A website with resources for making informed educational decisions. Hosted by the Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education.
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This website is the official home of the Common Core State Standards. It is hosted and maintained by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices.
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The Understanding Language initiative produced the sample unit "Persuasion across Time and Space: Analyzing and Producing Persuasive Texts" to illustrate effective English language arts instruction for ELLs under the Common Core State Standards.
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An experimental, school-wide, direct vocabulary and "academic language" development instruction program for middle school ELL students, developed by Strategic Education Research Partnership. Includes curricular materials and videos of program implementation.
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A video clip of an interactive read-aloud with 2nd grade students.
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A video clip of a shared reading lesson with young elementary school students.
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Text and video reading of a poem by Forever Krysia.
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A video clip providing an overview and demonstration of a guided reading lesson with 5th grade students.
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A video of close-reading with ELLs in high school, created by Colorín Colorado.
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A video clip providing an overview and demonstration of independent reading with 5th grade students.
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A Pinterest board created by W. E. Wright with pins providing examples of well-designed and appealing classroom libraries.
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Homepage of the Accelerated Reader program by Renaissance Learning.
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A video clip providing an overview and demonstration of a Reader's Workshop in a 5th grade classroom.
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A video clip of three 5th grade students engaged in literature circles.
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Templates for dozens of graphic organizers. Courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Education Place.
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A Pinterest board created by W. E. Wright with pins providing examples of class-made books.
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A video clip of a Reader's Theater presentation of "The Stinky Tofu Man" (adapted from Jon Scieszka's "The Stinky Cheese Man") by young ESL students.
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A video on how to take Cornell Notes.
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A Pinterest board created by W. E. Wright with pins providing examples of graphic organizers used for word study lessons.
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Video clips from a 7th grade classroom using the Word Generation program. Use video clip #3 in conjunction with Discussion Question #4.
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Lesson 4 from "Persuasion across Time and Space," Understanding Language's sample ELA unit for middle school ELL students.
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Blank form for conducting running record assessments.
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The website Purdue English Language Learner Language Portraits (ELLLPs) provides pre-service and in-service teachers and administrators with resources and tools to practice assessing the English language proficiency of English language learners (ELLs) and analyzing the results to inform effective language and content-area instruction.
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