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Supporting English Language Learners in Kindergarten A practical guide for Ontario educators
A guide published by the Ontario government - addressing ELL teaching in the unique environment of the Kindergarten classroom.
Language Acquisition: An Overview
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Provides an overview of the stages of language acquisition, recommended instructional strategies and links to more resources.
SIOP Lesson Plans and Activities
Includes some sample lesson plans for early childhood and elementary students from the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
Family Treasures and Grandma's Soup: A dual language book project
A research project out of the University of Calgary on the creation of dual language books

Featured books

How the ELL Brain Learns by David A. Sousa
ISBN: 1412988349
Publication Date: 2010-10-04
Words Their Way with English Learners by Lori R. Helman; Donald R. Bear; Marcia A. Invernizzi; Shane R. Templeton; Francine R. Johnston
ISBN: 9780136119029
Publication Date: 2011-06-05
Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners by Adrienne L. Herrell; Michael Jordan
ISBN: 9780131992665
Publication Date: 2007-01-22
Creative Activities and Ideas for Pupils with English as an Additional Language by Maggie Webster
ISBN: 1408267772
Publication Date: 2011-12-22
Teaching Beginner ELLs Using Picture Books by Ana L. (Luisa) Lado
ISBN: 9781452235233
Publication Date: 2012-09-12
Access to Academics by Joy L. Egbert; Gisela Ernst-Slavit
ISBN: 9780138156763
Publication Date: 2010-05-23
Differentiated Literacy Strategies for English Language Learners, Grades K-6 by Amy Burkman; Gayle H. Gregory
ISBN: 1412996481
Publication Date: 2011-10-05
Ready-to-use ESL activities for every month of the school year by Carol A. Josel ; Carol Josel (Illustrator); Gavrielle Josel (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0130456705
Publication Date: 2002
Teaching Reading and Comprehension to English Learners, K-5 by Margarita Calderon
ISBN: 1935542036
Publication Date: 2011-04-27
Matching Books and Readers by Nancy L. Hadaway; Terrell A. Young
ISBN: 1606238817
Publication Date: 2010-08-10
Writing Instruction and Assessment for English Language Learners K-8 by Susan Lenski; Frances Verbruggen
ISBN: 1606236660
Publication Date: 2010-04-23
Science for English Language Learners by Ann K. Fatham (Editor); David T. Crowther (Editor)
ISBN: 0873552539
Publication Date: 2005-10-01
Sounds Like Fun by Cecile Cyrul Spector
ISBN: 9781598570489
Publication Date: 2009-04-15
50 Literacy Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching, K-8 by Wen Ma; Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt
ISBN: 1412925711
Publication Date: 2006-04-12
Art Activities for the English Language Classroom by Theresa Catalano
ISBN: 1934043052
Publication Date: 2006-08-01
Teaching Young Language Learners by Patsy Lightblown; Annamaria Pinter
ISBN: 9780194422079
Publication Date: 2006-05-11
This resource is located at the Main library
Language Development by Sandra Levey; Susan Polirstok
ISBN: 1412974070
Publication Date: 2010-09-29
Children, Language, and Literacy by Celia Genishi; Anne Haas Dyson; Clara Hemphill
ISBN: 0807749745
Publication Date: 2009-06-04
Moving from Spoken to Written Language with ELLs by Ivannia Soto
ISBN: 1452280363
Publication Date: 2014-07-01

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