BCS English Learners

BCS - English Language Learners District Plan (aka Lau Plan)

Videos for Teachers

• Tips for using tech with your EL students

• Tips for supporting EL students in writing

WIDA Resources

• WIDA Standards

• Kindergarten Can-Do-Descriptors

• 1st Grade Can-Do-Descriptors

• 2nd & 3rd Grade Can-Do-Descriptors

• 4th & 5th Grade Can-Do-Descriptors

• 6th - 8th Grade Can-Do-Descriptors

• 9th - 12th Grade Can-Do-Descriptors

Infinite Campus Guidance

KDE Resources

Instructional Resources

• Principles for EL Instruction (Also provides link to Understanding Language website)

• Principles of Quality Teaching for English Learners

• Colorin Colorado - a site for educators of ELs

• Colorin Colorado Blog

• WIDA

• WIDA Download Library (Can Do Charts, Standards Documents, etc.)

• DUOLINGO-Learn Spanish Online

• Newcomer Units Developed from NYC Public Schools

• Unit 1

• Unit 2

• Unit 3

Student Conversation

• Academic Conversations in the Classroom (Videos from Teaching Channel)

• Jeff Zwiers' Website on Academic Language (Great resources and tools.

Vocabulary

• Tennesee Academic Vocabulary Project

• Marzano's Six-Step Process for Teaching Academic Vocabulary

Formative Assessment

• Formative Assessment of Speaking and Writing for EL Students

• WIDA Writing Rubric

• WIDA Speaking Rubric