Teacher Tools and Strategies for EL
Teacher Tools and Strategies for EL
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6-Week Support Plan for Teachers with New ELL Students
6-Week Support Plan for Teachers with New ELL Students
Wondering what the first six weeks of integrating a newcomer into your classroom might look like? Use this six-week guide to help you understand what to focus on first.
Kagan Structures to Support EL
Kagan Structures to Support EL
This 4-page guide will walk you through some of the Kagan Structures that have been deemed helpful in each of the stages of language acquisition.
5 Easy Ways to Help ELL Newcomers Feel Welcome
5 Easy Ways to Help ELL Newcomers Feel Welcome
Reflections of veteran EL teacher, who offers some GREAT tips on welcoming your new EL student (she also has materials available in TPT, which is what she spends the last part of the video discussing...stop the video at the 5:45 time mark to avoid this)
How to Use Google Translate in Live Conversation/Instruction
How to Use Google Translate in Live Conversation/Instruction
In this 4-minute video, we walk you through how to use Google Translate with your EL students.
Understanding the Five Stages of Language Acquisition and How to Support Each of Them
Understanding the Five Stages of Language Acquisition and How to Support Each of Them
15-Minute Overview of Best Practices - unlike the "How to Feel Welcome" video to the right, this video focuses specifically on the different stages of language acquisition and instructional strategies to support students
CLICK HERE to view a summary of
Stages of Language Acquisition'
CLICK HERE to view a summary of
EL Family Engagement Strategies
Instructional Supports
Instructional Supports
Paired Texts
Paired Texts
The Spanish passages in these pairs will build students’ background knowledge so they can better understand the English passage about a similar topic.
ReadWorks English-Spanish Paired Texts
ReadWorks Blog Post about how to use Paired Texts
ReadWorks Video: Intro to English-Spanish Paired Texts
English for Everyone
English for Everyone
Below you can find links to PDFs of the course books, practice books and a set of instructions on how to use the online audio files that go with them
Lexia English
Lexia English
We have purchased Lexia English licenses for students who need this level of support and practice. Watch this video to see if you think your student would benefit from using it. For a student to be successful with Lexia English, they should have access at least 30 minutes per day, will need both a headset and microphone AND they need a private place to work on the speaking exercises.
Pacing Guide for Rosetta Stone 6-12
Pacing Guide for Rosetta Stone 6-12
If you are using Rosetta Stone and want to see how to get through Year 1, use the pacing guide linked below!
Si estás usando Rosetta Stone y quieres ver cómo superar el Año 1, ¡usa la guía de ritmo vinculada a continuación!
DuoLingo K-12
Free Online English Lessons
DuoLingo K-12
Free Online English Lessons
DuoLingo is a FREE website and mobile app to help you learn English. You can use the school Clever portal to log in and use it!
DuoLingo es un sitio web y una aplicación móvil GRATIS que te ayudan a aprender inglés. ¡Puedes usar el portal Clever de la escuela para iniciar sesión y usarlo!
Lexia English K-5
Lexia English K-5
Lexia® English Language Development™ is an adaptive blended learning program that supports Emergent Bilingual students’ English language acquisition through academic conversations. The program integrates speaking, listening, and grammar in the subjects of math, science, social studies, general knowledge, and biographies.
Classroom Printables
Classroom Printables
Spanish and English Classroom Labels
Spanish and English Classroom Labels
Use this Canva template to add even more labels for items around your classroom. This is a shared resource, so please only ADD do not DELETE any of the labels. Make a copy of the document, and then use Google Translate to look these words up in any language and change the second line of text from Spanish to whatever language applies to your EL student.
Spanish and English Feelings Chart
Spanish and English Feelings Chart
Use this Canva template to help your EL students show you how they are feeling each day when you check in with them. Even a quick check in each morning can help your EL student feel included and seen. Let them start by pointing, then model how to say the word for them, and eventually encourage them to say how they are feeling today.
Spanish and English Helpful Vocab Sheet
Spanish and English Helpful Vocab Sheet
Print this sheet off for students to make simple requests like asking to go the bathroom, asking for help, etc. You can also make a copy of it and use Google Translate to look up the same phrases in other languages and modify it.
Family Engagement Guides
Family Engagement Guides
These guides inform parents how to support the concepts/skills that students will be learning in each grade K-8, as well as navigating the personal growth and obstacles they may encounter.
PRINTABLES FROM CANVA
PRINTABLES FROM CANVA
Go through the Clever portal to open Canva with your school license. There are a lot of teacher-created EL resources you can search for ! Remember that they may be labeled as "EL," "ESL" or "ELL," as these terms are used interchangeably. Below are links to some of those resources, which you can open and print or make your own copy of the file in Canva and modify it to your liking!
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