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Core Competencies

Personal Awareness and Responsibility

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Personal and Social is one of the three Core Competencies in the BC curriculum. Personal Awareness and Responsibility is one of three sub-competencies in this area.Listed below are selected resources for teachers, picture books, fiction, and non-fiction related to Personal Awareness and Responsibility.

Les compétences personnelles et sociales sont l’une des trois compétences de base du programme d’études de la BC. La conscience et la responsabilité personnelles sont l’une des trois sous-compétences de ce domaine. La conscience et la responsabilité personnelles sont l’une des trois sous-compétences de ce domaine. Vous trouverez ci-dessous une sélection de ressources pour les enseignants, des livres d’images, des ouvrages de fiction et des ouvrages non romanesques en rapport avec la conscience et la responsabilité personnelles.

Ressources pour les enseignant (Teacher Resources)

Inside/Outside: A Nature-Themed Resource Book for Embedding Emotional Literacy,

by Joe Harkness

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 5 – 11

Inside/Outside is a unique educational resource for those working with young people of secondary school age, providing a variety of tried-and-tested indoor and outdoor lessons and activities to promote and embed emotional literacy.

At the intersection of selves and subject: exploring the curricular landscape of identity,

by Ellyn Lyle

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

Exploring the Curricular Landscape of Identity aims to raise awareness of the inextricability of our teaching and learning selves and the subjects with whom and which we engage.

I like myself: fostering positive racial identity in young Black children,

by Toni Sturdivant

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire

Supplementing and complementing any curriculum, this critical resource provides information across social-emotional, academic, and fine arts domains that stay faithful to curricular goals while specifically targeting the racial identity needs of Black preschoolers.

The social-emotional learning upgrade: merging SEL and technology curricula to support young learners,

by Christopher J. Kazanjian,

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

Driven by a paradigm that synthesizes multicultural education and humanistic psychology, this book readies educators to implement SEL curricula that will support young learners as they navigate constant social and technological flux and that will nurture their unique perceptions of reality, their aspirations, and their mental and physical health.

Emotionally responsive teaching: expanding trauma-informed practice with young children,

by Travis Wright; foreword by Mary Benson McMullen

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (Pre-K – 3)

Framing this work as emotionally responsive teaching (ERT), this book expands current conceptualizations of trauma-informed practice to encompass more broadly the relational demands of supporting young children with challenging life circumstances.

Morning classroom conversations: build your students’ social-emotional, character, and communication skills every day,

by Maurice J. Elias, Nina A. Murphy, & Kellie A. McClain; foreword by Joshua Freedman

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

When you make Morning Classroom Conversations (MCCs) a regular part of your homeroom or advisory period, you give students a safe space to practice critical and creative thinking, build active listening skills, learn to respectfully disagree with others, and strengthen peer relationships… all while improving overall classroom climate.

Simple stuff to get kids self-regulating in school: Awesome and in control lesson plans, worksheets, and strategies for learning,

by Lauren Brukner & Lauren Liebstein Singer

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 6

Packed with photocopiable lesson plans and tried and tested strategies, this illustrated guide is the ideal companion for teachers and therapists wishing to help kindergarten and elementary school children to self-regulate.

The skills that matter: Teaching interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies in any classroom,

by Patricia M. Noonan & Amy S. Gaumer Erickson

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 5 – 12

The authors focus on six key inter- and intra-personal competencies that can support middle- and high-school students’ development: self-regulation, goal-setting, self-efficacy, assertiveness, conflict management, and networking.

The formative five: Fostering grit, empathy, and other success skills every student needs,

by Thomas R. Hoerr

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

For success in school and life, students need more than proficiency in academic subjects and good scores on tests; those goals should form the floor, not the ceiling, of their education. To truly thrive, students need to develop attributes that aren’t typically measured on standardized tests.

Les livres d’images (Picture Books)

Be you!,

by Peter H. Reynolds

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (Pre-K – 3)

Discover a joyful reminder of the ways that every child is unique and special. Here, Reynolds reminds readers to “be your own work of art.” To be patient, persistent, and true. Because there is one, and only one, YOU.

The sour grape,

by Jory John & Pete Oswald

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (Pre-K – 3)

The Sour Grape holds grudges for every reason under the sun. Lime never returned a scarf they borrowed? Grudge! Orange never called back? Grudge! But when a friend holds a grudge against the Sour Grape without listening to an explanation, the Sour Grape realizes how unfair grudges can be.

Elena rides,

by Juana Medina

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 1 (Pre-K – 1)

Elena wants to ride her bike. She readies, she steadies. She wobbles, she bobbles … KA-BANG! Learning to ride a bike is hard. But Elena can do it. Try, try again!

From my head to my toes, I say what goes,

by Charlotte Barkla & Jacqui Lee

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 1 (Pre-K – 1)

The book discusses consent and control for a young audience, through a story that is bold and beautiful, loud and proud.

The unlovable Alina Butt,

by Ambreen Butt-Hussain

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 4 – 7

Eleven-year-old Alina Butt has changed schools four times already since her family moved to England from Pakistan. Even after all that practice, she doesn’t seem to be getting any better at being the new kid. Mocked for her last name and her “weird” lunches, Alina has had enough!

I can handle it!,

by Laurie Wright; illustrated by Ana Santos

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (Pre-K – 3)

Can Sebastien handle his problems? Of course he can, with the help of a mindful mantra! He could try something silly, or he could try something funny! Chances are whatever his problem may be, he can handle it.

Sometimes you fly,

by Katherine Applegate; illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 2 (Pre-K – 2)

This book celebrates the achievements of childhood, from first birthdays to graduation, and reminds readers that learning from mistakes makes success sweeter.

What do you do with a chance?,

by Kobi Yamada; illustrated by Mae Besom

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 3

A chance encounter shows a child that when you get brave, take chances, and say yes to new experiences, amazing things can happen.

Oh no, George!,

by Chris Haughton

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 1 (Pre-K – 1)

George the dog has every intention of behaving well while his owner Harry is out for the day. But it’s so hard when there are cakes and cats and flowers around.

Even superheroes have bad days,

by Shelly Becker; illustrated by Eda Kaban

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 4 (Pre-K – 4)

It’s true – even young superheroes have bad days! So what do they do to control their emotions and not cause a super-scene or have a super-tantrum? See what ideas they have that you can use too.

Trouver d’autres ressources

Voici quelques conseils pour trouver d’autres ressources dans ce domaine :

  • Sur la page principale du site de la bibliothèque de l’UBC, utilisez la boîte de recherche générale pour rechercher des matériaux à travers toutes les succursales de la bibliothèque de l’UBC.
  • Pour limiter vos résultats aux matériels disponibles à la Bibliothèque de l’éducation, visitez le site web de la Bibliothèque de l’éducation et effectuez une recherche à l’aide de la case “Search Education Resources” située dans la bande à gauche de l’écran.
  • Remarque : les ressources étant principalement cataloguées en anglais, les termes ci-dessous donnent généralement plus de résultats que les recherches effectuées en français. Vous pouvez filtrer votre liste de résultats par langue dans la barre latérale de gauche.
  • Utilisez des termes de recherche spécifiques, tels que
    • “personal responsibility”, “personal awareness”, “affective education”, “moral education”, ou “social skills AND study and teaching”
  • Pour trouver des plans de cours, incluez “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” dans vos termes de recherche.

Finding More Resources

To find more resources in this area, try the following:

  • Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
  • Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to physical materials in the Education Library.
  • Use specific search terms, such as
    • “personal responsibility”, “personal awareness”, “affective education”, “moral education”, or “social skills AND study and teaching”
  • To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
Categories
Core Competencies

Positive Personal & Cultural Identity

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Personal and Social is one of the three Core Competencies in the BC curriculum. Positive Personal & Cultural Identity is one of three sub-competencies in this area. Listed below are selected resources for teachers, picture books, fiction, and non-fiction related to Positive Personal & Cultural Identity.

Les compétences personnelles et sociales sont l’une des trois compétences de base du programme d’études de la Colombie-Britannique. L’identité personnelle et culturelle positive est l’une des trois sous-compétences de ce domaine. Vous trouverez ci-dessous une sélection de ressources pour les enseignants, des livres d’images, des ouvrages de fiction et des ouvrages non romanesques en rapport avec l’identité personnelle et culturelle positive.

Ressources pour les enseignant (Teacher Resources)

Embracing diversity: teachers’ everyday practices in secondary english language arts classrooms,

by Sarah Bickens, Frances Bittman, & David J. Connor; foreword by Sonia Nieto

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

This book is about the craft of teaching, with a particular focus on embracing human diversity through classic, contemporary, and unconventional texts, to develop students as critical thinkers. Narrating their own experiences in schools, the authors provide insights through reflecting upon aspects of everyday pedagogy.

Culturally sustaining literacy pedagogies: honoring students’ heritages, literacies, and languages,

by Susan Chambers Cantrell, Doris Walker-Dalhouse & Althier M. Lazar

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

Despite widespread interest among educators in culturally sustaining pedagogy , implementation of its practice is limited. This text provides authentic examples of culturally sustaining literacy pedagogy in real classrooms so that readers can see how CSP is enacted in practice, across multiple grade levels.

Start here, start now: a guide to antibias and antiracist work in your school community,

by Dana Clark, Keisha Smith-Carrington, & Jigisha Vyas

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

Most educators want to cultivate an antibias and antiracist classroom and school community, but they often struggle with where and how to get started. Liz helps us set ourselves up for success and prepare for the mistakes we’ll make along the way.

Read-alouds with heart. Grades 3-5: literacy lessons that build community, comprehension, and cultural competency,

by Dana Clark, Keisha Smith-Carrington, & Jigisha Vyas

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 3 – 5

Thoughtfully chosen multicultural mentor texts serve as a jumping-off point to important conversations that build classroom community and emphasize the humanity of each class member.

At the intersection of selves and subject: exploring the curricular landscape of identity,

by Ellyn Lyle

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

Exploring the Curricular Landscape of Identity aims to raise awareness of the inextricability of our teaching and learning selves and the subjects with whom and which we engage. By exploring identity at this intersection, we invite scholars and practitioners to reconceptualize relationships with students, curriculum, and their varied contexts.

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students,

by Zaretta Hammond; foreword by Yvette Jackson

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

Information on how one’s culture programs the brain to process data and affects learning relationships; Ten “key moves” to build students’ learner operating systems and prepare them to become independent learners; Prompts for action and valuable self-reflection.

All learning is social and emotional: Helping students develop essential skills for the classroom and beyond,

by Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Dominique Smith

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

The authors offer a five-part model of social-emotional learning (SEL): building students’ sense of identity and confidence; helping students identify, describe, and regulate their emotional responses; promoting cognitive regulation skills; fostering students’ social skills; and equipping students to become informed and involved citizens.

Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Understanding: Engaging Young Hearts and Minds,

by Debra Rader

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 6

Contains practical and creative strategies and activities to spark discussion on intercultural issues and ideas, including understanding culture, language, and global issues.

Culturally Relevant Teaching in the English Language Arts Classroom: A Guide for Teachers,

by Sean Ruday

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

A practical book for ELA teachers who want to incorporate culturally relevant teaching pedagogy into their instruction, including writing, reading, and vocabulary lessons.

Emotional literacy: supporting emotional health and wellbeing in schools,

by Alison Waterhouse

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): K – 12

Offers research-driven, practical strategies, resources and lesson plans to support educators. Chapters span key topics including Recognizing Emotions, Understanding Emotions, Self-Regulation and Empathy. This is a resource book for practitioners looking to have a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.

Les livres d’images (Picture Books)

Just ask!: be different, be brave, be you,

by Sonia Sotomayor; illustrated by Rafael López

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (PreK-3)

As the kids work together to build a community garden, asking questions of each other along the way, this book encourages readers to do the same: When we come across someone who is different from us but we’re not sure why, all we have to do is Just Ask.

Homeland: my father dreams of Palestine,

by Hannah Moushabeck ; illustrated by Reem Madooh

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (PreK-3)

A Palestinian family celebrates the stories of their homeland in this moving autobiographical picture book debut by Hannah Moushabeck. With heartfelt illustrations by Reem Madooh, Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine is a love letter to home, to family, and to the persisting hope of people, which transcends borders.

Different : a great thing to be!,

by Heather Avis; illustrated by Sarah Mensinga

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 2 (PreK-2)

Macy is a girl who’s a lot like you and me, but she’s also quite different, which is a great thing to be. With kindness, grace, and bravery, Macy finds her place in the world, bringing beauty and laughter wherever she goes and leading others to find delight in the unique design of every person.

Patchwork,

by Matt de la Peña; illustrated by Corinna Luyken

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (PreK-3)

A young dancer may grow into a computer coder; a basketball player might become a poet; a class clown may one day serve as an inspiring teacher; and today’s quiet empath might be tomorrow’s great leader. Your story is still being written.

Melissa,

by Alex Gino

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 3 – 7

Melissa really wants to play Charlotte in her class’s production of Charlotte’s Web. But the teacher says she can’t even try out for the part… because she’s a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, Melissa comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte — but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all.

Julián is a mermaid,

by Jessica Love

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (PreK-3)

When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he’s seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for his headdress. But what will Abuela think about the mess he makes — and even more importantly, what will she think about how Julián sees himself?

Too perfect,

by Trudy Ludwig; illustrated by Lisa Fields

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Kindergarten – 4

Maisie is convinced that her life would be much better if she were as “perfect’ as her much-admired classmate Kayla until, after working together on a school project, she realizes that Kayla’s perfectionism is not as wonderful as it seems.

Maggie’s chopsticks,

by Alan Woo; illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 2 (PreK-2)

Maggie has new chopsticks, but her family tells her that she is holding them all wrong, until Father comes along to tell her that she is unique and can do it her own way.

I am Jazz,

by Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings; illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – 3 (PreK-3)

From the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl’s brain in a boy’s body. She loved pink and dressing up as a mermaid and didn’t feel like herself in boys’ clothing. This confused her family, until they took her to a doctor who said that Jazz was transgender and that she was born that way.

Sometimes I feel like a fox,

by Danielle Daniel

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Kindergarten – 2

An introduction to the Anishinaabe tradition of totem animals. In the tradition of the Anishinaabe people of Canada, everyone belongs to an animal clan or totem. This totem animal symbolizes the skills that each member of the clan must learn to serve their tribe.

Trouver d’autres ressources

Voici quelques conseils pour trouver d’autres ressources dans ce domaine :

  • Sur la page principale du site de la bibliothèque de l’UBC, utilisez la boîte de recherche générale pour rechercher des matériaux à travers toutes les succursales de la bibliothèque de l’UBC.
  • Pour limiter vos résultats aux matériels disponibles à la Bibliothèque de l’éducation, visitez le site web de la Bibliothèque de l’éducation et effectuez une recherche à l’aide de la case “Search Education Resources” située dans la bande à gauche de l’écran.
  • Remarque : les ressources étant principalement cataloguées en anglais, les termes ci-dessous donnent généralement plus de résultats que les recherches effectuées en français. Vous pouvez filtrer votre liste de résultats par langue dans la barre latérale de gauche.
  • Utilisez des termes de recherche spécifiques, tels que
    • “Multiculturalism AND study and teaching”, “multicultural education”, “culturally relevant pedagogy”, “affective education”, “life skills AND study and teaching”, ou “social-emotional learning”
  • Pour trouver des plans de cours, incluez “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” dans vos termes de recherche.

Finding More Resources

To find more resources in this area, try the following:

  • Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
  • Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to physical materials in the Education Library.
  • Use specific search terms, such as
    • “Multiculturalism AND study and teaching”, “multicultural education”, “culturally relevant pedagogy”, “affective education”, “life skills AND study and teaching”, or “social-emotional learning”
  • To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
Categories
Accessibility Diversity and Diverse Learners

Inclusive Classrooms

Listed below are teacher resources related to creating and working in inclusive classrooms.

Inclusive Primary Teaching, by Goepel, Childerhouse & Sharpe Inclusive Primary Teaching

by J. Goepel, H. Childerhouse & S. Sharpe (Revised Second Edition)

Grades: K-6

Combines theory and practice while promoting critical thinking about the complex issues involved in inclusive teaching. Uses scenarios as the basis for exploring major topics.

The differentiated classroom: Responding to the needs of all learners

by Carol Ann Tomlinson (eBook edition)

Grades: K-12

Explains effective classroom-proven approaches to meet the instructional needs of every learner in any grade level. Features classroom examples of real teachers using differentiated instruction.

 Inclusion Strategies That Work!

by Toby J. Karten

Grades: K-12

Encourages teachers employ empathy, responsiveness, and patience as they confidently form lesson plans and strategies for inclusion. New edition updated with the latest research and policy developments.

 40 Active Learning Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom, Grades K-5

by Linda Schwartz Green and Diane Casale-Giannola

Grades: K-5

Connects research and application with over 40 strategies for today’s inclusive classroom, including methods for differentiating instruction for children with special needs.

Strategies for Teaching Content Effectively in the Inclusive Secondary Classroom

by Lisa A. Dieker and Rebecca A. Hines

Grades: 7-12

Provides classroom applications, school-wide recommendations and content-specific strategies to support students with disabilities in secondary general education settings.

Conquering the crowded curriculum

by Kathleen Gould Lundy

Grades: K-12

The author presents four principles–identity, imagination, innovation, and integration–which form a framework that connects the curriculum by using one subject to enrich others. Students are encouraged to see different perspectives, think critically, work with new material in various contexts, and represent their new knowledge in innovative ways.

The new inclusion: Differentiated strategies to engage ALL students

by Kathy Perez

Grades: K-8

The author presents a broad understanding of the inclusive classroom, embracing a wide range of different needs that teachers face, from special education, to ELL, to a wide spectrum of student ability and readiness. All chapters include a focus on the needs of less-able readers.

Inclusion strategies for secondary classrooms: Keys for struggling learners

by M. C. Gore

Grades: 7-12

This book explores “locks” to learning—input locks, processing/retention locks, affective locks, and output locks—and provides research-based “keys” to unlock learning barriers for students with disabilities and learning challenges. Includes discussion of the unique teaching environment of secondary classrooms and applications of universal design for learning.

The inclusion toolbox: Strategies and techniques for all teachers

by Jennifer A. Kurth and Megan Gross

Grades: K-12

The authors offer step-by-step plans for implementing new inclusive programs, guidance on how to strengthen existing programs, tools to assess student interests and develop adaptation plans, and strategies to empower and involve students with disabilities and their families and peers.

The teacher’s guide to intervention and inclusive education: 1000+ strategies to help all students succeed!

by Glynis Hannell

Grades: K-12

This book contains information on working with students’ developing brains, individual differences, and individual learning styles, and presents a variety of situations which teachers might face in the inclusive classroom.

High leverage practices for inclusive classrooms

edited by James McLeskey et al.

Grades: K-12

This research-based resource offers 22 focused chapters on various key aspects of teaching in inclusive classrooms, including collaboration, assessment, instruction, and social/emotional/behavioural concerns. (E-book only.)

Joyful learning: Active and collaborative learning in inclusive classrooms,

by Alice Udvari-Solner and Paula Kluth

Grades: K-12

This resource is intended to help build inclusive classrooms serving all learners, including those with cognitive, sensory, cultural, learning, and/or linguistic differences. The authors present strategies for engaging students in discussion, debate, creative thinking, questioning, and teamwork. The book gives teachers the tools to promote relationship building and interdependence, help students teach one another as they make discoveries about course content, and engage in whole-class learning while assisting students who need personalized instruction.

Finding More Resources

To find more resources in this area, try the following:

  • Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
  • Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to physical materials in the Education Library.
  • Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “inclusive classrooms”, “inclusive education”, “inclusion”, “equitable”, “diversity”, or “special education”.
  • To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.

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Accessibility Diversity and Diverse Learners

English Language Learners

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Listed below are selected resources for teachers related to working with English Language Learners.

Making content comprehensible for secondary English learners: the SIOP model

by Jana Echevarría

This book is written to give middle and secondary school teachers lesson plans, teaching ideas, and many effective activities for working successfully with adolescents who are English learners or who struggle with academic literacy. Several sample lessons and activities show the alignment of the SIOP Model to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Based on research that confirms that the SIOP Model (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) makes a positive difference academically for all students-and what works well for English learners will work equally well with other students-the book is ideal both for teachers who are already familiar with the SIOP Model, and those who are just learning about it. It gives educators a model for planning and implementing lessons that help the English learners in their charge gain access to grade-level content standards, and ultimately prepare them for life after high school, in college or a career.

Making content comprehensible for English learners: the SIOP Model

by Jana Echevarría

“This book introduces and explains the SIOP® (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) Model, a comprehensive, coherent, research-validated model of sheltered instruction, no implemented in districts throughout all 50 states and in multiple countries and territories. The SIOP Model improves teaching effectiveness and results in academic gains for students.”–From the back cover.

99 more ideas and activities for teaching English learners with the SIOP® model

by MaryEllen Vogt

The SIOP ® model is proven to be one of the most effective methods of teaching our English learners. Now teaching with SIOP is even easier with the second volume of Vogt, Echevarria, and Washam’s 99 MORE Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP ® Model. Offering brand new, classroom-ready activities, this indispensable resource revisits SIOP ® and shows how to use it each day in the classroom. Whether searching for activities that build vocabulary, keep students highly engaged, or make content concepts clear, these teacher-tested strategies adhere to SIOP ® principles and reinforce best practice. Chapters are organized around SIOP’s eight components and thirty features, so teachers learn not only what activities to try, but also why they work.

Image result for teaching ELLs content areasTeaching ELLs Across Content Areas: Issues and Strategies

edited by Nan Li

Grades: K-12

This book gathers professional knowledge, expertise, and experience from authors who represent the entire range of content areas, including language arts, science, mathematics, technology, arts, psychology, and Hispanic studies.

50 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners

by Adrienne L. Herrell & Michael Jordan

Grades: K-12

This book provides an assortment of practical strategies aligned to TESOL standards, each including a brief explanation, step-by-step instructions on how to plan and use the strategy, and classroom scenarios demonstrating how the strategy can be adapted for different grade levels and content areas. Additional strategies in language and literacy development, technology, and assessment are also included.

ELL Teacher's Toolbox cover art The ELL teacher’s toolbox: Hundreds of practical ideas to support your students

by Larry Ferlazzo & Katie Hull Sypnieski

Grades: K-12

The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox provides hundreds of innovative and research-based instructional strategies you can use to support all levels of English Language Learners….[T]he book is divided into two main sections: Reading/Writing and Speaking/Listening. Each of those sections includes “Top Ten” favorites and between 40 and 70 strategies that can be used as part of multiple lessons and across content areas.

IEPs for ELs and Other Diverse Learners

by John J. Hoover & James R. Patton

Grades: K-12

Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) are fundamental for guiding the educational process of and developing goals for students who require special education services. This book guides educators through the process for creating high-quality IEPs for both English learners (ELs) and for students with learning, emotional, or behavioral disabilities.

Best Practices in ELL Instruction

edited by Guofang Li and Patricia A. Edwards

Grades: K-12

Provides best-practice guidelines for targeting reading, writing, oral language, vocabulary, content-domain literacies, and other core skill areas; assessing culturally and linguistically diverse students; and building strong school-home-community partnerships. Chapters include clear-cut recommendations for teaching adolescent ELLs and those with learning disabilities.

No More Low Expectations for English Learners 

by Julie Nora and Jana Echevarria

Grades: K-12

Nora and Echevarria describe what best practice methods for supporting ELs’ academic achievement look like, and offer strategies to provide the instructional supports ELs need for both language acquisition and content-area learning.

Show, tell, build: Twenty key instructional skills and techniques for educating English learners

by Joyce W. Nutta et al.

Grades: K-12

This book is organized around two decision maps for planning and implementing differentiated instruction for ELs: the Academic Subjects Protocol (for teachers of academic subjects) and the Language Arts Protocol (for teachers of language arts). The instructional tools and techniques described in each chapter help teachers provide communication support for ELs through showing and telling, and develop students’ language proficiency through building their skills.

Inclusive literacy teaching: Differentiating approaches in multilingual elementary classrooms

by Lori Helman et al.

Grades: 1-6

The authors present key foundational principles in language and literacy development for linguistically diverse students. They demonstrate both a “big picture” and an “up close and personal” look at the successes, obstacles, and developmental nuances for students learning to read and write in a new language in inclusive classrooms. (E-book)

 A book for every teacher: Teaching English language learners

by Nan Li

Grades: K-12

The book is designed for all teachers who have or will have ELLs in their classrooms and who seek information and strategies to better work with and serve their ELLs to achieve academic success. With this design, teachers can use the book as a text or reference tool, or for professional development materials.

Scaffolding language, scaffolding learning: Teaching English language learners in the mainstream classroom

by Pauline Gibbons

Grades: K-6

With clear directions and classroom tested strategies for supporting students’ academic progress, the author shows how the teaching of language can be integrated seamlessly with the teaching of content. Examples of classroom discourse illustrate how the scaffolding process works, while activities to facilitate conversation and higher-level thinking put the latest research on second language learning into action.

Book cover120 content strategies for English language learners: Teaching for academic success in secondary school

by Jodi Reiss

Grades: 9-12

Offers practical instructional and assessment strategies built on a foundation of second language acquisition theories and principles that teachers can incorporate into daily classroom instruction. These strategies address how to build background knowledge and learning strategies, read for comprehension, give clear instructions, assess learning, consider culture & its impact on learning, and more.

book coverBeyond “teaching to the test”: Rethinking accountability and assessment for English language learners

by Betsy Gilliland and Shannon Pella

Grades: K-12

This book gives teachers the background and strategies to make their teaching and support equitable for ELLs. Examining how teachers can support learners’ reading, writing, and academic language development, and illustrated with examples of real teachers at work, the authors explain teaching for accountability, formative and summative assessment, and preparation for high-stakes testing, as well as provide suggestions for teaching, guiding questions for discussion, and resource recommendations. Part of the Principles in practice series.

Race, empire, and English language teaching: creating responsible and ethical anti-racist practice

by Suhanthie Motha

This timely book takes a critical look at the teaching of English, showing how language is used to create hierarchies of cultural privilege in public schools across the country. Motha closely examines the work of four ESL teachers who developed anti-racist pedagogical practices during their first year of teaching.

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