English Language Learners

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The strategies in this section suggest ways in which you can provide your ELLs with additional support in learning content areas such as math, science, social studies, and language arts.
http://colorincolorado.org/educators/content

lightbulbhammer World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium Site - WIDA is a consortium of states dedicated to the design and implementation of high standards and equitable educational opportunities for English language learners. The WIDA Consortium is a non-profit cooperative of fifteen states working together to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for English Language Learners (ELLs) with innovative standards and assessments. It is housed at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research in Madison, Wisconsin. WIDA was founded in 2003 when it received a federal enhanced assessment grant.
http://www.wida.us/

lightbulbhammer Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners (CREATE) - CREATE, the National Research and Development Center for English Language Learners, is conducting a program of research designed to address specific challenges in the education of English language learners in the middle grades (Grades 4-8). You can subscribe to a free e-newsletter.
http://www.cal.org/create/index.html

lightbulbhammer Doing What Works: English Language Learners – Teaching Literacy in English to K-5 English Learners – This website provides information on Screening and Monitoring Progress, Providing Reading Interventions, Teaching Vocabulary, Developing Academic English and Scheduling Peer Reviewing. Information is presented in print, as well as, through audio and video clips.
http://dww.ed.gov/topic/topic_landing.cfm?PA_ID=6&T_ID=13

lightbulbhammer Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades – (it is the third document listed on the page):
This NCEERA Practice Guide is the first in a series of IES guides in education that are developed by a panel of experts. The guides are intended to bring the best available evidence and expertise to bear on the types of systemic challenges that cannot currently be addressed by single intervention or programs. This first guide addresses the challenge of providing effective literacy instruction for English learners in the elementary grades. Although the target audience is a broad spectrum of school practitioners such as administrators, curriculum specialists, coaches, staff development specialists and teachers, the more specific objective is to reach district-level administrators with a Practice Guide that will help them develop practice and policy options for their schools. The Guide offers five specific recommendations for district administrators and indicates the quality of the evidence that supports these recommendations.
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/practiceguides/index.asp#studentlearning_pg

lightbulbNational Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Education Programs - OELA's National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) collects, analyzes, synthesizes and disseminates information about language instruction educational programs for English language learners and related programs. It is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement & Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA) under Title III of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/

lightbulbhammer Culturally Responsive Teaching – Get the answer to the question, “What is Culturally Responsive Teaching?”
http://knowledgeloom.org/practices3.jsp?location=1&bpinterid=1110&spotlightid=1110

lightbulbhammer Teaching Diverse Learners – this website is a resource dedicated to enhancing the capacity of teachers to work effectively and equitably with English language learners (ELLs). This Web site provides access to information -- publications, educational materials, and the work of experts in the field -- that promotes high achievement for ELLs.
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/

lightbulbIncluding Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Standards-Based Reform: A Report on McREL’s Diversity Roundtable I
http://www.mcrel.org/topics/products/56/


lightbulbCenter on Instruction: ELL: Grades K-12: Materials – resources for English Language Learners
http://www.centeroninstruction.org/resources.cfm?category=ell&subcategory=&grade_start=&grade_end=