Colorin Colorado: Helping children read... and succeed!

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.


A bilingual site for families and educators of English language learners

ELL Starter Kit for Educators

Tools for Monitoring Language Skills

Provisions in the No Child Left Behind legislation require that schools be held accountable for adequate yearly progress for English language learners as a subgroup. Having the following materials handy may make it easier for you to respond when questions arise about a student's placement, instruction, special services, and grading.

Inside the ELL Starter Kit for Educators, you'll find the following downloadable monitoring forms, which you can feel free to print and share:

  • Overall Language Performance
  • Oral Communication Skills
  • Reading Skills
  • Fluency Skills: Expressive Reading
  • Use of Comprehension Strategies

You'll also find the following helpful resources:

  • Common Classroom Phrases: Spanish
  • Cognates: Similar Spanish-English Words
  • Recommended Spanish-English Bilingual Books
Starter Kit

ELL Starter Kit for Educators

Webcast: Assessment for ELLs

Assessment and placement and for ELLs

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