https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5 The resources in this tool kit are organized by topic. Topics include: Vocabulary, Assessments, Comprehension/Reading Strategies, WIDA, Objectives, Online Books, Graphic Organizers, and Academic Language. Each topic has its own column. Scroll vertically through the resources under each topic to find articles, websites, and videos. Each resource has a title and then a brief description that I wrote. Under my description will be a picture that you can click on to view the resource or go to the website. If you scroll to the bottom of each topic, you will find documents from the course that I found most helpful and important for my toolbox. Scroll horizontally to see more topic columns. I hope you find this toolkit helpful in your teaching! en-us 2017-08-15 23:21:28 UTC 2023-01-28 23:25:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181168064 My students love reading books on this website. Teachers can sign up for free and create accounts for their students. These high interest books can be read to them as well.]]> 2017-08-15 23:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181168064 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181168230 Teachers can sign up for free to access reading passages. You can search for passages by exile level and even find paired passages.]]> 2017-08-15 23:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181168230 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181168454 This dictionary helps put definitions into student friendly terms.]]> 2017-08-15 23:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181168454 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181168499 2017-08-15 23:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181168499 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181168836 This article explains Tier 1, 2, and 3 words.]]> 2017-08-15 23:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181168836 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181169465 I use TPR in my classroom to teach vocabulary all the time and students love it. Watch a video of a teacher using it and read more about it here.]]> 2017-08-15 23:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181169465 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181169730 This article, by Beck, McKeown, and Kucan, explains how to choose vocabulary words to teach students. ]]> 2017-08-15 23:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181169730 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181169977 Watch these videos to see how one teacher teaches vocabulary to her ELL students.]]> 2017-08-15 23:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181169977 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181170907 Using cognates to help ELL students.]]> 2017-08-16 00:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181170907 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181171136 The cameras are a bit outdated, but this looked like a very hands on/interactive way to teach vocabulary to newcomers. ]]> 2017-08-16 00:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181171136 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181171408 Read about using portfolio assessments, performance-based assessments, and assessing content knowledge.]]> 2017-08-16 00:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181171408 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181171852 This article explains 3 strategies for equitable assessment of ELLs.]]> 2017-08-16 00:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181171852 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181172506 This is a rather long video, but it has some good information. It explains how to assess ELLs. ]]> 2017-08-16 00:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181172506 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181172952 This site explains many things about assessments. I appreciated their graphics and diagrams. ]]> 2017-08-16 00:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181172952 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181173525 Strategies for assessment. ]]> 2017-08-16 00:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181173525 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174293 2017-08-16 00:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174293 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174381 2017-08-16 00:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174381 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174454 Think-alouds help students to learn what good readers do as they read. This site gives more information on thinking-aloud as you teach.]]> 2017-08-16 00:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174454 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174606 2017-08-16 00:44:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174606 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174651 2017-08-16 00:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174651 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174908 Making Inferences]]> 2017-08-16 00:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174908 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174983 2017-08-16 00:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181174983 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181175124 2017-08-16 00:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181175124 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181175316 Reading Rockets offers 7 strategies to teach text comprehension.]]> 2017-08-16 00:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181175316 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181175629 Tips and tricks to help increase ELL nonfiction text comprehension.]]> 2017-08-16 00:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181175629 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181175939 This article explains the importance of building background knowledge, explicit vocabulary instruction, and frequent comprehension checks.]]> 2017-08-16 00:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181175939 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181176505 This video shows you how you can scaffold questions for ELLs so that they can answer more difficult questions. ]]> 2017-08-16 01:02:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181176505 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181176669 See it done in the classroom.]]> 2017-08-16 01:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181176669 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181176836 This video shows a guided reading lesson for elementary ESL students.]]> 2017-08-16 01:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181176836 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181176960 2017-08-16 01:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181176960 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181177079 2017-08-16 01:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181177079 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181177890 This article explains how to write and use language objectives. ]]> 2017-08-16 01:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181177890 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181178283 Scroll to the bottom to see how a 3rd grade and a 6th grade teacher use content and language objectives in their lessons. Above the videos, you will see a content and language objective planning sheet that I found helpful for organizing objectives for the week.]]> 2017-08-16 01:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181178283 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181178974 (Course Document)]]> 2017-08-16 01:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181178974 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181179291 (Course Document)]]> 2017-08-16 01:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181179291 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181179526 (Course Document)]]> 2017-08-16 01:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181179526 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181179803 (Course Document)]]> 2017-08-16 01:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181179803 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181180119 (Course Document)]]> 2017-08-16 01:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181180119 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181180167 (Course Document)]]> 2017-08-16 01:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181180167 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181180381 (Course Document)]]> 2017-08-16 01:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181180381 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181180608 (Course Document)]]> 2017-08-16 01:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181180608 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181180757 (Course Document)]]> 2017-08-16 01:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181180757 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181180921 (Course Document)]]> 2017-08-16 01:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181180921 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181181000 2017-08-16 01:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181181000 cgawboy https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181181382 (Course Document)]]> 2017-08-16 02:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cgawboy/j0yl3kcoz4b5/wish/181181382