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English Language Proficiency Standards - these are important to include in the language objectives when lesson planning and for determining which language domains are begin addressed with the lesson.

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Proficiency Level Descriptors - these are important to refer to when monitoring the progress of the English learners. They also serve as reminders of what students can do at each level of proficiency within each domain of language.

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I have included this link to pen pals because I think it is a great resource for students to connect with other individuals from different regions and cultures. Even if I do not teach in an ESL classroom, this digital tool can help students learn about other cultures and languages and create relations students from across the world.

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Digital storytelling is helpful for language learning students because it includes visual aids to connect to the meaning of language. This digital platform helps students create comic strips by using online photos and narrative a story.

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Bubblr is a community where people can create comic-strips (photonovels) using photos from flickr, just taking a sequence of pictures where you can add bubbles and create a story. All stories are saved in the archive. ]]>

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Bubblr is a community where people can create comic-strips (photonovels) using photos from flickr, just taking a sequence of pictures where you can add bubbles and create a story. All stories are saved in the archive. ]]>

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These guidelines for how to teach math vocabulary to ESL students will help me instruct students in a way that is beneficial to their learning. Following these steps, I can provide clear and impactful instruction that will help my students understand math vocabulary.

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This game is a matching activity with math symbols and vocabulary words. This is helpful for EL/EB students in younger grade levels to learn labels and concepts that have specific meanings in mathematic language.

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Math Symbols matching! This game is a great math center or time cruncher! Just like those old fashion memory matching games, you match the symbol with word that spells out the symbol. This game can be used as a review of math symbols or help teach symbols to your students.

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This website provides detailed descriptions, charts, graphic organizers, annotated articles and labeled illustrations. This is helpful for upper grade level science courses as everything is detailed and sorted into categories. This would be beneficial for Eb/EL students to use as study materials.

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This platform allows educators to connect assessments to the LMS and saves time grading and preparing reports. This could be helpful tracking and organizing data to measure progress with students.

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Assignments is an application for your learning management system (LMS). It helps educators save time grading and guides students to turn in their best work with originality reports - all through the collaborative power of Google Workspace for Education.

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Get Started with Assignments - Google for Education

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Assignments is an application for your learning management system (LMS). It helps educators save time grading and guides students to turn in their best work with originality reports - all through the collaborative power of Google Workspace for Education.

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This website gives instructions on how to create, share and have students set up a digital science notebook. This is helpful for science methods and in technology assessment as keeping a digital report of all science instructional materials and data will give students the opportunity to share and reflect on their work.

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This page is intended as a resource for teachers who are interested in going paperless in their classroom and using digital notebooks. Check out these posts to get some ideas for your own classroom, and then please join in the conversation- we need more trailblazer educators to re-invent education in our digital world!

Why go digital?

How to set up digital notebooks?

How do digital notebooks affect teaching and learning?

Additional resources and examples of digital notebooks

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This website allows students to choose books to be read aloud to them. This helps EB/EL students practice reading skills and oral comprehension.

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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Gives tips for families and teachers on how to best support students through traumatic events and emotional reactions. This can be useful to refer to to help support students and their emotional and social development as a teacher and to provide to parents if needed.

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National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)

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When a large-scale tragedy occurs, it can cause strong and deeply felt reactions in adults and children. How adults express their emotions will influence the reactions of children and youth. Caregivers can help youngsters manage their feelings by modeling healthy coping strategies and closely monitoring their own emotional state and that of those in their care.

Common Reactions to Trauma

It is not uncommon to feel any or all of the following:

These reactions are often closely linked and can be difficult to separate, (e.g., where does grief end and outrage begin). Children, in particular, may have trouble understanding and talking about their feelings. Emotional reactions take place over a period of time and may not happen in any particular order. They can affect our behavior, our ability to function, and our overall sense of well-being. The intensity and ways we express our reactions will vary depending on our personal experience, general mental health, other stress factors in our lives, our coping style, our ability to self-monitor our emotional state, and our support network. Children of all ages may need guidance and support from the significant adults in their lives as they work through their thoughts and emotional reactions to the event.

Anger: A Natural Reaction

For many people, adults and children alike, anger will be a natural extension of other emotions because it is a defensive mechanism that makes us feel more in control. As well, anger with the perpetrators of these horrible acts is, in many ways, justified. The desire to "retaliate" can be strong-but quite harmful if not redirected to a positive outlet. In some situations, a significant factor in the expression of anger is when there is an "enemy" on which to focus our feelings with whom others might be inappropriately associated. Adults must ensure that children do not "take out" their anger in inappropriate ways, such as lashing out at classmates or neighbors who might be unfairly associated with the perpetrators of violence because of their ethnicity or other affiliations. The key is to direct anger and other strong emotions in socially and psychologically healthy ways.

Recognizing Anger

The first step in helping children manage their anger is getting your anger under control. Be aware of cues in your own behavior. If necessary, ask someone you trust (a family member, friend or colleague) to give you feedback on your anger reaction, and seek help, if needed. Observe the behavior of other adults around you and your child(ren) and be supportive if they show signs of increased anger.

Signs of Anger in Adults

Short temper/impatience

Sleep and/or eating problems

Restlessness and agitation

Hitting and slamming objects, pets, or people

Desire to inflict harm

Verbal outbursts toward family, friends, or fellow workers

A sense of losing control over your life

Poor concentration or attention span

Obsessing about the event

Physical health affected; increase in blood pressure, dizzy, headaches, heart rate elevated, clenched jaw, knot in the stomach, and tight muscles, etc.

You feel life should be fair, but it is not; and things are not how you want them to be

Social media posts expressing intolerance and/or anger

Signs of Anger in Children

Behavioral outbursts, many times without an obvious cause

Sleep problems

Fights at school or home

Physical attacks on others or animals

Disobedience from otherwise well behaved child(ren)

Child states he/she is really sad and does not know why

Complaints of stomachaches and headaches; or vague aches and pains

Other reactions similar to those of adults

Social media posts expressing intolerance and/or anger

Dealing With Anger

Some people have more problems than others dealing with anger. They either try to deny or ignore their feelings and keep them inside, or overreact and "blow-up." These negative coping strategies can be physically and emotionally unhealthy. Pretending we don't feel badly can have long-term effects that may eventually cause us to "lose it." Conversely, psychological research shows that acting out your anger will not relieve it, but instead will make it more intense. We can learn to control or diffuse anger by how we think about the event or people involved and by finding other ways to regain our sense of control and security. Anger can also mask other emotions, such as grief, loss, or fear. It is important to address these related emotions as a way to deal with angry feelings.

Controlling Your Anger

Admit you are angry.

Recognize this is a common reaction to an overwhelming event. It is how you control and manage your reaction that makes the difference.

Try to identify the related emotions that may be fueling your anger, (e.g., sorrow, fear.)

Find appropriate outlets for these related and equally important emotions, (e.g., talk with family members or friends, seek grief counseling, get involved in activities to help victims, etc.)

Understand that how you think about the event can unnecessarily contribute to anger and other strong emotions. Develop a "positive" outlook and look for what can be done to help rather than harm.

Stop, take a deep breath, visualize something peaceful or enjoyable, and try to relax for a few minutes.

Avoid/decrease negative ways to cope, such as misuse of alcohol or drugs.

Find an acceptable outlet, such as exercise, getting involved with your favorite hobby, sports.

Distract yourself from continuing to think about the event -- call a friend, participate in an enjoyable activity.

Keep a sense of humor.

Turn off the TV and radio; play your favorite music.

Maintain daily routines.

Consult your doctor or a mental health specialist if your reactions continue to intensify, or you feel like doing harm to yourself or others.

If you are seeing a mental health professional, be sure to share your angry feelings.

Helping Children Control Anger

Realize they will imitate your responses and reactions.

Let them understand anger is a normal emotion under these circumstances. However, acting out anger, hurting others, and uncontrolled anger is not okay.

Answer their questions honestly and openly; but always consider their developmental age.

Make family time to talk to the child(ren) about their reaction to the events.

Highlight the many positive examples of people helping others and coming together as a community.

Have child(ren) come up with ideas on how to help those who have been injuredor otherwise effected by the tragedy.

Teach them to stop, take a deep breath, and imagine a restful scene or enjoyable activity for a few minutes as a way to relax.

Turn off the TV and make sure exposure to violence in the media, including social media, is restricted or monitored.

Try to understand and encourage children to talk about their fears/sense of loss.

Try to help them see how they would feel if someone hurt, yelled at, or hit them.

Reinforce that the act of one person should not be generalized to an entire group. It is unfair to blame others who have no direct connection to the event.

Sports, exercise, or other physical activity can be quite helpful.

Be flexible in discipline and monitor your reactions to their misbehaviors.

Seek mental health or physician consultation if these reactions do not clear up after 30 days.

Keep family and school routines; get back to a normal life schedule as soon as possible.

If age permits, get the child involved in volunteer work or community service, such as the Red Cross or Animal Shelter, where a child can feel that he/she is making a difference.

Warning Signs of Serious Emotional Trauma

While strong emotional reactions to tragic events are normal, most will fade over the following weeks and most children soon will be able to resume normal activities with minimal displays of anger or anxiety. However, if any of the following symptoms or behaviors continue beyond a few weeks, or if any of these symptoms are exhibited to such a degree that it severely impacts the child's ability to participate in school or home activities, parents and teachers should seek mental health services for evaluation and possible treatment.

Disruption in peer relationships (little or no interactions with friends, significant increase in conflict with classmates or friend).

Strained family relationships (high degree of misbehavior, lashing out against family members, refusal to participate in normal family routines).

Significant decrease in school performance.

Ongoing physical complaints with no apparent cause.

Use of alcohol or other drugs (or increase in comparison to previous behavior).

Repeated nightmares and reporting strong fears of death, violence, etc.

Repetitive play re-enacting the traumatic events.

Low self esteem, negative talk about self (if this was not apparent prior to the trauma).

General lack of energy and lack of interest in previously enjoyed activities.

Parents and teachers can help children overcome traumatic effects of a tragedy and use the process as an opportunity to teach them how to cope more effectively and deal with new challenges. Depending on the scope of the event, the process may take time and patience and the willingness to reach out to friends, neighbors, and co-workers to lend mutual support.
© 2016, National Association of School Psychologists, 4340 East West Highway, Suite 402, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 657-0270, Fax (301) 657-0275; www.nasponline.org

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Managing Strong Emotional Reactions to Traumatic Events: Tips for Families and Teachers

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Resources | Communities In Schools Of Central Texas

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Below are resources for parents and educators to use when speaking to students about what happened.

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This website provides storybooks about different cultures, ethnicities, and languages. It updates frequently and this is a good resource to save because it allows be to find books to relate to students in my classroom and make connections to their native language and culture.

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Books About Diversity and Culture for Children (Fiction) - Daniel Boone Regional Library

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Books About Diversity and Culture for Children (Fiction) by DBRL_KIDS - a staff-created list

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This video is a great example of how to support language learners through social studies topics. She demonstrates scaffolding and various other methods that are beneficial to EL/Eb students.

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Scaffolding Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners

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Caitlin LeClair, seventh-grade social studies teacher at King Middle School in Portland, Maine, supports her students to read complex texts—fiction and nonfiction—about South Sudan. LeClair supports her diverse group of learners by choosing compelling topics; working through a progression of increasingly complex texts; and providing scaffolding and support to build their skills as close readers.

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Kahoot is learning game that engages students by having them answer questions. I can create games with vocabulary, visual aids and readings to support language acquisition and take reports by monitoring student answers.

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Join a game of kahoot here. Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn – any subject, in any language, on any device, for all ages!

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Buncee allows students to create multimedia presentations. This helps students create storyboards and use both visual aids and text to support written language skills.

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Creativity,
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With over two thousand templates to choose from, you can unleash your creativity in no time. Ranging from education to business to personal use, Buncee Templates gives you a jump start on any creation, but with the freedom to add your personal touch. Choose from our in-house templates, or select a custom template uploaded by your admin on Buncee for Schools and Districts.

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Buncee | Create, Present and Share Engaging Multimedia Lessons

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Buncee is an easy-to-use tool for your school's creation needs. Empower student voice, create engaging class materials, enhance school communications, and more!

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These are examples of ways students can represent their knowledge visually without the use of spoken or written language. All of these can be used as formative assessments to gauge a students knowledge and understanding during their learning.

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This website include multiple resources for art education and tools to use in the classroom to teach ESL methods in a contemporary manner. There is also an entire section dedicated to inclusion, diversity and equity.

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The National Art Education Foundation (NAEF) invests in innovative initiatives to support instructional practice, research, and leadership in visual arts education.

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These are scripts for the classroom. Reading from scripts and having students act out scenes can help build a students oral language skills as well as reading comprehension and fluency.

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Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays

Readers Theater is a dramatic presentation of a written work in a script form. Readers read from a "script" and reading parts are divided among the readers. No memorization, costumes, blocking, or special lighting is needed. Presentations can easily be done in a k-3 classroom. Scripts are held by the readers. Lines are not memorized. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures. Making comprehending the text meaningful and fun for the student! Once you start Reader's Theater in your classroom you and your students will be loving it!!!

"Reader's Theater proved to be almost a magic solution for Griffith: In just 10 weeks of using RT, every child in her class had gained a full grade level in reading. After a year, the children's gains had jumped to three years of growth. Griffith calls the transformation in their reading fluency totally remarkable." Quote taken from The Power of Reader's Theater, Scholastic Instructor

Update - July 08

Plays and Scripts To Print and Read

Reader's Theater Resources!!

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Look what THOUSANDS of Teachers Use and Love!!!
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This is a rubric to help measure proficiency in reader's theater. This will help students understand and evaluate their language skills and comprehension.

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Music can help guide students through language acquisition and learning. This website provides tools, resources and guidance for musical education and support of music in content material.

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National Association for Music Education (NAfME)

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NAfME is an association where all people are heard, seen, and feel they belong throughout their lifelong experiences in music.

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This program helps students with special needs have the ability to communicate through a device. It can support EL/EB special education students as well through the use of visual aids and multiple language settings.

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Communicating with the world around you is challenging when you have difficulty speaking with your natural voice. Using the familiarity of iOS technology, the TouchChat app offers you a dynamic communication solution with easy-to-customize features and a wide range of vocabularies, languages, and voices.

Did you know you could get this app on a funded device? Learn how
New! Try TouchChat FREE for 30 days with TouchChat Discover

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It is important to understand and be able to identify common errors in English as well as signs of language disabilities. This is important for intervention and support purposes if needed.

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This website provides resources about students who are gifted. It gives supportive tool suggestions as well as opportunities for professional development for educators.

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We are happy to announce the newly elected members of the NAGC Board of Directors and Network Chair-Elects! More: https://nagc.org/blogpost/2061726/511688/2025-NAGC-Election-Results

We are happy to announce the newly elected members of the NAGC Board of Directors and Network Chair-Elects! More: https://nagc.org/blogpost/2061726/511688/2025-NAGC-Election-Results

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National Association for Gifted Children | NAGC

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NAGC is the nation's leading organization focused on the needs of gifted and talented children. Dedicated to uplifting and empowering those who support children with advanced abilities, NAGC provides energizing professional learning, impactful research, and inspiring advocacy to ensure all children have equitable opportunities and support to develop their gifts and talents.

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The observation form is helpful for educators to provide specific examples of identifiable behavior in GT students. It also provides a space for students to make observations about student interest and abilities.

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This TEA website lists and describes different ESL and Bilingual programs offered throughout Texas. It also provides current and up to date information on policies and implementation.

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The Emergent Bilingual Support Division provides direction and leadership with the implementation of Bilingual and English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs for emergent bilingual (EB) students/English learners (ELs).

Announcements

Check out the Emergent Bilingual Student Web Portal TXEL.ORG for continuously updated resources for Teachers, Leaders, Parents and families of Emergent Bilingual Students, and Community Partners.

Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC) Guidance and Resources

Current School Year

2022-2023 Emergent Bilingual Support Update Meetings with LEAs and ESCs

The TEA Emergent Bilingual Support Division welcomes Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and regional Education Service Centers (ESCs) to join our English Learner Support Update Meetings. See our EL Portal for dates, meeting links, presentations, and recordings.

Program Requirement Resources

These resources, tools, and web pages provide guidance on bilingual and English as a second language (ESL) program requirements:

Program Requirement Resource Web Pages

Program Implementation

The TEA Emergent Bilingual Support Division has developed program implementation rubrics and associated tools to support LEAs with evaluating and enhancing their bilingual education and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs.

Program Statutes

The following statutes relate to bilingual and English as a second language (ESL) programs:

Title III, Part A - English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act

Title III, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as reauthorized under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), aims to ensure that English learners (ELs) and immigrant students attain English proficiency and develop high levels of academic achievement in English. Title III will also assist all English learners meet the same challenging State academic standards that all children are expected to meet.

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Bilingual and English as a Second Language Education Programs

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The Emergent Bilingual Support Division provides direction and leadership with the implementation of Bilingual and English as a Second Language (ESL) Programs for emergent bilingual (EB) students/English learners (ELs). Check out the Emergent Bilingual Student Web Portal TXEL.ORG for continuously updated resources for Teachers, Leaders, Parents and families of Emergent Bilingual Students, and Community Partners.

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This website provide supportive resources and information for EL/EB teachers. It also provides instructional methods and teaching videos to use as references in the classroom.

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The TEA Emergent Bilingual Support Division is continuously developing program implementation resources for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to utilize in providing effective bilingual education and English as a second language (ESL) programs for emergent bilingual students that meet and exceed state requirements.

In Texas, there are six state-approved program models that can be implemented to support emergent bilingual students.

Dual Language Immersion Program Models

English as a Second Language Program Models

Dual Language Immersion One Way
A bilingual/biliteracy program model in which students identified as emergent bilingual students are served in both English and another language and are prepared to meet reclassification criteria in order to be successful in English-only instruction not earlier than six or later than seven years after the student enrolls in school.

Dual Language Immersion Two Way
A bilingual/biliteracy program model in which students identified as emergent bilingual students are integrated with students proficient in English and are served in both English and another language and are prepared to meet reclassification criteria in order to be successful in English-only instruction not earlier than six or later than seven years after the student enrolls in school.
Dual Language Immersion Implementation Resources Texas Effective Dual Language Immersion Framework
The tools created are broken down by levers:

1. Leadership & Family and Community Empowerment

2. Program Model & Design

3. Staffing & Professional Development

4. Lesson Planning & Methods

5. Curriculum & Resources

Visit our Dual Language Guidance Committee page to learn about the mission behind the work.

Transitional Bilingual Education Implementation Resources

English as a Second Language Implementation Resources

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Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students in Texas

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This game helps students create and retell stories. They can use this activity to write their own fiction piece and do a gallery walk to read others' work.

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This presentations reviews Historical Methodologies of ESL practices. This is helpful to use as a guide to dictate which methods have potential benefits in my classroom with different leaners.

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Historical Methods of ESL - Download as a PDF or view online for free

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This chapter recalls different pedagogy methods for instruction in ESL classrooms. There are multiple resources, descriptions and examples listed throughout this document.

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This website provides multiple lesson plans for different writing activities and games to encourage written language. There are teacher resources as well as student resources on this platform.

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Writing games and activities to use in the ESL kids classroom.

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This is a visual representation of learning with cues of vocabulary throughout to encourage reflection with minimal written language. This serves as a summative assessment because progress and learning can be monitored and filtered for feedback but it supports ESL students and removes a potential language barrier.