Curated OER
Valentine's Day hearts
Young scholars use Valentine's Day to use figurative language in English. This is a great activity for ESL students (who may not have much experience with this holiday), to engage in social conversation with their peers.
Curated OER
The Gift of Community
Learners explore the diversity offered in communities. In this Teaching Tolerance instructional activity, students read The Gift and then interview people within their school community regarding the gifts they receive in their community.
Curated OER
Guided Reading: Family Picnic
Students blend phonemes. For this guided reading lesson, students create words by blending isolated phonemes. Students read a book discussing families.
SEDL
Sedl:paso Partners Integrating Math, Science & Language
Contains a plethora of elementary bilingual education lessons and activities! Includes a curriculum plan, instructional strategies, activities, suggested teacher and student materials, and more. Each unit includes a Spanish translation!
PBS
Colorin Colorado: Connect Students' Background Knowledge to Content
In this article, teachers will learn strategies for connecting with students' background knowledge to engage ELL students. Research is used to support the strategies, and web links are provided for additional resources to support...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Community: Fatima's Savings Jar
Learn how one child was able to save her money up for something special. Includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.