Teacher Resources

More information about ELLs

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction- ELL/Bilingual Page  

State regulations, professional development opportunities, assessment and best practice information.   http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/ell/index.html

WIDA

www.wida.us

ELL standards by proficiency level and grade level, ACCESS assessment and more!

Lesson Plans, Tips and other Resources

Everything ESL 

Teaching Tips and Lesson Plans

http://www.everythingesl.net/

Internet 4 Classrooms *Favorite Link*

List of games and resources, categorized by skills and grade level. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm 

Read Write Think

Reading and Writing Lesson Plans

    http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp

Mercedes Martin’s Homepage http://blog.spasd.k12.wi.us/mmmarti/

More links to good sites for teachers: tips for mainstream teachers, reading material, diversity issues, sites in Spanish and cultural information.

Graphic Organizers 

EduPlace by Houghton Mifflin 

A wide variety of ready-to-print graphic organizers. http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.html

Graphic Organizers

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr2grap.htm 

Useful flashcards, templates, etc.    

ABC Teach http://abcteach.com/

Printable flashcards, worksheets and beginning level activities

Flash cards for vocabulary www.mes-english.com 

Funny picture flashcards and vocabulary handouts sorted by topic, such as Verbs, School, Adjectives, Buildings, etc.  

Printable outline maps

  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/

Free online translating http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr  

Be careful about what you translate.  Always have someone check it over before you send it to parents or let the parents know that you are using a free translation and it sometimes comes up with silly things.