Documents
Useful document providing guidelines for teaching English language learners. Taken from Effective Instruction for Struggling Readers: The Administrator's Role in Supporting Research-Based Practices.
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Modules
Instructional and Language Scaffolds for English Learners in Elementary Classrooms
Online professional development module describing a 3-step process to support ELs’ success in the elementary classroom.
Modules
Reading Support for Spanish-Speaking Students in Elementary Classrooms
Online professional development module that describes differences and similarities between Spanish and English and their implications for reading instruction.
Modules
Supporting English Language Learners (ELLs) in Secondary Classrooms
Online module that describes the stages of English development and scaffolding for academic language within content-area instruction.
Booklets
New Light on Literacy: Early Reading Intervention for English Language Learners (relates to Spanish-Speaking ELs)
Booklet that provides reading lessons in English and Spanish.
Booklets
Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades
2007 IES Practice Guide/What works Clearinghouse guide for elementary teachers working with bilingual or English learners in the primary grades.