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.
Summer Learning and Reading:
English Language Learners
Welcome to Colorín Colorado, the leading website for teachers
and parents of English Language Learners!
Here you'll find numerous articles, resources, and ideas to support ELLs at school and at home.
Summer Learning and ELLs
During the summer, ELLs can benefit from participating in summer reading programs at the library in numerous ways! Summer Reading: English Language Learners at the Library offers a number of ideas for helping ELLs make the most of their public library when school is out.
Summer Reading Resources for Parents
Share these tips and ideas with parents as they get ready for summer! These resources are also available in Spanish.
Don't miss the great summer learning resources on our sister sites, Reading Rockets, AdLit.org, and LD OnLine.
This month's features
New Booklist! Reading with Dad
There's nothing like reading a favorite story with Dad or Grandpa! The Reading with Dads booklist celebrates fathers and grandfathers, and the many reasons they are so special. It includes a number of beloved books from different cultures and ethnic traditions that families are sure to enjoy together. This booklist is also available
in Spanish.
Reading Resources for Father's Day
For more resources related to dads and reading, check out Reading Rockets' Fabulous Fathers booklist and Dads Who Are Making a Difference article (also available in Spanish). The article features interview excerpts from the National Institute for Literacy's Dad's Playbook: Coaching Kids to Read, a fantastic guide offering lots of literacy ideas to help dads become their kids' #1 literacy coach!
Book of the Month
Guess How Much I Love You
By Sam McBratney
This children's classic is a beautiful story about expressing love and affection. One evening, Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare try to measure how much they love each other: "all the way up to my toes" and "right up to the moon." It's a perfect story for bedtime, Father's Day… and any other day! Also available in Spanish.
Highlights
Adventures in Reading
For some fun field trip reading, take a look at these booklists from Reading Rockets!
From the Heart: Larry Ferlazzo
Larry Ferlazzo teaches English language learners at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, CA. He also writes regularly about ideas for the ELL classroom in his blog, Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day. In this interview with Colorín Colorado, Larry discusses how he uses technology in his classroom, finds new resources for his blog, and helps to create a "community of learners" at his school.
Expanded Learning Time for ELLs
In 2008, the Center for American Progress published a report that supports expanded learning time as a way of improving learning outcomes for English language learners. A Race Against the Clock: The Value of Expanded Learning Time for English Language Learners, by Melissa Lazarín, recommends that learning time be increased by at least 30% to allow ELLs an opportunity to catch up to their native English speaking peers, both in content knowledge and in academic vocabulary. The summary of the report is also available in Spanish. This report may be helpful when discussing summer learning and ELLs.
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From Santiago, Chile, please accept my most sincere congratulations for the wonderful work you are developing. I am a librarian and your articles, activities, and recommended books have supported my work in the library, where I work for children, parents, educators, and other librarians.
~ Paulina O.
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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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