Resources

This page is dedicated to resources we can use in the classroom or to further our thinking (readings, videos, images, etc.) or anything that we think might help our EDSS446 peers out (and ace the SDAIE assignment)!

Grammar/Writing Workshop this Summer:

__Syllabus:__

Lesson Plan Template:

__//Vocabulary//__: Link to list of educational acronyms- http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/di/aa/ap/index.asp#w
 * **Scaffolding:** Scaffolds refers to strategies to help students better understand content and understand and/or use academic language. Scaffolds act as a bridge to address gaps between students' current academic development (e.g. language abilities) and the academic demands of one's learning and assessment tasks.
 * **Academic Language:** There is the general academic language of thinking and learning and then also the academic language of a specific discipline (e.g. math language, literature language, science language, etc.)
 * **Basic interpersonal communicative skills (BICS):** social language that tends to be less complex and less abstract. It is used to build relationships and accomplish tasks at school or in the home. While **CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency)** is academic language and tends to be complex and abstract. These distinctions are essential when teaching ELL students: don't assume that students are academically proficient because they are orally fluent.
 * Add in your own vocab words

__//Citations//__: Scholars to think about when writing up your SDAIE commentary and adapting your lessons!
 * //Subjects Matter: Every Teacher’s Guide to Content-Area Reading// by Daniels & Zemelman
 * Fischer, K. //In Urban America, Many Students Fail to Finish High School//
 * //Re-engaging Adolescent Readers and Writers with Meaningful Texts.// Fisher.
 * //The Clarifying Routine: Elaborating Vocabulary Instruction// by Ellis
 * Mike Rose
 * Add in your ideas!

//__Links__//:
 * **Stanford ELL library**: Ell video library (the url for your info: http://ellib.stanford.edu/), this website has a great online collection of videos for teaching with and reflecting on ELL best practices. Use the links on the left side of the page to get to the "Public Video Library." You will have to sign in at some point but it is free.
 * **Literature Circles**: Lit Circles (the url for your info: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=19), this website is a great resource for literature circles. It describes ways to incorporate specific roles for group members, has links to current articles and has all the relevant documents available to download as pdfs. It is geared for elementary grades so be prepared to modify, but don't let that keep you away from this site!
 * Bloom's Taxonomy Image: []
 * Everything ESL
 * Word Sift from Stanfurd: http://www.wordsift.com/
 * Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/
 * Flickr in the Classroom: [[file:flickr in classroom.pdf]]