Resources
Content-Area Language Demands and ELLs/EBs (3) ELA
This article by George Bunch answers the question, What are the language demands for English language arts in the Common Core State Standards? It comes from Valdés et al (2015) and accompanies the workshop titled "Content-Area Language Demands and English Language Learners/Emergent Bilinguals".
Publication: Common Core Bilingual and English Language Learners: A Resource for Educators
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Content-Area Language Demands and Mathematics
This article by Judit Moschovich answers the question, What are the language demands of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics? It comes from Valdés et al (2015) and accompanies the workshop titled "Content-area Language Demands and English Language Learners/Emergent Bilinguals".
Publication: Common Core Bilingual and English Language Learners: A Resource for Educators
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): article
Content-Area Language Demands and Science
This article by Okhee Lee and Lorena Llosa answers the questions, What are the language demands for science in the Next Generation Science Standards? How do they relate to the literacy demands for science in the Common Core State Standards? It comes from Valdés et al (2015) and accompanies the workshop titled "Content-Area Language Demands and English Language Learners/Emergent Bilinguals".
Publication: Common Core Bilingual and English Language Learners: A Resource for Educators
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): article
Content-Area Language Demands and Social Studies
This article by Robin Liten-Tejada answers the question, What are the language demands for social studies in the Common Core State Standards? It comes from Valdés et al (2015) and accompanies the workshop titled "Content-Area Language Demands and English Language Learners/Emergent Bilinguals".
Publication: Common Core Bilingual and English Language Learners: A Resource for Educators
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): article
Dr. Sandra Mercuri Webinar
La enseñanza bilingüe: Planning for content, language, and biliteracy
This webinar shows biliteracy teachers how to design interdisciplinary units of study that are aligned with content standards; include reading, writing, and talking in both languages; and yield evidence of biliteracy learning. The presenter will share examples of a unit and lesson planning framework that teachers can use to design a bilingual interdisciplinary unit of instruction for any grade level in any type of biliteracy context.
Publication: La enseñanza en el aula bilingüe: Content, language, and biliteracy
Topic: Professional Development
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ELLs and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is being replaced by Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the latest reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Dr. Wayne E. Wright, Purdue University professor and author of Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners (2015, Caslon Publishing), addresses how this new federal education policy is different, and discusses the implications for English language learners.
Publication: Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners: Research, Theory, Policy, and Practice, third edition
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): video
ELLs and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Presentation
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is being replaced by Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the latest reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Dr. Wayne E. Wright, Purdue University professor and author of Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners (2015, Caslon Publishing), prepared a slide presentation about how this new federal education policy is different, and the implications for English language learners.
Publication: Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners: Research, Theory, Policy, and Practice, third edition
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): presentation
Exemplar middle school ELA unit for ELLs - Understanding Language
This link leads to a middle school English language arts unit titled Persuasion across Time and Space that was developed by Understanding Language and is posted on their website. The unit shows instructional approaches that are likely to help ELLs meet new standards in English Language Arts. The lessons address potent literacy goals and build on students’ background knowledge and linguistic resources. Built around a set of famous persuasive speeches, the unit supports students in reading a range of complex texts. It invites them to write and speak in a variety of ways and for different audiences and purposes. The Understanding Language site includes examples of lessons, Guidelines for ELA Instructional Materials Development, and Frequently Asked Questions.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): website