This lesson supports English Language Learners through and interdisciplinary integration of Civics (Culture and Folklore, English Language Arts, and STEAM Education guided by the WIDA, CCSS, and NGSS, and the Kallaloo Framework.

This version of the classic holiday story has been slightly abridged and lightly adapted for advanced students of English language. The text includes comprehension checks, discussion questions, and collaborative activities.

This checklist guides teachers on what to plan for when setting up the physical space of their classroom. It identifies key areas of what is needed to have that are conducive to collaboration, interaction, and language development.

This is a great resource to help school leaders determine possible action steps for creating a more welcoming environment for EL parents at the school.

This lesson plan will guide teachers on the fundamental areas for content and language teaching. For new teachers, I would suggest using the WIDA ELD Framework to help guide them in the process.

This sample lesson plan will allow for content area teachers to be able to write lessons that will meet the needs of English learners.

This publication is additional guidance for states, districts, and schools and was produced by the National Center for English Language Acquisition (NCELA) under the  U.S. Department of Education. This resource is essential to following the obligations under federal law to ensure that English learners have equal access to high-quality education and achieve their academic potential. 

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released joint guidance on January 7, 2015, reminding states, school districts, and schools of their obligations under federal law to ensure that English Learners (ELs) have equal access to high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve their full academic potential. In this context, the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) at the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) is pleased to provide the English Learner (EL) Tool Kit, a companion to the OCR’s and DOJ’s “Dear Colleague Letter” (DCL). The tool kit is designed to help state and local education agencies (SEAs and LEAs) in meeting their legal obligations to ELs and in providing all ELs with the support needed to attain English language proficiency while meeting college- and career-readiness standards. The EL Tool Kit is intended primarily for state, district, and school administrators, as well as teachers, but may also inform other stakeholders concerned with the education of ELs (U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition. (2016). English Learner Tool Kit (Rev. ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

This book contains 10 easy picture stories for beginning students of English. The stories have a Lexile level of 100L-500L and address common home and school situations. Each story includes images, self-correcting comprehension exercises, and a conversation prompt.

This book contains three levels of interactive grammar lessons and reading activities for beginning students of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). The grammar section includes a select set of YouTube videos, and the three original readers include short picture or chapter stories. Each lesson is accompanied by self-correcting exercises.

This resource provides tools and resources for ensuring meaningful communication with limited English proficient parents. This resource has been provided by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the EL Tool Kit.

This book contains nine short stories about people and places of Portland, Oregon written for beginner students of English (lexile range of 300-500). Each story has approximately 150-250 words. It is formatted as a picture book with approximately 1-3 sentences per illustration. Each story is accompanied by a set of self-correcting comprehension questions and a speaking prompt. All images are public domain except where noted in the alt text.

The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) was developed by Jana Echevarria, Mary Ellen Vogt, and Deborah J. Short. The SIOP lesson plan makes content material more comprehensible to English Language Learners. This lesson clearly defines content objectives and language objectives. 

This book contains nine short stories about natural wonders of Oregon written for high-beginner/low-intermediate students of English (lexile range of 500-600). Each story is approximately 225-250 words long and features a picture, a set of self-correcting comprehension questions, a writing prompt, and full citations of sources with links.

The WIDA Language Development Standards Framework is intended to guide teachers working with EL students. WIDA believes that language development standards are the driving force of equity for multilingual learners in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The goal is for teachers to best serve ELS by teaching content and language together in linguistically and culturally sustaining ways.

Ellevation is the platform the Virgin Islands' public school districts use to better serve ELs by supporting students through data analysis, reporting, collaboration, and instruction. Not all teachers have access to this site. Eventually, this folder will host videos created by ESOL teachers for content area teachers to support ELs.