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Supporting ELs with Accessing Content

Questions to ask when finding a text for a student:

What language does the student want / need access in?
What is their ability to read or understand in that language?

If there is a topic you will be covering and you need content at a lower reading level. I am happy to curate resources online as well as from the public library.

Accessing Non-Fiction Content

Encyclopaedia Britannica

All of these have the same content, just different interfaces that appeal to each age level. They include:

Translate feature for interface AND articles in lots of languages including Portuguese and Spanish,
Read Aloud feature (English only),
Ability to share articles directly to Classroom (English only)

Britannica School (Elementary edition)

Britannica School (Middle School edition)

Britannica School (High School edition)

Britannica: Read Aloud and Translate Features.mp4

Britannica Tutorial: Read Aloud and Translate Features

Encyclopaedia Britannica Spanish Edition:

Escolar (K-8)

Features include:

Articles in Spanish
Read aloud in Spanish
Ability to share article in Spanish with Classroom
Ability to email article in Spanish

Britannica Escolar.mp4

Britannica Escolar for Supporting Spanish speaking students

Gale In Context Databases--Features include:

Translate feature for interface AND articles,
Read Aloud feature for lots of languages including Portuguese and Spanish,
Ability to send article to Classroom (only in English)
Ability to send translated article to Drive (and then you could post it to Classroom)

Gale In Context to Support EL Students.mp4

Gale In Context Databases to Support EL Students

Newsela

Covering a wide range of topics (mostly current events), Newsela provides articles at a variety of reading levels as well as a read aloud feature. You do need to create an account to login. Articles are able to be shared with Google Classroom. You can also curate a Text Set of articles on a specific topic or theme.