• "The Words Came Down!"
  English Language Learners Read, Write, and Talk Across the Curriculum, K-2 Browse the entire book online! "The Words Came Down" by Parker and Pardini outlines structures that successfully support ELL students both in the classroom and throughout the school, and shows teachers how to implement workshops in writing, reading, social studies, math, and science. Multiple examples of Understanding by Design.
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• A Focus on Vocabulary (Good overview of general voc. research and instruction)
  A Focus on Vocabulary by Fran Lehr, M.A., Lehr & Associates, Champaign, Illinois Jean Osborn, M.Ed., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dr. Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Visiting Research Professor, University of California - Berkeley A Focus on Vocabulary is the second in the Research-Based Practices in Early Reading Series published by the Regional Educational Laboratory at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning.
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• Annotated List of Graphic Organizers and Reading Strategies (MUST SEE)
  This annotated list, a school resource, has compiled and annotated many resources on graphic organizers and reading strategies. It has resources that are appropriate across the grade levels. It includes more difficult ones for HS.
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• Book Club Plus!
  Taffy E. Raphael, Susan Florio-Ruane, MariAnne George, Nina L. Hasty, and Kathy Highfield This research-based literacy framework for primary grades is recommended by International Reading Association and Karen Bean, an ESL instructor for the IRC See a Middle school version
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• Brain Based Research
  The Brain-based research section of this comprehensive educational resource provides links for brain research and constructivism as well as many other important links.
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• CAL Resource Guide Online Resources for Mainstream Teachers of English Language Learners
  This Resource Guide Online provides links to articles, digests, books, Web sites, and ERIC documents that offer information on the teaching of English language learners in mainstream classes.
  The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) aims to promote and improve the teaching and learning of languages, identify and solve problems related to language and culture, and serve as a resource for information about language and culture. CAL carries out a wide range of activities including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design and developme
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• Classroom Instruction that Works
  Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement ROBERT J. MARZANO, DEBRA J. PICKERING, JANE E. POLLOCK This is an exemplary resource for strategies based on research-based educational practices.
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• Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners
  The research-based strategies from Classroom Instruction That Works are applied to teaching English language learners to help educators raise the achievement levels of these students. Hill and Flynn examine nine types of instructional strategies that maximize learning that can be applied to ELL students in every grade level
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• CPS High Quality Instruction Handbook
  This resource from the Chicago Reading Initiative provides very explicit guidance for the components of their literacy framework. It defines a strategy, what the teacher does, what the students do and what an observer is looking for. Rubrics for age-appropriate evaluations are included.
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• CPS High Quality Literacy Handbook
  This resouce is part of the Chicago Reading Initiative. It is divided by K-3, 4-8 and H.S. It clearly explains many specific strategies for literacy instruction with support for: Word Knowledge, Fluency, Comprehension and Writing. It explains what students would do, what the teacher would do and what the evaluator would look for during observations. It also includes Observation Guides for Literacy Instruction in a rubric format.
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• CPS High Quality Literacy Instruction Handbook
  This resouce is part of the Chicago Reading Initiative. It explains many specific strategies for Word Knowledge, Fluency, Comprehension and Writing. It explains what students would do, what the teacher would do and what the evaluator would look for.
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• Educating English Language Learners
  Implementing Instructional Practices 129 page booklet prepared by the National Council of La Raza This booklet provides a fairly comprehsive overview, including multiple strategies.
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• Educating English Language Learners: Implementing Instructional Practices
  National Council of La Raza Publication: This publication is part of a three-guide series created to help schools develop their capacity to provide appropriate curricula, instruction, and assessment for English language learners (ELLs), and increase educators' awareness of how to access relevant resources. This guide is designed for teachers, academic coaches, staff developers, and school leaders and provides instructional strategies, techniques, and guidelines to engage ELLs and other diverse learners.
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• Education Topics: Tutorials by ASCD
  Education topics are short multimedia lessons on topics that interest all levels of educators. Each lesson includes a definition, short articles on the topic, audio and video files of experts and practitioners, and a listing of resources that you can use to continue your professional development.
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• Enhance Learning with Technology, Graphic Organizers section
  This site provides a very comprehensive list of links for graphic organizers as well as related resources and other very valuable links.
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• Exploring Writing in the Content Areas
  This book by Maria Carty helps teachers of content-area subjects discover ways to help their students become better, more capable writers. It shows them how to take students through all the steps involved in producing written documents—from generating ideas to researching to revising and editing—and provides them a wealth of practical tips for supporting and encouraging student work. Exploring Writing in the Content Areas suggests specific techniques designed to help students:
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• Greece Central School District New York
  This amazing site provides multiple resources for curriculum development based on Backward Design as well as reading and writing strategies. Select Curriculum and Instruction then each department.
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• Greece Central School District NY: Curriculum and Instruction
  This site offers excellent support for backward design curriculum dev. See departments for Understandings etc. See English Lang. Arts for great strategies also.
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• Illinois Resource Center
  Since 1972, the Illinois Resource Center (IRC) has provided assistance to teachers and administrators serving linguistically and culturally diverse students.
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• Improving Reading, Writing, Thinking and Content Achievement (MUST SEE)
  This website is through Township High School District 214. This site includes reading and/or thinking skills, and links for printable graphic organizers and assignment templates. The organizers and writing templates scaffold the writing tasks with sample language. Rec. by: Sam Markey
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