Language Acquisition (EL) Student and Parent Resources
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Destination Success: Students and parents may explore different levels of both reading and math courses. Students log in using their student id for both the username and password.
Rosetta Stone: This online learning platform is available to students both during the day and outside of school. Check with the student's teacher for the user name and password.
TumbleBooks: This online library has many different titles of books for students to access online as well as activities to reinforce fluency and comprehension (username: CCUSD93; password: books).In addition, K-6 EL students receive targeted reading instruction through the Title 1 reading program. Please touch base with your site's Title 1 teacher for even more ideas to increase speaking, listening, and reading skills.
Fluent U: An Educator's Blog filled with language acquisition games activities for school and home.
Colorin Colorado: A bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners.
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Teacher Resources
BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills) may be learned quickly, however, CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency) may take five to ten years.
- Achieve the Core-Mathematics: Do not let language be a barrier to learning.
- 5 Tips for Engaging EL Students
- Colorin Colorado: A bilingual site
- Fluent U: An Educator's Blog filled with language acquisition games activities for school and home
- OLEAS Webinars: Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar, and Instructional Opportunities
- 40 Best Sites for EL Study Materials
- Edutopia Resources for Engaging EL Students
- www.newsela.com - Adjust the lexile (readability) level of news articles (science, social studies, health, current events, etc.) to enable all students to access the same information
- Achieve the Core-Mathematics: Do not let language be a barrier to learning.