EMWP ELL LINKS & HELPFUL TIPS

                          Here are some helpful websites and tips from our ELL Coordinator, Jessica Spencer.

Websites:

Colorín Colorado is a free web-based service and sister website to Reading Rockets that provides information, activities and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners (ELLs).

http://www.colorincolorado.org

Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Their reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

http://www.readingrockets.org/atoz/english_language_learners

Pennsylvania Department of Education  English as a Second Language Homepage

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/english_as_a_second_language/7529

National Council of Teachers of English position statement, research, and more.

http://www.ncte.org/ell

National Writing Project ELL Network is a social networking spot and resource for teachers of English Language Learners.

http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/programs/ell