99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model [Paperback] 

This long-awaited new book by acclaimed authors MaryEllen Vogt and Jana Echevarria offers research-based, SIOP®-tested techniques for lessons that include the eight SIOP® components. The 99 ideas and activities in this book include a few familiar techniques that have been shown to be especially effective for ELLs, as well as many new ideas for SIOP® teachers. All promote student-to-student and teacher-to-student interaction and involvement proven to be so necessary for English language acquisition and content development. This book is surely to become an indispensable resource for teachers of English learners.

What makes 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP® Model  a must-have?

• Offers step-by-step directions and examples of content and language objectives for all ideas and activities. 
• Provides use-tomorrow ideas and activities for implementing the eight components of the SIOP® Model.
• Includes 12 sample lesson plans that illustrate how a particular activity can be effective for ALL students, and all of these sample lessons are adapted for both elementary and secondary students.
• Features classroom-ready content and language objectives for all relevant activities.

 March, 2007

Aligns with Application of Common Core State Standards for English Language Learners.

ESL Levels	Modes
Research Base	Teacher's Rating

Two 8 in. inflatable, multicolored cubes feature open-ended phrases and questions to reinforce comprehension of any type of nonfiction materials—biographies, newspaper/magazine articles, and more. Roll or throw and where right index finger lands is the question to be answered!  

Includes resource guide. (Set of 2 cubes)

1st grade - Adult

Teaching Tip: Partner Comprehension

Now There are Even More Ways to Teach ESL! Written by a team of top ESL specialists, here is everything you need to teach beginning learners of English as a second language. Games, oral, and visual exercises are used to make learning enjoyable and socially engaging. Complete templates for all games are included. A range of individual activities using visual, written and kinesthetic skills round out this resource. Care has been taken to ensure the pictures are simple but realistic so they are both easy to interpret as well as suitable for all ages. 80 pages.

6-12 years

1st to 8th grade

Material Code: 0650

Aligns with Application of Common Core State Standards for English Language Learners.

ESL Levels	Modes
Research Base	Teacher's Rating

ELL/ESL Teaching Resource Library  Principals! Administrators! Language Educators! Get a comprehensive set of books to support teaching faculty plan and implement engaging ESL or sheltered instruction.  Make the library available to all of your faculty that teach language learners to enhance your instructional program!  The full set of 15 books offers you teaching ideas, reference materials, clear descriptions and how-to for sheltering instruction, picture dictionaries and more!  The mini set of 5 books offers teachers the foundational texts for teaching English Language Learners to help them improve their instruction to make it more accessible!

The ESL Teaching Resource Full Library includes 15 Essential Books:

99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners

Get Them Talking! Theater Games & Storytelling Techniques and More

ESL/ELL Teacher's Book of Lists

Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model (3rd Edition)

Teaching English Language Learners Strategies That Work

Do As I Say: Operations, Procedures, & Rituals for Language Acquisition

Encyclopedia of Language Arts Blackline Masters

Chalk Talks: Visual Cues Discussions and Conversation

Idiom Dictionary

I Have, Who Has? 38 Interactive Language Arts Card Games

Second Language Learning Through Cooperative Learning

Sequences: Picture Stories for ESL

The ESL Miscellany: A Treasury of Cultural & Linguistic Information, 4th Edition

Heinle Picture Dictionary for Children

Let's Chat! Creative Communicative Activities for All Language Learners

Ideal for classrooms with three or four students in need of ESL materials! An easy-to-implement, effective way for teachers to address the varying needs of second language learners in their classrooms. ESL addresses the specific problems experienced by speakers of different first languages—but lessons are designed for use by native speakers as well. Reproducible, extensive tips and techniques for making students feel at ease and eager to learn; Emphasis on vocabulary development; Convenient teacher direction includes how to introduce the lesson, extensions, and instructions for using the same activity at a variety of levels.

Reproducible, 128 pages. 

Presenting an easy-to-implement, effective way to address the varying needs of second language learners in your classroom! Age-appropriate, engaging activities address the specific problems experienced by speakers of different first languages - but lessons are designed for use by native speakers as well, making the program completely flexible and universal! Convenient teacher directions include how to introduce the lesson, multicultural connections, word explorations, extensions, and instructions for using the same activity at a variety of levels. 

Teachers know that they must differentiate their instruction if they want to reach all their students. How can a teacher teach difficult content to all kinds of learners at the same time?How can English Language Learners access content in US History?

The authors of the  Include Me!© Series are painfully aware of the problem, being classroom teachers and resource teachers for many years. The series is picture based for better understanding of the concepts taught through the regular textbook. The activities are designed to both convey the core subject to all levels of learners and develop language at the same time. The Include Me!© Series’s  U.S History  contains eight units reinforced with the main vocabulary “glossary” in pictures, (in black and white for easy reproduction for the many suggested activities) puzzles in three levels, recall readings in three levels(picture readings, fill in the blank readings with or without word banks) and three levels of language development, flashcards and bingo games. The units covered are:

• First Americans
• European Exploration
• New England Colonial Life
• American Revolution
• Creating a New Nation
• Westward Movement
• Africans and Forced Migration
• Nation Divided

This book is also good for adult citizenship classes and Adult Basic Education classes with students with low literacy skills and/or limited English skills.

Teachers know that they must diversify their instruction if they want to reach all their students. In many classrooms there are divergent learners. Special education students, learning disabled and many levels of ELLs (English language learners or ESL students). How can  teachers effectively teach the subjects to all of them at the same time? The authors of the Include   Me ! © Series are painfully aware of this problem,being classroom teachers and resource teachers for many years. The series is pictures based for better understanding of the concepts taught through regular social studies textbooks. The activities are designed to both convey the core subject to all levels of learners and to develop language at the same time. The Include   Me ! © Series Ancient Civilizations contain nine units reinforced with the main vocabulary in pictures (in crisp black and white for easy reproduction for the many suggested activities), puzzles in three levels, recall readings in three levels and three levels of language development exercises. Also included are flashcards for all the over 150 pictures and bingo cards. The units covered in Include   Me ! © Series Ancient Civilizations are: 

Stone Age 

Mesopotamia 

Egypt 

Nubia 

China 

Greece 

Rome 

Mesoamerica

Indus Valley

One of the most influential books in the field in years!

Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP^® Model presents a coherent, specific, field-tested model of sheltered instruction that specifies the features of a high quality sheltered lesson that teaches content material to English language learners.

For twelve years, educators have turned to Jana Echevarría, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short for an empirically validated model of sheltered instruction. In the Third Edition of this best-seller, the authors include new research findings and studies on the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP^®) Model, which offers school administrators, teachers, teacher candidates, coaches, university faculty, and field experience supervisors a tool for observing and quantifying a teacher's implementation of quality sheltered instruction.

Take a Glimpse Inside the Third Edition:

• New, user-friendly format of the SIOP^® protocol.
•  Background Sections include descriptions of the eight components and thirty features of the SIOP^® Model, and are updated to reflect recent research and best practices to help readers plan and prepare effective sheltered lessons.
• Practical Guidelines to help readers develop effective language and content objectives.
• Discussion Questions have been rewritten and are appropriate for portfolio development in pre-service and graduate classes, for professional development workshops, or for teacher reflection and application.
• A groundbreaking CD-ROM with video clips, interviews of the authors, and reproducible resources (e.g., lesson plan formats), make this the perfect professional development asset for any grade level or content area teacher!

Learning Wrap-ups are even better than before. They now feature a new "Key" shape and stay together with a rivet at the top. There is a single string that's already attached, making them easier to use and organize. They still offer a fun and unique way to help students memorize their math facts. Students wrap the string from the problem on the left to the answer on the right, and then turn the Wrap-us over to see if they got it right.

They utilize many learning senses and are fun enough that students are willing to use them over and over until they master their facts. Each set covers 120 basic facts. Use a stopwatch to measure improvement and to see how fast they can really go. Choose from many combinations of individual titles to kits that provide value and savings. Each set contains 10 self-correcting keys and covers all the facts for that operation.

Bilingual Dictionary for Chinese speaking teenage and adult students of English

Build your students' vocabulary, reading and critical thinking skills. A richly illustrated thematic dictionary with easy-to-learn vocabulary units supported by a full range of teacher and classroom resources. Content is organized within 12 thematic units, including Everyday Language, People, Housing, Food and Recreation.

Each unit starts with an Intro page (new to this edition) and ends with a story page, with single or double-page sub-topics introducing new words in a realistic visual context and easy-to-learn "chunks."

The target new vocabulary is listed and simple practice activities help students put their new words into practice.

Story pages include pre-reading questions to build previewing and predicting skills and post-reading questions and role-play activities to support critical thinking and to encourage students to use the new language they have learned.

Rich visual contexts recycle words from the unit. This structure is designed to address the needs of multilevel classrooms.

Supporting components include more guidance on this topic as well as assessing needs and lesson planning. (available in English only).

 Oxford Picture Dictionary English-Spanish: Bilingual Dictionary for Spanish speaking teenage and adult students of English [Paperback]

Content is organized within 12 thematic units, including Everyday Language, People, Housing, Food and Recreation.Each unit starts with an Intro page (new to this edition) and ends with a story page, with single or double-page sub-topics introducing new words in a realistic visual context and easy-to-learn "chunks." The target new vocabulary is listed and simple practice activities help students put their new words into practice. Story pages include pre-reading questions to build previewing and predicting skills and post-reading questions and role-play activities to support critical thinking and to encourage students to use the new language they have learned. Rich visual contexts recycle words from the unit. This structure is designed to address the needs of multilevel classrooms. 

Supporting components include more guidance on this topic as well as assessing needs and lesson planning. (available in English only).

Oxford Picture Dictionary English-Thai: Bilingual Dictionary for Thai speaking teenage and adult students of English [Paperback]

Content is organized within 12 thematic units, including Everyday Language, People, Housing, Food and Recreation.

Each unit starts with an Intro page (new to this edition) and ends with a story page, with single or double-page sub-topics introducing new words in a realistic visual context and easy-to-learn "chunks."

The target new vocabulary is listed and simple practice activities help students put their new words into practice.

Story pages include pre-reading questions to build previewing and predicting skills and post-reading questions and role-play activities to support critical thinking and to encourage students to use the new language they have learned.

Rich visual contexts recycle words from the unit. This structure is designed to address the needs of multilevel classrooms.

Supporting components include more guidance on this topic as well as assessing needs and lesson planning. (available in English only).

 

 Content is organized within 12 thematic units, including Everyday Language, People, Housing, Food and Recreation.

Each unit starts with an Intro page (new to this edition) and ends with a story page, with single or double-page sub-topics introducing new words in a realistic visual context and easy-to-learn "chunks."

The target new vocabulary is listed and simple practice activities help students put their new words into practice.

Story pages include pre-reading questions to build previewing and predicting skills and post-reading questions and role-play activities to support critical thinking and to encourage students to use the new language they have learned.

Rich visual contexts recycle words from the unit. This structure is designed to address the needs of multilevel classrooms.

Oxford Picture Dictionary English-Vietnamese: Bilingual Dictionary for Vietnamese speaking teenage and adult students of English [Paperback]

Content is organized within 12 thematic units, including Everyday Language, People, Housing, Food and Recreation.

Each unit starts with an Intro page (new to this edition) and ends with a story page, with single or double-page sub-topics introducing new words in a realistic visual context and easy-to-learn "chunks."

The target new vocabulary is listed and simple practice activities help students put their new words into practice.

Story pages include pre-reading questions to build previewing and predicting skills and post-reading questions and role-play activities to support critical thinking and to encourage students to use the new language they have learned.

Rich visual contexts recycle words from the unit. This structure is designed to address the needs of multilevel classrooms. 

Two 8 in. inflatable, multicolored cubes with images, words, or sentences on each side to help English Learners and all students build comprehension & practice with retelling parts of a story like setting, events, and characters etc.

K to Adult

WordQ is a simple but brilliant product that seamlessly integrates word prediction and text to speech. Giving you a complete writing solution.  

• Works with all commonly used programs like Microsoft Word, Notepad, email clients like Microsoft Outlook, GMail, Yahoo! Mail, and Hotmail. It also works on the web with virtually any website like Facebook, ePals, Blackboard, Wikipedia, and more!
• Word prediction works even if words are spelled creatively or missing parts
• Offers a list of words with similar meaning to add variety to your writing
• Uses clear and pleasant text to voice feedback
• Gives examples for words that sound similar by using them in a sentence (example: there, their | to, too, etc.)
• Text reading software reads aloud text you highlight, including websites, emails and instant-messaging
• Using text to speech when writing, poor grammar sounds off and bad punctuation disrupts the rhythm
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• While learning which words you like to use, its word prediction works faster
• Now includes English, French, Spanish and German*

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These inflatables are ideal for 6+1 Trait Writing Classrooms. This item includes (1) 10" diameter trait ball with 7 writing traits and descriptions, (1) 8" format cube with 6 writing formats, and resource guide.  Just roll or throw and catch to determine the writing task or focus, for example, "Journal Entry" or "Word Choice" etc.  Great hands-on writing support!