Teaching & Learning Language

Routines & Resources for SEI

In this section you will be reading about teaching and learning strategies and systems in order to differentiate instruction for your ELs.

Learning for Justice - Culturally & Linguistically Inclusive Strategies

CAL's Go To Strategies

MTSS Flow Chart for Assessing ELs for Disabilities

Language Differences vs. Disabilities Chart

Word Generation (word)
Shades of Meaning (word)
Transition Words to Increase Discourse Levels (word/discourse)
Increasing Discourse Using SIGNAL WORDS (word/discourse)
Strategies for instruction and student learning categorized by SIOP Components (all)
Using Think Time Effectively (all)
Math Word Wall (word)
Stations Teaching (all)
4 Corners (all)
Anticipation Guides (all)
Wordle (word)
Bloom's Taxonomy Strategies (all)
Realia (all)
E.g. of Graphic Organizers (sentence/discourse)
TONS of Graphic Organizers on these sites: A, B, C (sentence/discourse)
Total Physical Response (all)
7 Step Vocabulary (word) & Video Demo
Jigsaw (sentence/discourse)
Vocabulary Strategies Packet (word)
Chapter Book Vocab. Preview & summaries e.g. (vocab.)
Sentence Stems & Steps to Creating Sentence Stems (sentence/discourse)
Reciprocal Teaching Videos & PDF Overview (sentence/discourse)
Using pictures to teach comprehension (all)
GIST (all)
Somebody Wanted But So (sentence/discourse; speaking/writing)
Teaching the Text Backwards (sentence/discourse; reading)
Writing With Colors (sentence/discourse; writing/speaking)
Think Aloud (sentence/discourse; speaking/listening)
Inside Outside Circles (all; speaking/listening)
Oh Yesterday! (all; speaking/listening)
Right Away Questioning Journal (all; LSRW)
Interactive Writing (all; writing/speaking)
Stock Market (all; for reviewing especially before tests).
Information Gap (sentence/discourse; speaking/listening)
Write Around
Partner Reading (comprehension & decoding)