Links for Lessons

GENERAL

A To Z Teacher Stuff
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com

Colorin Colorad Teaching ESL-ESOL-ELL-EFL
http://colorincolorado.org

Dave's ESL Cafe
http://daveseslcafe.com

Educator World
http://www.educatorworld.com

ESL Magazine
http://www.eslmag.com

Everything ESL
http://www.everythingesl.net/

Federal Resources Educational Excellence (FREE)
http://free.ed.gov

Jim Cummins' Second Language Learning and Literacy Development Web
http://www.iteachilearn.com/cummins/

I Love Languages
http://www.ilovelanguages.com/

Isabel’s ESL Site: English as a Foreign/Second Language in Secondary Education Materials and links for Teaching and Learning
http://www.isabelperez.com

Look for readings on diverse populations at:
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/programs/eac/divpop.shtml

Online Directory of ESL Sites
http://www.cal.org/ericcll/ncbe/esldirectory/

Quest Website
http://hunt.bsdvt.org/~lwalsleben/quest/index.html

The Help! Kit for Teachers from Escort
http://www.escort.org

The LAB's Teaching Diverse Learners
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/

SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MAINSTREAM TEACHER

Some of these articles are PDF files on the QUEST website that were downloaded from ESCORT, a national resource center dedicated to improving the educational opportunities for migrant children and other English language learners, at www.escort.org.

SCIENCE

Essential Elements of Science Instruction for English Learners, by Fred Dobb
http://csmp.ucop.edu/csp/downloads/essential_elements_2.pdf

Teaching Science to English Learners, Grades 4-8
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/pigs/pig11.htm

Preparing Secondary Education Teachers to Work with English Language Learners: Science
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/resource/ells/science.htm

Making Science Comprehensible to the English Language Learner
http://hunt.bsdvt.org/~lwalsleben/quest/resources/resources2.htm#science

MATH

Issues involved in teaching the academic English of math to ELLs http://www.coursecrafters.com/ELL-Outlook/2007/nov_dec/ELLOutlookITIArticle2.html

Preparing Secondary Education Teachers to Work with English Language Learners: Mathematics
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/resource/ells/math.htm

Reforming Mathematics Instruction for ESL Literacy Students
http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/buchan01.html

Making Math Comprehensible to the English Language Learner
http://hunt.bsdvt.org/~lwalsleben/quest/resources/resources2.htm#math

Math for All Students: Walking the Walk by Rita MacDonald and Dr. Tim Whiteford (some early findings from an innovative course at Saint Michael's College, a course designed for math teachers to help them teach math to ALL students in their increasingly diverse classrooms).

Timothy Whiteford's Ethnomathematics
http://bsdvt.org/Schools/Wheeler/math/Ethnomathematics.htm

SOCIAL STUDIES

Preparing Secondary Education Teachers to Work with English Language Learners: Social Studies
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/resource/ells/social.htm

Integrating Language and Culture in the Middle School American History Class
http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/ncrcds02.html

Making Social Studies Comprehensible to the English Language Learner
http://hunt.bsdvt.org/~lwalsleben/quest/resources/resources2.htm#ss