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.
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
ELL Starter Kit for Educators
- Download PDF (1.4M PDF)*
Webcast: Assessment for ELLs
Assessment and placement and for ELLs
- Read more about assessment and placement for English language learners.
* To view this file, you'll need a copy of Acrobat Reader. Most computers already have it installed. If yours does not, you can download it now.
It's quite funny because when I finish reading a story, I always say, "Colorín, Colorado," and the children finish the saying for me, "Este cuento se ha acabado." Great work, please keep it up!
~ Higinio M.
