• Benchmarks On-Line (Science K-12, some Math) MUST SEE
  A long-term American Association for the Advancement of Science initiative to advance literacy in Science, Mathematics, and Technology. A comprehensive project to develop essential curriculum for K-12, including some Social Studies themes. Enduring understandings are identified for the essential content.
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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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• Classroom Instruction that Works
  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.
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• Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners
  The research-based strategies from Classroom Instruction That Works are applied to teaching English language learners to help educators raise the achievement levels of these students. Hill and Flynn examine nine types of instructional strategies that maximize learning that can be applied to ELL students in every grade level
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• Curriculum Mapping: Greece Central SD New York
  This site provides templates for curriculum mapping using backward lesson design (Understanding by Design) with themes and essential questions. It is not ESL specific but is a most valuable resource to help ESL teachers include these components in their curriculum development for ELLs.
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• Differentiating Literacy for English Learners: A DVD and Instructional Booklet
  To ensure every English learner learns and understands content area curriculum, the renowned author team of Carol Rothenberg and Douglas Fisher presents teachers and staff development trainers with Differentiating Literacy for English Learners: A DVD and Instructional Booklet. Their new DVD features eleven examples of exemplary content area instruction to help teachers implement effective lesson plans that include both content area objectives and language development–essential to learning content area coursework.
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• Education Topics: Tutorials by ASCD
  Education topics are short multimedia lessons on topics that interest all levels of educators. Each lesson includes a definition, short articles on the topic, audio and video files of experts and practitioners, and a listing of resources that you can use to continue your professional development.
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• Effective Instructional Strategies for Language Minority Students
  Summarizes common attributes of effective school and classroom practices identified in the National Research Council report titled Educating Language Minority Children, edited by Kenji Hakuta and Diane August.
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• Equity Index: Principles for Instructional Design
  The Wexford Excellence Through Equity Principles for Instructional Design To create an environment in which all students thrive and achieve excellence in their learning and caring for each other, Wexford has identified seven principles for instructional design. Listed below are descriptions of each principle.
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• Instructional Strategies Online
  Five categories of instructional strategies and explanation of these five categories can be found within this site: Direct Instruction, Interactive Instruction, Indirect Instruction, Experiential Learning and Independent Study
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• Nine Essential Instructional Strategies: Classroom Instruction that Works
  by Laura Varlas ASCD Curriculum Update Winter 2002 Researchers at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) have identified nine instructional strategies that are most likely to improve student achievement across all content areas and across all grade levels. These strategies are explained in the book Classroom Instruction That Works by Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollock.
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• Project Based Learning Checklists
  A project-based learning method is a comprehensive approach to instruction. Your students participate in projects and practice an interdisciplinary array of skills from math, language arts, fine arts, geography, science, and technology.
  Age-appropriate, customizable project checklists for written reports, multimedia projects, oral presentations, and science projects.
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• Reader's Theater Editions (Readers Theatre, Free Scripts)
  Reader’s Theater Editions are free scripts for reader’s theater (or readers theatre) adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others—mostly humor, fantasy, and world tales from a variety of cultures. A full range of reading levels is included, with scripts aimed mostly at ages 8–15. The scripts may be freely copied, shared, and performed for any noncommercial purpose. Submitted by Karen Caballero
  Free reader's theater scripts for young readers.
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• Restructuring Schools for Linguistic Diversity
  This book by Ofelia B. Miramontes, Adel Nadeau, and Nancy L. Commins offer integration of the most current knowledge regarding English as a Second Language and bilingual instruction across the curriculum, presented with a process for incorporating them into a complete program that lies precisely within the goals and realities of schools. IRC consultants highly recommend this book to schools seeking to reform schools with the needs of ELLs and all students in mind.
  Teachers College Press presents: the latest in educational books.
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• Sheltered English Instruction Strategies
  Great intro to sheltered instruction by LAB at Brown: Teaching Diverse Learners --. The success of Sheltered English Instruction depends largely on a teacher's ability to provide modified instruction in English without oversimplifying the content.
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• The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits
  The site is a very visually, helpful tutorial that has a lot of interactive activities as well as simulations shown throughout the site for the students to learn about how circuits function. The site has a lot of helpful tools, such as pop up windows for any instructions or words that may be unclear are further explained, and there are quizzes at the end of each section to help assess, and bonus activites for those students who may excel in understanding the topic. I rate the site a 10 out of 10 I found it very useful, and kid-friendly, especially for my ELL learners. Site submitted by Catherine Jung
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• Using Student Engagement to Improve Adolescent Literacy
  This Quick Key 10 Action Guide provides educators and policymakers with action options to improve adolescent literacy skills using the elements of student engagement in the areas of curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional development. The guide explains how student engagement is linked to achievement, offers practical examples and resources, and presents ideas for schools, districts, and states.
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• Welcome to VIPS (A must see!)
  Valle Imperial Project In Science Select the science curriculum topics of interest for great lesson resources. Be sure to see the Storylines which provide a graphic representation of each unit.
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• Access Center
  Enhancing access to the general education curriculum for students with disabilities. See differentiation examples across the disciplines. Multiple examples of completed graphic organizers.
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• Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA) homepage
  (CALLA) is an instructional model for second and foreign language learners based on cognitive theory and research. CALLA integrates instruction in priority topics from the content curriculum, development of the language skills needed for learning in school, and explicit instruction in using learning strategies for academic tasks. This model helped move ESL teachers toward more academic and strategic instruction. See their related text. The CALLA handbook: How to implement the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach. Chamot, A. U., & O'Malley, J. M. (1994). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
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