Universal Design for Learning Framework for Inclusive Classrooms: Empowering English Language Learners by Sophia Hong

TeachingBooks

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TeachingBooks is a website that strives to provide equity to all readers with insights and opportunities that deepen their understanding and joy of the books they are reading. They have an extensive collection of children’s and young adult books and authors, that reflect diverse cultural experiences, interests, and ability levels.

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Colorín Colorado is a website that serves educators and families of English Language Learners in grades PreK-12. This website provides free research-based information, activities, and advice to all. This resource is a guide to finding books that reflect your students' experiences.

UDL Lesson Plan Template

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A template that incorporates UDL components which create comprehensive learning experiences for all students including your English Language Learners.

Culturally Relevant Literature

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Storyweaver is a free digital library with storybooks in multiple languages, including culturally diverse stories.

Interactive Tools for Student Choice

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Kahoot is an online interactive platform that allows teachers and students to create and play educational games, in the form of quizzes. Teachers can create their own customizable quizzes, and students answer questions on their own devices, with results displayed in real-time.

Interactive Tools for Student Choice

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Blooket, similar to Kahoot, is an online platform with added game-based elements. Teachers can create questions for students to answer while playing engaged, themed games.

Interactive Tool - PBS Learning Media

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PBS learning media offers videos, interactives, and lessons aligned with multiple subjects and grades. Many of the resources are offered in multiple languages and provide diverse cultural perspectives.

Interactive Tool - Duolingo for Schools

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Duolingo for School is a language learning app that takes vocabulary and language practice and gamifies it. Teachers can set up classrooms to monitor students' progress or other languages they're learning. Note: has a variety of languages, but not all languages are included.

Interactive Tools for Reading

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Raz-Kids is an interactive reading program with leveled books and quizzes. It is a great resource for younger English Language Learners, as it offers them books to read, audiobooks, and the option to record themselves reading books. Note: The website requires you to pay to access their content.

Interactive Tool - BrainPOP ELL

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BrainPOP ELL is a platform for teachers and students that offers videos, games, and activities specifically for English Language Learners. It provides practice with English vocabulary, grammar in an engaging, animated formats.

Project GLAD Graphic Organizers

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Project GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) provides 35 different strategies and graphic organizers that support language acquisition.

Project GLAD

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Project GLAD provides training for educators both nationally and internationally, to support the needs of educators and students who are English Language Learners.

Alternate Assessment Ideas

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Rubistar is a rubric maker for educators that generates an editable rubric.

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A planning sheet that incorporates UDL components. Redesigned from the American College of Education Template/Planning Chart

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ESL in the ROK is an engaging website that originated for English teachers in South Korea to reinforce vocabulary and sentences in an exciting way for students.

Rewordify

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Rewordify simplifies complex English text, making it easier for ELL students to understand readings.

Translation

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Papago is a multilingual translation app developed by Naver, a popular South Korean internet company. Like Google Translate, it offers translation services for a variety of languages, including but not limited to Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, and Russian.

Graphic Organizer

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Grades K-2 Story Map

Graphic Organizer - Vocabulary

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This vocabulary worksheet is a resource to help support English Language Learners to reinforce word knowledge, support reading comprehension, build academic language and content knowledge, and increase participation and confidence.

Graphic Organizer

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Grades 3-5 Story Map

Interactive Tool

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Pear Deck is an interactive tool that allows teachers to create engaging, interactive presentations directly within Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint. It’s designed to promote active participation and real-time feedback from students during lessons.

UDL Strategies

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Understanding UDL

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This website will help educators understand what Universal Design for Learning is and what it looks like in the classroom.

UDL Guidelines

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This is a UDL guideline resource to guide the design of learning environments and experiences that reduce barriers and more fully honor and value every learner.

UDL in the Classroom

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The chart provides a structured overview of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategies for supporting English Language Learners (ELLs) in the classroom.

Visual and Graphic Support - Bilingual Glossary

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These Bilingual Glossaries and Cognates were created for educators, students, parents, and families in supporting instruction for our English language learners. These glossaries may be downloaded, printed and disseminated to educators, parents and ELLs/MLLs.

Culturally Responsive Instructions - Resource List

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Colorín Colorado's website has a resource page to help educators learn more about the what, why, and how of culturally responsive teaching – and how you can get started!

Magic School AI

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Magic School AI is an educational platform that provides AI-powered tools and resources for teachers to streamline lesson planning, create engaging content, and support student learning. With automated lesson ideas, activity generators, and data-driven insights, Magic School AI helps educators save time, personalize instruction, and enhance classroom engagement through innovative, accessible technology.

WestEd

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WestEd is a nonprofit research, development, and service organization dedicated to improving education and human development. With a mission to advance equity and excellence, WestEd works across the United States to support educators, policymakers, and communities. The organization offers evidence-based research, professional development, technical assistance, and consulting services designed to enhance educational outcomes and foster innovation in schools, districts, and other learning environments.