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The Newcomer Tool Kit is designed to help U.S. educators; elementary and secondary teachers, principals, and other school staff who work directly with immigrant students-including asylees and refugees-and their families.

The Newcomer Tool Kit has 5 chapters, and contains an overview, sample tools, and resources.

Updated Download the entire Newcomer Tool Kit (PDF, 4 MB)

Newcomer Toolkit - Chapters:

1. Who are our Newcomers?

2. Welcoming Newcomers to a Safe and Thriving School Environment

3. Supporting Newcomers' Social, Emotional, and Mental Health Needs

4. Providing High-Quality Instruction for Newcomers

5. Establishing Partnerships with Families

To request the tool kit in an alternate format as a reasonable accommodation, i.e. large print, CD Rom or audio, please contact Melissa Escalante by phone, 202-401-1407 or email at: Melissa.Escalante@ed.gov.

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bilingual education; school reform; language proficiency; english (second language); multicultural education;

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The Newcomer Tool Kit is designed to help U.S. educators; elementary and secondary teachers, principals, and other school staff who work directly with immigrant students--including asylees and refugees--and their families.

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Introduction

Chapter 1 - Who Are Newcomers?

Chapter 2 - Welcoming Newcomers to a Safe, Inclusive and Thriving School Environment

Chapter 3 - Supporting Newcomers' Social, Emotional, and Mental Health Needs

Chapter 4 - Providing High-Quality Instruction for Newcomers

Chapter 5 - Establishing Partnerships with Families

To request the toolkit in an alternate format as a reasonable accommodation, i.e. large print, CD Rom or audio, please contact Melissa Escalante by phone, 202-987-1745 or email at: Melissa.Escalante@ed.gov.

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To request the toolkit in an alternate format as a reasonable accommodation, i.e. large print, CD Rom or audio, please contact Melissa Escalante by phone, 202-987-1745 or email at: Melissa.Escalante@ed.gov.

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The following resources can support schools' partnerships with the multilingual families of English language learners (ELLs), with a special focus on newcomer families and resources for educators who are new to working with ELLs.

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The following resources can support schools' partnerships with the multilingual families of English language learners (ELLs), with a special focus on newcomer families and resources for educators who are new to working with ELLs.

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Starfall Education: Kids Games, Movies, Books & Music for K-5 and above

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At Starfall, children have fun while they learn - specializing in reading, phonics & math - educational games, movies, books, songs, and more for children K-5 and above.

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Very helpful! Glossaries sorted by Elementary/Secondary, language AND by content.

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These glossaries are to provide permitted testing accommodations of ELL/MLL students. They should also be used for instruction during the school year. These glossaries may be downloaded, printed and disseminated to educators, parents and ELLs/MLLs.

Bilingual glossaries are an essential and expected test accommodation for ELLs/MLLs in the State of New York. The languages of these glossaries cover the top 10 languages at the state level, with new languages added based on changing language populations in the NY State student demographic data.

Schools should provide testing accommodations to ELLs/MLLs, as needed, on all NYS ELA and content-area assessments (i.e., Mathematics, Science and Social Studies). Districts/schools must make all necessary arrangements to make these accommodations available for ELLs/MLLs who need them. Please click here for the New York State Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages Webpage on "Assessment and Testing Accommodations".

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These glossaries are to provide permitted testing accommodations of ELL/MLL students. They should also be used for instruction during the school year.

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The only web-based software platform specifically designed for ELL educators and the English Learners they serve.

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These libraries are a great fit for an ELL student and/or a Newcomer to the United States. Immigrant teens and/or a teen whose native language is not English must learn English as well as fit in socially and academically. The majority of students in this demographic are reading below a second grade reading level. School textbooks are written at-level, leaving them little room to succeed. Our hope with these series is to give ELs real-world information along with great fictional stories at lower reading levels, so they can not only increase reading fluency and math numeracy but also assimilate with success.

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Books for Newcomers | English Language Learners | Saddleback Educational Publishing

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These libraries are a great fit for an ELL student and/or a Newcomer to the United States. Immigrant teens and/or a teen whose native language is not English must learn English as well as fit in socially and academically. The majority of students in this demographic are reading below a second grade reading level.

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BBBG - Non-Fiction English, Spanish & Vietnamese Big Books

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We offer non-fiction books in Spanish, English & Vietnamese books to improve language acquisition, fluency, & comprehensible input with oversized text.

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Can set this up to translate in various languages.

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Maptionary is a dictionary which doesn't just tell you what a word means, it shows you what the word means.

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Peer Mentor Program Guides
Peer mentoring activities within this guide will work well for any newcomer.
Refugee Guides for:
Lesson Plans and Activities
Includes lessons for teachers of newcomer students. Lessons include acclimation for grades K-12 and ELA content for grades 6-12.

K-12 Lessons

Acclimation Lessons - Welcome to Our Schools

Curriculum Resources for teaching ELLs in ELA, Math and Science
These materials help to facilitate the scaffolding of challenging texts.

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Instructional Supports | Teaching and Learning

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Newcomer First Days Support Guide for School Staff (PDF)Guide for school staff when welcoming an ELL newcomer student Classroom Vocabulary and phrase cards in English (PDF)Visual supports to "label the classroom" and familiarize newcomers with everyday language. Peer Mentor Program GuidesPeer mentoring activities within this...

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newcomers - Center for Applied Linguistics

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It is estimated that 34% of all refugees resettled by the United States are school-aged children between the ages of 5 and 18 years. The need to provide services to this population is tremendous as many face significant challenges adapting to American schools, whether academically, culturally, or psychosocially. Refugee students may arrive with minimal previous

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A different tool is showcased every month that can help with instruction for newcomer students.

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Watch the video above to get step-by-step directions on how to submit your favorite tool or resource to share with educators across the state of Texas.

Remember your submission should follow the listed guidelines below:

The submission has a brief description of the resource/tutorial.

The video is a maximum 5 minutes long.

Your camera is turned off.

You've used a voiceover to explain the tutorial you are recording.

Ensure sharing capabilities are enabled with your google link.

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Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students in Texas

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Very helpful! Glossaries sorted by Elementary/Secondary, language AND by content.

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These glossaries are to provide permitted testing accommodations of ELL/MLL students. They should also be used for instruction during the school year. These glossaries may be downloaded, printed and disseminated to educators, parents and ELLs/MLLs.

Bilingual glossaries are an essential and expected test accommodation for ELLs/MLLs in the State of New York. The languages of these glossaries cover the top 10 languages at the state level, with new languages added based on changing language populations in the NY State student demographic data.

Schools should provide testing accommodations to ELLs/MLLs, as needed, on all NYS ELA and content-area assessments (i.e., Mathematics, Science and Social Studies). Districts/schools must make all necessary arrangements to make these accommodations available for ELLs/MLLs who need them. Please click here for the New York State Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages Webpage on "Assessment and Testing Accommodations".

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These glossaries are to provide permitted testing accommodations of ELL/MLL students. They should also be used for instruction during the school year.