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Contains SLOs, language objectives and scaffolds.

Activity handouts. Includes the AWESOME poem We Are All Citizens of the Planet Earth.

Includes short videos on equitable classroom practices.

English Learners (ELs)-students whose second language is English and who are not fully proficient in English-constitute the fastest growing portion of the K-12 student population. By 2025, according to U.S. government estimates, as many as one in four students in the United States will come from a home where a language other than English is spoken. Because many of these students tend to do poorly in school, teachers are encouraged to regularly use research-based practices to improve these students' academic achievement. Yet knowing which practices actually are research-based-that is, they are supported by research demonstrating impact on student outcomes-is not clear to many educators. This series of articles will help educators identify students' levels of oral and academic language proficiency, offer interactive and direct techniques to promote literacy development, and build and maintain effective programs for ELLs.

A link to the Pinterest boards of the Language and Culture Center of CESA 6! Absolutely fabulous! Contains links to information on almost anything you could want to know about ELLs.

Resources for students and teachers of ELL students in Social Studies.

Copy of PowerPoint with links.

Building academic language.

PPT Presentation for professional development. AWESOME.

Numerous resources related to Title I. The webcasts are phenomenal.

A variety of simulations and exercises to introduce issues of cultural awareness.

ELL Coordinator and SIOP Trainer, Erica Hilliker has complied a wealth of teacher resources to assist with the instruction of ELL students in the classroom.

Unite for Literacy is a social enterprise that provides digital access to picture books, narrated in immigrant and indigenous languages. They are for everyone, for free, forever. We know that literacy is at the core of a healthy community, and so we UNITE with partners to create Picture Book Abundance and enable all families to read with their young children. Click Narration to choose the language

This site offers a compilation of free, scientifically based resources for state, districts, and local educators to enhance instruction. The information on hand here is broken down into the areas of literacy, mathematics, science, ELL, special education, RTI, eLearning, and federal priorities.