Teachers who work with English as a Second Language learners will find ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building children's books, stories, activities, ideas, strategies to help PreK-3, 4-8, and 9-12 students learn to read.
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Many English language learners, even those who are adapt at decoding English text, continue to experience difficulties with reading comprehension throughout their school careers. The articles in this section provide excellent strategies for helping ELLs develop the skills they need in order to "read to learn" during the middle school and high school years. See Teaching Content Areas for more great ideas.
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Successful Field Trips with English Language Learners
Grocery Store Literacy for Preschoolers
Getting Ready to Read: Family Activities
Readers' Theater: Oral Language Enrichment and Literacy Development for ELLs
Getting Ready to Read: Using Storytelling, Rhymes, and More!
A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words
Getting Your Children Excited About the Library
More Than Books at the Library
Making Reading Relevant: Read, Learn, and Do! (K-3)
Making Reading Relevant: Read, Learn, and Do! (Pre-K)
Gear Up for a New School Year!
My Diary From Here to There/Mi diario de aquí hasta allá Cross-Curriclar Activities
My Diary From Here to There/Mi diario de aquí hasta allá Reading Activities
Featherless/Desplumado
Reading Activities
Featherless/Desplumado Cross-Curricular Activities
Cooperative Learning Strategies
Oral Language Development for Beginners
Help Your Child Understand What He or She Reads
Fun Reading Tips and Activities
Oral Language: Expanding Your Child's Vocabulary
Suggestions: Working with ESL Students Who Have Special Needs in Reading
Five Free and Easy Tips for Summer Learning: Research Pointers and What You Can Do
Moony Luna/Luna, Lunita Lunera – Reading Activities
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Colorín Colorado is a free web-based, bilingual service that provides information, activities, and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners (ELLs, also known as students of English as a second language).
Colorín Colorado is produced by Reading Rockets — an educational service of WETA, the flagship public broadcasting station in the nation's capital. Original artwork by Caldecott Award-winning illustrator David Diaz is used with permission.
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