ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Programs and Recommended Websites

JO’S RECOMMENDED BILINGUAL/MULTICULTURAL/ESL WEBSITES

READING, LANGUAGE ARTS, BILITERACY

  • 500 Most Frequently Used English Words
  • Bilingual Reading Instruction
  • iColorín Colorado! Information about Reading for Spanish Speaking Parents (select Espanol or English version)
  • Connie Prevatte’s Theory Into Practice: Literacy in the Middle Grades
  • International Reading Association (IRA)
  • The Knowledge Loom: Adolescent Literacy in the Content Areas
  • Literacy Matters
  • National Literacy Panel on Language Minority Children and Youth (NLP)
  • Read, Write, Think
  • Reading is Fundamental
  • Starfall: Learn to Read at Starfall – Teaching Comprehension and Phonics
  • The Textmapping Project: A Resource for Teachers Improving Reading Comprehension

GOOGLE IT! Type in “ESL or EFL games and lesson plans” or “English Language Development lesson plans and strategies”. This will lead you to a long list of websites filled with lots of practical ideas.