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Materials and products for LEPs are unique in that they use strategies that encourage language development. While looking closely at the myriad of materials and products available consider materials and products that are age appropriate and appropriate for the students' stage of language. |
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 Understanding Universal Design
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Date: 2/1/2010 Author: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
| | | "According to the Access Center, universal design is ""an approach to designing environments and products so they can be used by the widest range of users without adaptation." You'll find a wide variety of products at the Access Center on this vital subject, including professional development modules, briefs, and presentations. Here is a list of links to resources that will help you gain familiarity with the concepts behind UDL and consider strategies for getting started with implementation in your school of classroom. | |
Connect With Low-Literate Families: A Three-Tiered Approach
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Date: 3/1/2009 Author: International Reading Association-Jennifer Soalt; Concord, MA; National Center for Family Literacy-Donna Elder & Cindy Nelson; Louisville, KY
| | | See the ‘Connect With Low-Literate Families: A Three-Tiered Approach,' provided by ReadWriteThink.org, a website developed by the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and in partnership with the Verizon Foundation.
A resource for parents, caregivers and teachers of K-2 ELL students. This lesson plan for 4 30-minute sessions follows a three-tier scaffolding model to suggest how teachers can prepare take-home reading activities for children to share with their parents or caregivers. By preparing students to read a selection unassisted and providing prompts for parent–child discussion, the model provides opportunities for low-literate parents or caregivers to celebrate their child’s achievement and to contribute their personal experiences and knowledge in ways that are comfortable to them. | |
Developing Searching, Skimming, and Scanning Skills With Internet Bingo
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Date: 3/1/2009 Author: International Reading Association-Nancy Kolodziej
| | | See the ‘Developing, Searching, Skimming, and Scanning Skills With Internet Bingo,' provided by ReadWriteThink.org, a website developed by the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and in partnership with the Verizon Foundation.
Lesson plan for 2-3 45-minute sessions is a bingo-style internet search for ELLs in grades 6-8. Handouts, instructional goals as well as materials are provided. Correlated IRA/NCTE standards are included and materials can be customized for specific content. | |
Classroom instruction that works with English language learners facilitator’s guide.
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Date: 1/1/2008 Author: Hill, J. D., & Bjork, C. L.
| | | This facilitator guide is intended to be used as a tool for providing a 2-day professional development session, Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners, that introduces the ELL applications and explains how to use them in the classroom. The strategies in this workshop are derived from the nine categories of research-based instructional strategies discussed in Classroom Instruction That Works (Marzano, Pickering & Pollock, 2001) but modified to suit ELLs. The goals of this workshop are to: Understand how Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) identified strategies to enhance student achievement, learn about the importance of stages of second language acquisition and their instructional implications, and know how to apply the instructional strategies for ELLs in K-12 mainstream classes. | |
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