Resources

Teacher Resources

The ENL WIKI is a community source for information and ideas for all teachers.  Feel free to add any successful adaptation, strategy, website, idea, or lesson you have tried!

• ENL Wiki
  • Discussion Strategies
  • Reading Strategies
  • Writing Strategies
  • Vocabulary Strategies
  • Math Strategies
• Language Levels
  • Activities based on levels
•   SIOP Overview
  • Lesson Template #1
  • Lesson Template #2
  • Modified SIOP Lesson Plan
• Grading Guidelines
  • Grading Comments (English/Spanish)
  • Grading Washington Township English Language Learners
• Adaptations and Modifications
  • Accomodation Ideas
  • Accomodation Ideas 2
  • ELL Research-Based Interventions
  • Accomodations – Modifications
• Assessments
  • Alternative Assessments
  • Portfolio Rubric Kindergarten
  • Portfolio Rubric First Grade
  • Portfolio Rubric Second Grade
  • Portfolio Rubric Third Grade
  • Portfolio Rubric Fourth Grade
  • Portfolio Rubric Fifth Grade
• Effective Practices for ELLs
• Effective Practices for the Mainstream Classroom
• Making the Textbook More Comprehensible
• Cumulative Folder
• Indiana ELP Standards
• ENL Survival Guide
• Auto English
• ESL Cyber Listening Lab
• Common Mistakes
• Dave’s ESL Cafe
• ESL Flashcard Creator
• QR Code Generator – Codes that can be scanned with Smart Phones. Useful for homework help, ENL classroom posters, info sheets for parents, etc.

Administrator Resources

• Immigrant letter
• LEP guidelines
• When to Refer to Special Education
• Retention Policy
• Right to Enroll Information

Links

• Indiana Department of Education – Office of English Language Learning
• CREATE (Center for Reseacrh on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners): podcasts, presentations, information
• EverythingESL.net is a great general resource for all things ESL
• See Students page for more links!

Equitable Services Non-Public Resources

• Equitable Services Documents
• Non-Public Purchase Request Form

Miscellaneous Educational and Literacy Resource Sites

• Children’s Book Council
• International Reading Association
• National Institute for Literacy
• National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC-GT)
• US Department of Education
• American Library Association
• Internet Public Library–Youth Division
• Library of Congress
• Los Angeles Public Library
• The New York Public Library