Texas TESOL
TexTESOL is an affiliate of TESOL with five regional affiliates. TESOL&s mission is to develop and maintain professional expertise in English language teaching and learning for speakers of other languages worldwide.
Text Features: Non-Fiction Printed Page vs. Website Format
This chart from ReadWriteThink.org gives students a reference for comparing non-fiction textbook or printed material to website content features.
Text-Mapping Project
Step-by-step lesson plan on how to map text with students.
The Access Center
The Access Center is a national technical assistance (TA) center funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs.
The ALLIANCE National Parent Technical Assistance Center
The NPTAC provides Parent Centers with technical assistance and up-to-date information and resources and materials to improve results for children with disabilities living in rural, urban, and suburban areas and from underrepresented and underserved popul
The Balance of Informational and Literary Texts in K-5
Standards author Susan Pimentel discusses the ways in which the standards balance informational and literary text for elementary grades.
The Best Music Websites For Learning English
Larry Ferlazzo shares his favorite sites for using music to help students learn English.
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
The Campaign is a collaborative effort by foundations, nonprofit partners, states, and communities across the nation to ensure that more children in low-income families succeed in school and graduate prepared for college, a career, and active citizenship.
The Clarifying Routine: Elaborating Vocabulary Instruction
From our sister site, LDOnLine.org, comes this excellent article by Edwin Ellis outlining effective techniques for teaching vocabulary.
The Collaborative Summer Library Program
The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) is a grassroots consortium of states working together to provide high-quality summer reading program materials for children at the lowest cost possible for their public libraries.
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Web Resources
Explore this section and discover useful web resources, some in multiple languages, to help our current and future generations of English language learners succeed. While we continue to check and update these links to other websites, some may have changed since our most recent update.
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Statewide Resources
To see web resources organized by state, visit our State Resources section.