Teacher Toolkit! by Gionna Shackett

ELPS Chart

gio23 — 2025-04-24 19:55:59 UTC

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.

PLDs

gio23 — 2025-04-24 19:55:59 UTC

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.

TABS

gio23 — 2025-04-24 20:00:23 UTC

I chose to include this because it can be helpful when determining if a student is GT.

Tools and resources for ELLs with disabilities

gio23 — 2025-04-24 20:02:18 UTC

I think that this can be very helpful for both teachers and parents to see how to help children with disabilities while also learning a new language.

Assessing

gio23 — 2025-04-24 20:04:30 UTC

I like this article because it shows how to properly assess an ELL and make sure they have the same equality for taking tests.

Edpuzzle

gio23 — 2025-04-29 13:55:02 UTC

I like this website because it is a different form/way to provide a summative assessment other than the standard reading and writing. This can help make the content more equally assessable.

Sortegories

gio23 — 2025-04-29 13:59:50 UTC

This online game is very helpful for students to build their phonological, decoding, and encoding skills in a fun and engaging way.

Content vs Language Objectives

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:03:29 UTC

I think that this graphic organizer is a very helpful representation showing the difference between content and language objectives. I tend to mix up the two terms, so this is very helpful for me to remind myself.

Writing Language Objectives

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:05:43 UTC

This article explains each part of the language objective and the importance of it. This helped me to better understand the use of language objectives.

Duck Duck Moose Games

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:08:57 UTC

I included this website because it has games that are specific to school subjects like math, science, and reading. These games are beneficial for students to use when developing their language in different subjects.

Lesson Plans + activities

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:14:30 UTC

I chose to include this website because it provides free lesson plan templates and activities for ESL students. I think that teachers can also use these activities and lesson plans for SPED students because the activities and lesson plans include a wide range of accommodations that can be helpful to both students.

Information

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:18:22 UTC

This website is useful because it states all of the requirements for bilingual and English as a second language programs.

Chapter 89

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:23:24 UTC

I have included this PDF because it shows Chapter 89, Subchapter BB that states and details the state's plan for educating ELs, covering aspects like identification, assessment, program implementation, and monitoring of student progress.

ESL vs Billingual

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:27:05 UTC

I chose this website because it talks about the difference between ESL and bilingual eduction programs. This is important information to know when deciding which programs to use.

Programs

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:29:27 UTC

I found this article extremely helpful because it provides many of the different programs in one singular place. It also includes a short description of each program model method.

Gifted and Talented Toolkit

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:33:45 UTC

This toolkit provided by TEA is an important resource for both the teachers and parents of GT students to have because it can allow them to access approved websites to help enhance the students learning. This includes websites to help promote creative problem solving.

Step to family engagement

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:37:39 UTC

I thought that these 4 steps for supporting EL family engagement can be very beneficial when teachers have EL students in their classroom. It is extremely important to keep students families engaged and supportive for them.

Principles of engagement

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:39:13 UTC

I think that this graphic design can be helpful to help remind myself how to create transformative family engagement opportunities for the students families in order to help the students succeed.

Guide

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:42:36 UTC

This guide is very useful for teachers to be informed about because it states the rights an EB/EL student has. Teachers should be informed about this in order to make sure the students are receiving their full right to an education.

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:45:27 UTC

I chose to include this poster because I think that it shows the importance of teachers being an advocate for EB/EL student learners. It shows the impact a teacher can have on not only the learning of students but also the well being of a students overall education.

Competencies for teaching in multicultural classrooms

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:50:02 UTC

This video is important because it talks about how teachers can create a safe environment for multicultural and multilingual students. It shows different ways to recognize and value the differences in order to help promote learning.

Engage multilingual and multicultural learners in assessment

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:55:12 UTC

I have included this article as a resource because it shows and talks bout different ways to make sure that assessments are inclusive and assessable to multilingual and multicultural students in the classroom. This includes making the information relevant while also providing different formats of the information.

Visual Aids

gio23 — 2025-04-29 14:57:12 UTC

I think that this visual aid would be very helpful for EB/EL students to use when learning about the water cycle because it provides both a visual representation and the definition of the terms being used.

Vocabulary Puzzles

gio23 — 2025-04-29 15:00:01 UTC

This is a method that I found while doing research for a lesson plan in another class. I thought it was a great way to learn scientific terms because it engages both the visual, kinesthetic, and interpersonal aspects that can be scaffolded for students at different language proficiency levels.

SOLOM

gio23 — 2025-04-29 15:15:15 UTC

This is an importance resource for teachers to have because it can help to assess students oral language proficiency and monitor their progress over time.

gio23 — 2025-04-29 15:19:24 UTC

This video can be a helpful resource for both teachers and parents of students to help develop their oral language. She includes 3 activities that can easily be implemented throughout the day to help engage students in oral language practice.

gio23 — 2025-04-29 15:23:43 UTC

This sheet includes a wide range of supporting features in order to help ELL students understand math concepts through virtual learning. This can be a helpful resource because this allows students to access this material and supports at their home as well.

Teaching key terms

gio23 — 2025-04-29 15:26:42 UTC

I think this article is important for teachers because it shows and explains that while math may seem like a "universal" language, there are still many variations to it throughout the world. This article shows how to teach academic specific language to mathematics and how to help ELL students in this content area.

Assessing

gio23 — 2025-04-29 15:54:59 UTC

This article is a helpful resource because it explains both the importance of formative assessments and also how to tailor them towards EB/EL students to properly assess their knowledge and skills. It provides different methods to assess and monitor their knowledge and academic achievements.

Different ways top assess

gio23 — 2025-04-29 16:00:35 UTC

I think that this video is helpful because it shows different ways to give formative assessments in order for the students to display and show what they know. It is important for teachers to have a variety of ways for students to show their knowledge when teaching EB/EL students.