Graphic organizers are one of the best scaffolds for ELs as it helps in representing ideas and understanding of content and visually with just a few words. This tool is appropriate for all content areas and especially helpful as pre-writing activities and to chunk ideas in preparation for longer writing tasks.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Weekly Student Interactives is a collection of numerous New York Times articles and excerpts that allows students to post comments in response to the writing prompts and/or answer questions. Find complete lessons with a range of activities that are appropriate for all levels of ELs.
There's more to participation than just calling on one student at a time. With Flipgrid , students can post comments on topic of your choice and add comments to classmates' posts.
Seesaw is a great tool for formative assessment. Have students respond verbally to topic or question, reflect on their learning, and listen to how they are developing their speaking skills. This is also a great tool for students to monitor their own progress. Click on the click for an archive of sample tasks that you can immediately copy, modify as needed, and assign to your class.
Newsela lets you adjust the reading levels of texts that you access on their site. This link is a brief tutorial on how to adjust the level.
Rewordify lets you copy and paste your own own text and automatically identifies more challenging words, and then provides simplified words to replace them. Here's a brief tutorial on how to use this resource.