• A Maths Dictionary for Kids by Jenny Eather
  This sight provides an interactive dictionary for kids K-6, but the vocabulary is great support for ELLs. Because the site is interactive, the user will gain visual support for not only the math vocabulary but related language.
  Interactive, animated maths dictionary for kids with over 600 common math terms explained in simple language. Math glossary with math definitions, examples, math practice interactives, mathematics activities and math calculators. © Jenny Eather 2007.
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• Academic Vocabulary Games (A Must See)
  This site was developed by a project in Tennessee to support Academic Vocabulary Development. It explains Marzano's 6-step process with additional support, activities, and/or games for each step.
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• Academic Word List (Most important 570 words for academic success)
  The Academic Word List includes ten units of sets of words most frequently found in school text books of all types, hence applying to non-fiction. "The Academic Word List, compiled by Coxhead (2000), consists of 570 word families that are not in the most frequent 2,000 words of English but which occur reasonably frequently over a very wide range of academic texts. These 570 words are grouped into ten sublists that reflect word frequency and range.
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• Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction
  Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown,Linda Rocan This book garners high praise from Timothy Shanahan and Catherine Snow and is recommended by Colorin Colorado. Research-based practical suggestions.
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• Building Academic Background Knowledge
  PowerPoint developed by a school district on Marzano's 6-step process for Building Academic Background Knowledge. This is the html version of the file http://downloads.k12.hi.us/assessment/hawaiistateassessment/fall07/BuildingAcademicBackground.pps. Click on the link to see the PowerPoint presentation.
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• Building Academic Vocabulary: Teacher's Manual
  This manual by Robert J. Marzano and Debra J. Pickering provides explicit guidance for teachers in the implementation of the research presented in Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools
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• Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools
  Drawing from 35 years of research, Robert J. Marzano focuses on what works. The vocabulary terms that are critical to students' success are included for all grade levels. Learn why insufficient background knowledge is a chronic cause of low achievement, and learn strategies that help.
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• Carl's Corner.htm
  This website provides numerous literacy activities for students to complete. It is a tool for teachers to use to find book links, writing activities, assessment ideas, literacy stations, poems, mini books and much much more. All the materials are already pre-made and come with an explanation on how to use them. This site it gear to teacher who teach pre-k – 3rd grade. There are also literacy ESL materials on the site as well as Spanish materials. Rec by Janet Peters.
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• Common Errors in English
  Paul Brians has prepared an alphabetized list of Common Errors in English. Many are words that are often confused with a different word. Scroll to the bottom to see Non-errors and other resources.
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• Common Errors in English
  This site by Paul Brians contains an alphabetized list of common errors in the use of English. Most are related to misuse of vocabulary where two terms are often confused.
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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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• Creating ABC Books
  Strategy of the Week from Education World. Includes ideas across grade levels as well as samples of student ABC books online.
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• English: Vocabulary Guide
  This site provides pictures for suvival and content vocabulary accompanied by the pronunciation of each. Students select the picture, hear the word, and see it written.
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• Inside Words: Tools for Teaching Academic Vocabulary, Grades 4-12
  In Inside Words, Janet Allen merges recent research and key content-area teaching strategies to show teachers how to help students understand the academic vocabulary found in textbooks, tests, articles, and other informational texts. Each instructional tool is listed alphabetically. Inside Words builds on Janet's previous books Words, Words, Words and Tools for Teaching Content Literacy, to provide a much-needed middle and secondary school resource for teaching vocabulary, not only in the language arts, but in all content areas.
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• Literacy Strategies for Improving Mathematics Instruction
  Book by Joan M. Kenney, Euthecia Hancewicz, Loretta Heuer, Diana Metsisto and Cynthia L. Tuttle This book examines the importance of language to competency in math and offers strategies for developing literacy skills related to math. Rec. by ASCD
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• LITTLE EXPLORERS by Enchanted Learning Software
  2,460 illustrated dictionary entries! Each word is used in a meaningful example sentence. Most entries have links to a related web site. Just click on an underlined word (or its accompanying picture), and you'll link to a related page. LITTLE EXPLORERS makes surfing the Internet very easy. A picture-dictionary format is used to link to hundreds of carefully-chosen child-friendly sites around the world. Since the pictures are links, even pre-readers can surf with a minimum of help and guidance from their favorite adult. Older kids can use Little Explorers as a school reference. This is the English version. Other languages are available.
  Little Explorers-A multi-lingual picture dictionary with links to educational activities and games. Even preschoolers can surf carefully chosen kids' sites on the web. The format is an easy to use, illustrated word book. The pictures and words are links to educational activities, games, and nursery rhymes. This on-line illustrated, linking dictionary for children was designed
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• Mathematics Greece NY: K-12 Curriculum
  Greece NY school district provides an amazing site curriculum development based on Understanding by Design. See each grade or course. Scroll down to see all resources, including graphic organizers, See math glossary.
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• Multilingual eGlossary, Mathematics
  This is an amazing multilingual glossary for ELL math students! Students select the letter of the alphabet, choose the language and the word.
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