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Go to General Tips for Mainstream Teachers with English Language Learners
General Tips for Mainstream Teachers with English Language Learners
Tips, methods and suggested materials for use in the classroom....
http://tools.thecenterweb.org/cwis/cwisdocs/methods-general....
Go to Instructional Methods for All Students
Instructional Methods for All Students
Discusses use of visuals for ESL; language experience approach; graphic organizers; cooperative learning; reading strategies. Includes lesson samples....
http://tools.thecenterweb.org/cwis/cwisdocs/methods-all.html
Go to Introduction to English as a Second Language Instructional Approaches
Introduction to English as a Second Language Instructional Approaches
In the last decade ESL instruction has been moving away from approaches based on discrete point instruction to more holistic methodologies. This article discusses various approaches...
http://tools.thecenterweb.org/cwis/cwisdocs/methods-esl.html
Go to A Lesson Cycle for an English Plus Classroom
A Lesson Cycle for an English Plus Classroom
READWELL Scholar Alison Boyk wrote this lesson cycle for a fifth grade social studies curriculum.
http://www.thecenterweb.org/documents/readwell/boyk.pdf
Go to Aligning Assessment with Instruction for English Language Learners
Aligning Assessment with Instruction for English Language Learners
Chart showing instructional strategies and their suggested assessment alignment. Classify pictures or objects. Discuss, label and describe illustrations. Use Roundrobin and Roundtable to share...
http://tools.thecenterweb.org/cwis/cwisdocs/aligning.pdf
Go to Cooperative Structures for Asking Questions
Cooperative Structures for Asking Questions
Think Pair Share; Numbered Heads Together; Roundrobin; Stand and Share; Roundtable; Cooperative ideas for sequencing. Adapted from Spencer Kagen's Cooperative Learning: Resources for Teachers....
http://tools.thecenterweb.org/cwis/cwisdocs/coopstructures.p...
Go to Differentiation Strategies
Differentiation Strategies
Paper discussing various differentiation strategies. Most important differentiation strategy: 1. Focus instruction on the big ideas. What is most important for all students to know and understand.
http://tools.thecenterweb.org/cwis/cwisdocs/differentiation....
Go to ERIC Digests at Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
ERIC Digests at Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
Some of the ERIC Digests (full-text) on the CAL website. These articles are short overviews of issues in ESL and bilingual education.
http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/
Go to Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizers
Examples of graphic organizers.
http://tools.thecenterweb.org/cwis/cwisdocs/graphic-orgs.pdf
Go to Instructional Methods for ESL Beginners
Instructional Methods for ESL Beginners
Total Physical Response: Introduction and Instructional Steps; Choosing the Instructional Focus; Sample TPR in Lessons; Language Experience Approach for ESL Beginners; Phonics Instruction For...
http://tools.thecenterweb.org/cwis/cwisdocs/methods-begin.ht...
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