Section 3: Resources for Teachers

• What to do first in Grades 4-6
• Vocabulary Strategies
• Grades 4-6
• Grades 7-12
• Strategies for Teaching Reading to English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities

• Text to Speech Options for Reading Tests
• Using Read & Write for Google Chrome™ in Schoology

• Toolkit for Teachers

• Seamless, two-way communication with families in 100+ languages; auto-translated using humans and AI.
• For families, communicating with teachers in their home language is as simple as sending a text! They can also use our optional mobile app for enhanced features.
• Communicate directly with families to share updates on their child’s progress or classroom events and activities.
• Sign up here.

• Resource

The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice released guidance in January 2015 reminding states, school districts, and schools of their obligations under federal law to ensure that ELLs have equal access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve their full academic potential.

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• Calendar

Immersive Reader is a tool that helps students to read by:

• dictating speech
• blocking out everything but one line to help students focus
• identifying parts of speech on the screen
• spacing fonts and lines to avoid "visual crowding"
• breaking words into syllables
• translating text into 60+ languages (40+ read aloud)
• changing the color, size and font of text to make it more legible
• using the picture dictionary to see visual definitions

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Elementary School Math - Spanish

Middle School Math - Spanish

High School Integrated Algebra - Spanish

High School Geometry - Spanish

High School Algebra 2 - Spanish

High School Calculus - Spanish

Elementary School Science - Spanish

Middle School Science - Spanish

Biology - Spanish

Earth Science - Spanish

Chemistry - Spanish

Physics - Spanish

Elementary Social Studies-  Spanish

Middle School Social Studies-  Spanish

High School Global History-  Spanish

High School US History and Government-  Spanish

The use of cognates allows English language learners to use their home language as a resource for learning new academic words in English. It is particularly helpful for students who speak Latin-based languages. Cognates are words that have a similar spelling, pronunciation, and meaning across two languages. When students recognize words as cognates, they can access unfamiliar English words and better understand what they read. 
English/Spanish Cognates

Literary terms and devices are a collection of universal artistic structures that are typical of all works of literature frequently employed by the writers to give meanings and a logical framework to their works through language. When such works are read by readers, they ultimately recognize and appreciate these literary structures. Due to their universality, they also allow the readers to compare a work of one writer to that of another and often across languages. They not only beautify the piece of literature but also give deeper meanings to it, testing the very understanding of the readers along with providing them enjoyment as they read. Additionally, literary terms and devices help ignite the readers’ imagination as they visualize the characters and scenes of the text.This document seeks to provide a succinct definition and an appropriate example of some of the many literary terms and devices which authors use to enhance their work. 

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