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Language Development Activities
FCAT Vocabulary (with translations)
Science Picture Vocabulary Cards English with Spanish and Haitian Creole
Science Picture Vocabulary Cards with Definitions English with Spanish and Haitian Creole
Science Picture Vocabulary Cards Spanish to English
Science Picture Vocabulary Cards with Definitions Spanish to English
Science Picture Vocabulary Cards French to English
Science Picture Vocabulary Cards English to Portuguese
BALANCED ROTATIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL (BRIM):
BRIM Blog!
BRIM teachers, this Blog is for YOU! Please use it often to share successes, vent frustrations, ask questions, or see what other teachers are saying. We're anxious to see what YOU have to share!
BRIM Handbook (Balanced Rotational Instructional Model)
A balanced literacy, interactive approach to teaching and learning across the curriculum.
BRIM - Examples of Configurations
This document shows how the English Language Development (ELD) activities can be used in the BRIM structured classroom in all Subject Areas.
Small Group Interactive English Language Development Activities (BRIM)
The activities are organized according to the type of reading skill to be developed: phonological, syntactic, or semantic. All activities are aligned to the Sunshine State Language Arts Standards and to the International T ESOL (Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages) standards. These language development activities are also aligned to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (English as a New Language) for National Certification.
Academic Vocabulary List by Jim Burke
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Research-Based Recommendations for Instruction and Academic Interventions for ELLs
The Write Guy - Jeff Anderson, M. Ed.
Center on Instruction-Research
ESOL Classroom Intervention Strategies
This comprehensive list of strategies can be printed for use in teacher plan books; includes a description of each strategy and suggested activities.
Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition – Consent Decree
The Consent Decree is the State of Florida’s framework for compliance with federal and state laws and jurisprudence regarding the education of English language learners (ELL's).
Academics and English Language Acquisition
What constitutes English proficiency for the second language learner?
The English Language Development Continuum
The English Language Development Continuum (ELDC) is a three dimensional matrix that prescribes instruction and determines adequate progress in English language development based upon grade level, oral proficiency in English, and written ability in either English or another language. The Continuum is designed for students from kindergarten through grade twelve.
Oral Language and Vocabulary Development Activities
Included are research and an alphabetical listing of activities to promote oral language development.
Creating Quality Posters: A Model for Student Involved Classroom Assessment
by permission of the author as originally published in the TESOL Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 2, by Mitchell Bobrick, West Gate Elementary School
Stephen Krashen Editorials
Opinions from the Professor Emeritus of Education, University of Southern California
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs
funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement & Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA, formerly OBEMLA), this National Clearinghouse collects, analyzes, and disseminates information relating to the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the U.S.
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