http://www.netvouz.com/jgordon?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks on Netvouz http://www.amazon.com/Ideas-Activities-Teaching-English-Learners/dp/0205521061/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1313028023&sr=8-2 The Perfect Companion to Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP® Model!!! This long-awaited new book by acclaimed authors MaryEllen Vogt and Jana Echevarria offers research-based, SIOP®-tested techniques for lessons that include the eight SIOP® components. The 99 ideas and activities in this book include a few familiar techniques that have been shown to be especially effective for ELLs, as well as many new ideas for SIOP® teachers. All promote student-to-student and teacher-to-student interaction and involvement proven to be so necessary for English language acquisition and content development. This book is surely to become an indispensable resource for teachers of English learners. jgordon Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:27:35 GMT http://shop.ascd.org/productdisplay.cfm?categoryid=books&productid=101010 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. jgordon Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:59:23 GMT http://cri.cps.k12.il.us/pdf/Literacy_Handbook.pdf 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. jgordon Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:21:51 GMT http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/Teaching+Tools/Curriculum+Maps/ The curriculum maps included on this Web site show a variety of approaches to curriculum mapping. All maps included on this page have a description of the process the district/school used to develop and implement their curriculum map as well as contact information jgordon Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:43:51 GMT http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/devel/Dist_Indices/departments.htm This site offers excellent support for backward design curriculum dev. See departments for Understandings etc. See English Lang. Arts for great strategies also. jgordon Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:21:47 GMT http://www.sccoe.org/depts/ell/kinsella.asp Dr. Kate Kinsella - Developing Academic Discourse Skills for English Learners in Grades K-12 Teacher Resources Santa Clara County Office of Ed The resources were developed as for ELLs using RtI Read 180 program, but they provide great examples of scaffolding. jgordon Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:25:31 GMT http://www.wida.us/ This site has the ELD standards, Can Do Descriptors, ACCESS info, Spanish Language Arts Standards, and other info from the WIDA consortium jgordon Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:19:07 GMT http://wordsift.com/ Paste your text into the box. Press 'Sift' to visualize. The program helps to quickly identify important words that appear in the text. Integrated with the amazing Visual Thesaurus® and Google® searches of images and videos. With just a click on any word in the Tag Cloud, the program displays instances of sentences in which that word is used in the text. jgordon Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:22:12 GMT http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/search/?cx=006480149423941123488%3Aer95b-2uqag&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=special+education#1018 National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs (Special education links on this site.) jgordon Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:24:59 GMT http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Physiology-English-Language-Learners/dp/0131950800/ref=sr_1_120?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313194884&sr=1-120 Judy M. Penn and Elizabeth Hanson:Focusing on a particular organ system, each chapter includes a high-interest opening vignette, extensive illustrations, level-appropriate readings, comprehension checks, vocabulary development and practice, and a section on high-frequency verbs used in scientific contexts. A comprehensive workbook-type review at the end of each chapter includes test items from actual anatomy and physiology texts. jgordon Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:26:11 GMT