Links for Teachers
Why Multilingual People Have Healthier, More Engaged Brains
12 Ways to Support English Learners in the Mainstream Classroom
Tutor.com - NHCPL CLASS Project
Larry Ferlazzo's ELL Beginners 7-Week Story Writing Unit
NHCS Bilingual Parent Liaisons
Written Translation Guidelines
Written Translation Request Form
See "Liason Meeting Request" at the bottom of this page for a sample template you can use to contact our Spanish liaison requesting a parent conference.
WIDA- World Class Instructional Design and Assessment
NC DPI English Language Development Wiki
Colorin Colorado! North Carolina: ELL Resources
Colorin Colorado! Stages of Second Language Acquisition
Cha-Reads Video- Non-Linguistic Representations of Core/High Frequency Words
12 Ways to Support ELs in the Classroom
Think Thought- 50 Links for Teaching ESL
Top 10 Resources for Teachers of ELLs
10 Tips for Teaching English Language Learners
Spanish/English Cognates- words that look/sound similar and have the same meaning
The Best Free Online Tools For ELLS to Use for Assessing Their Language Level
Everything ESL (One of Mrs. Conley's Favorite Sites!)
Everything ESL- Activities for Newcomers
Everything ESL- Tips on Communicating with Newcomers
Everything ESL- How Culture Shock Affects Newcomers
Everything ESL- How Long Does It Take to Learn English?
Everything ESL- Pre-production and the Silent Period
Everything ESL- Pair Your Newcomers with Buddies
Everything ESL- Help Your Newcomers Develop Pride in their Heritage
Everything ESL- Establishing an Atmosphere of Acceptance
Everything ESL- Stages of Second Language Acquisition
Everything ESL- SIOP: Making Content Comprehensible for ELLs
Everything ESL- Seven Teaching Strategies for Classroom Teachers of ELLs
Everything ESL- Comprehensible Input- How is a student going to learn English?
Everything ESL- Blooms Taxonomy and ELLS
Everything ESL- Challenges for ELLs in Content Areas
Everything ESL- Understanding Second Language Terminology
Everything ESL- Organizing and Assessing in the Content Area Class
Everything ESL- ESL Teacher as Cultural Broker
Everything ESL- Explaining BICS vs CALPS
Everything ESL Websites for Students
Colorin Colorado for Educators (bilingual resources)
A Guide to the Tool Kit for Hispanic Families (available in Spanish)
Cultural Information
World Culture Encyclopedia- Countries and their Cultures
People and Culture of Honduras
Miscellaneous
Watch Know Learn- Free Educational Videos Organized Scholastic Study Jams!- Math and Science Interactive Learning and Assessment
Recognizing Gifted Latino Students- Article
Virtual World Travel- Experience Various Parts of the World with a Click of a Button!
Classroom Champions- Video Lessons Highlighting Athletes Around the World
Foreign Language Lessons and Spanish & French Videos and Music- currently not working
Willoughby Eastlake Miscellaneous
Willoughby Eastlake Smart Board Lessons
English Club- for Teachers and Learners of English
Activities, Lesson Plans, Flash Cards
PBS Interactive Whiteboard Activities
Strategies for Improving English Language Learning
AMLE- Middle School Teacher Resource
Duolingo- change settings to student's native language and learn English on-line
E Learn Spanish: Learn Spanish with explanations in your native language
Grammar Notes- English/Spanish
NewsELA- Current Events and Non-fiction leveled by lexile
Kidsclick.org- information ranked by levels
Readworks.org- leveled passages by strategy, etc.
Lingro- an on-line translation dictionary of webpages
Academic Word Finder- Tiers 1, 2, and 3 for ExC-ELL
4 Ways to Get Long-Term ELs Back on Track
WordSift- cut/paste text to sift out important words
The Nutritional Value of Dessert Books