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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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This website supports EB/ELs through academic conversations. The program includes speaking, listening and grammar for all subjects in school.

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Lexia Learning Systems https://www.lexialearning.com/Assets/img/logo.svg 1984 978-405-6232 info@lexialearning.com 300 Baker Avenue, Suite 320 Concord MA 01742 USA

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Lexia English | English Language Development (K-6) | Lexia

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Support K-6 emergent bilingual students with Lexia English Language Development, a program focused on developing English language through academic conversations.

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Contains emotional support resources, resources for families to practice reading with their student at home, ESL strategies. It also contains classroom videos of educators teacher EB/ELs that teachers can refer to. The videos model explicit and detailed teaching.

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A bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners

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Learning platform for students to practice grammar and syntax. Also has opportunities to practice phonics, reading, spelling, and comprehension. It is a game based approach to keep learning enjoyable.

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With the free LiteracyPlanet Starter Membership, you will receive unlimited Literacy Checks to help understand your students' proficiency across the literacy strands.

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Trusted by thousands of teachers, LiteracyPlanet is the breakthrough English literacy platform that empowers educators and enables students in classrooms and homes around the world.

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This is a website that supports students with grammar. It provides free activities and tests so assess students knowledge and growth.

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Written by the founder of Grammar Monster, "Smashing Grammar" includes a comprehensive A-Z glossary of essential grammar terms, a detailed punctuation section, and a chapter on easily confused words. Each entry kicks off with a simple explanation and some basic examples before giving real-life, entertaining examples.

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Technical Help Download a modern grammarchecker Self Help Buy a grammar book written by Craig Shrives "Smashing Grammar" Written by the founder of Grammar Monster, "Smashing Grammar" includes a comprehensive A-Z glossary of essential grammar terms, a detailed punctuation section, and a chapter on easily confused words.

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Buddy or choral reading when the EB/EL is partnered with someone who has a greater language proficiency helps them read at a higher level. It helps them be reminded to read with expression, at the proper pace, and helps them prevent/correct errors.

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Readers theater helps students practice oral language through read alouds in a fun way. Students can dress up and act out the characters. Teachers should be aware if a student has speaking anxiety, if so this may not be the best option.

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This is a great resource for struggling English language learning students. It provides many activities to help students understand language arts and how the English language is structured. Some examples include practice with adverbs and adjectives, capitalization, context clues, figurative language, grammar, letters, main idea, phonics, nouns, opinions, etc. Each section has many different activities for various grade levels. This resource would be great for additional practice during classroom free time, over the summer, or activities to practice at home.

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IXL Language Arts | Topics for pre-K to 12th grade

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See all of the language arts topics available on IXL! From phonics to grammar, reading to writing, there's always something new to learn.

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This website provides options for games that will either assist with learning grammar or punctuation. They have games that specifically focus on punctuation, parts of speech, types of

sentences, phrases and clauses, quotation marks, capitalization, etc. These are great

activities to allow students to play during free time in school, or share them with parents so their students can practice at home as well. This will help English language learning students with speaking, reading, and writing.

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EnglishGrammarHelp.com teaches the basics of standard English grammar used in writing. It demonstrates the use of sentence structures, parts of speech, common errors, punctuation, clauses, and verb use.

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games that will either assist with learning letters, numbers, etc. These are great activities to allow students to play during free time in school, or share them with parents so their students can practice at home as well. This will help English language learning students with speaking, reading, and writing. There is also I section that focuses on holidays which would be a great time to use around Halloween, Valentines, etc.

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ABCya! • ABCya! • Learning Games and Apps for Kids

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Educational games for grades PreK through 6 that will keep kids engaged and having fun. Topics include math, reading, typing, just-for-fun logic games… and more!

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T-charts can be used to help differentiate phonemes such as short and long vowel sounds. This can help provide clarification to the student, understand the differences between the two, and limit confusion. Visual models are great for EB/ELs.

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I will implement a variety of multicultural books into my book collection in my classroom so every student feels represented and seen. This would also create an opportunity for students to learn about other backgrounds they are unfamiliar with. I can also use these books for class read alouds.

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I want to celebrate multicultural day by decorating my classroom and having students do research and write a short paper over a culture they are unfamiliar with. This will allow them to learn about other cultures while also building their literacy skills through research and their writing skills through writing their paper.

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I would use sentence stems to help support students learning new and difficult academic language. This is a good way to scaffold so the student does not become overwhelmed why the vocabulary and thinking about creating full sentences on their own.

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Graphic graphic organizers can be helpful when learning difficult academic language. This is because students can use synonyms, definitions, description words, etc in the graphic organizer to hep connect to/learn the new academic word.

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In order to write on any topic, the student must have background knowledge. Background knowledge can help EB/EL better understand what they will be writing about and will help their writing be more cohesive.

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This website helps find word's definition at the EB/ELs level. If a student is a beginner or advanced high, they can get a definition for the term that is appropriate for their language proficiency.

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New App! Wordsmyth's Comprehensive Dictionary has a companion app - Wordsmyth Student & ELL Dictionary - available for both Android and iOS devices. The app provides for a better user experience on mobile devices and is accessible with or without the internet. Access to three dictionary levels from one headword lookup supports students and English language learners of all ages and all levels.

Updated Children's dictionary. The Word Explorer Children's Dictionary has been updated. Hundreds of headwords and new images have been added to keep our dictionary data up-to-date with school curriculum as well as with events happening in the world. And don't forget that you can access Spanish support and Chinese support for both words and example sentences on our Children's Dictionary app as well as on our website.

WILD has a new look! And now with more animations and illustrations, new geographical feature maps, and an improved navigation system, the Wordsmyth Illustrated Learner's Dictionary has even more to love! In addition, we added new words related to illness and infection so that educators may get the help they need to talk about the difficult topic of Covid-19 with their young K-to-2 students.

Our new educational game app - WILD WORD LEARNER - is now available to play with 183 wordlists from WILD spread over 12 great topics.

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One subscription covers all Wordsmyth dictionaries and vocabulary tools for K-12 schools.

Wordsmyth Teacher Tools are now available for teachers with an educational group subscription. Registered users and individual subscribers can try out all the features with limited number of students.

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Dictionaries and vocabulary tools for English language learners | Wordsmyth

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English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.

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Concrete visual models are great for any level of English language proficiency. They make mathematical concepts more apparent, clear, and accessible.

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Science has many vocabulary words and the wording within textbooks is quite complicated and intimidating especially for EB/ELs. Using scaffolded text that makes the information more simple to understand without changing the meaning is a great way to support EB/ELs.

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Side by side texts is a great way to support EB/ELs with complicated science vocabulary who are strong in their first language. This can help them feel more comfortable, less intimidated, and also help grow their understanding wit the science concept.

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Many social studies concepts are hard to grasp, especially for ELs since many of the concepts are more abstract. Explaining these concepts may be hard, but having students act them out or use a representation can help them comprehend much more easily

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Structured Conversations with a Partner or Small Group

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Structured Conversations with a Partner or Small Group

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Communicating with partners about the abstract ideas in social studies can provide clarification or fill in some gaps. Sometimes hearing a concept explained by multiple people can help students gain a better understanding.

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Exit tickets are a great way to assess students knowledge in a low pressure/low stress way. Teachers can easily identify areas of weakness where additional instruction may be helpful.

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Language portfolios are formative assessments that help gather evidence of the progress students are making. These can be done across all content areas.

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These are great for testing a students level of comprehension. You can see if they are able to understand and apply the material. They can be accommodated by changing the level of questions to match the students proficiency.

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Through this teachers can learn how well the students grasped the information. The student should be able to demonstrate and properly communicate what they have learned. Teachers should be aware and take into account which students if any have speaking anxiety. They may prefer to teach directly to the teacher.

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Building a couple new vocabulary words to serve as a foundation is a great idea for EB/ELs. Vocabulary words related to the content area will help their understanding during the lesson.

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A student who is not as proficient in English should be paired with a strong English speaker. They can discuss ideas and answer each others questions.

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This is an app that allows kids to practice storytelling, dialogue, summarizing, etc. It is appropriate for all levels of language proficiency.

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Toontastic 3D is a free, user-friendly mobile app developed by Google that allows users to create their own animated stories. It allows users to create short films, stories, and presentations by animating characters and recording their own voices.

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Teachers can help engage students and make them feel more comfortable by incorporating music. For example, students can sing poems etc.

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Teachers can have students act out the concepts they are learning in class. This keeps them engaged, ensures they comprehend the material, and gets them interacting with the lesson.