Starting with the Main Idea Find the main idea and supporting information English / Spanish Get It English / Spanish Get It Together Write Write to explain a topic to an audience English / Spanish How to Summarize Summarize information English / Spanish Kinds of Communication English / Spanish Learning Log: Weekly Log English / Spanish List What's Important Locate and evaluate information English / Spanish Main Idea Clarifier Identify the main idea English / Spanish My Family History Book Write about a real person and events English / Spanish / Spanish AND English (for 2-sided printing) Story Writer Write a story that teaches a lesson English / Spanish Write and Illustrate a Children's Book organize and communicate about a topic English / Spanish Write to Educate communicate about a topic English / Spanish Organize Clear Writing Focus, Support, Organize Writing Write with clarity English / Spanish Meaningful Words Identify words important to a topic and use them to write about it English / Spanish Expository Communicator Prepare a presentation English / Spanish Narrative Writer Write a narrative English / Spanish Paragraph Writer Collect information and write to communicate an idea English / Spanish Persuasive Writer Write a persuasive text English / Spanish My Own Grammar Guide Explain and give examples of grammar rules English / Spanish Read-Think-Write Restate a situation presented in text or illustration English / Spanish Show to Tell Identify and communicate important information English / Spanish Use Pictures As Pre-Writers Picture meaning English / Spanish Functional Writing Sentence Builder Write complete sentences to tell about a topic English / Spanish Make TV a Learning Resource English / Spanish Reading skills Writing Poems and Songs My Chicago Poem Write to communicate an idea English / Spanish Poem Builder Communicate about a topic in a poem English / Spanish Poem Builder--Flowers Write a poem about a topic English / Spanish Topical Poem/Song Builder Write to communicate English / Spanish Writing to Learn/Learning to Write with Chicago Topics Chicago Economic Writers--A Chicago Economy Book English / Spanish write a booklet Chicago Book Maker organize information to write about an expository topic English / Spanish Chicago History Writers Write a booklet English / Spanish My Chicago Poem Write to communicate an idea English / Spanish