| | | | | What does distance learning look like for ELLs in your district? Tell us in this brief survey. |
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| This Share My Lesson webinar provides an overview of lessons learned, challenges, and opportunities for ELLs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar is now available on demand and related resources are available online. Panelists include: - Diane Staehr Fenner, SupportEd
- Larry Ferlazzo, Teacher and Author
- Lydia Breiseth, Colorín Colorado
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Connect with us online! Find our latest updates and meet other ELL educators through Colorín Colorado's social media channels: #ELLChat: Mondays at 9pm ET
In addition, a number of Twitter #ELLchat discussions on Mondays at 9pm ET have focused on distance learning. Learn more about #ELLchat from this overview. (You don't need a Twitter account to browse these resources.)
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ELL Resources: COVID-19 Crisis
These resources can help schools ensure that ELLs and their families are included in all planning and communication around COVID-19, school closures, and distance learning. This information can also help with back-to-school planning. |
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| What do teachers need to know about partnering with Muslim families during Ramadan this year? Learn more from our this resource section and from Ramadan & Distance Learning: Insights from Two Muslim Parents, a blog post from Laura Gardner.
Note: Many of the considerations here may apply for Muslim educators and staff as well. |
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Coronavirus Resources from Our Partners American Federation of Teachers National Education Association |
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| At Colorín Colorado, we have been privileged to learn from you, our audience, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your feedback has allowed us to create a series of timely, trusted resourceson behalf of ELLs. Thank you for being part of those efforts. We know that there is so much more to do. If you are able, please consider making a donation to Colorín Colorado today to support our work, or sharing this message with your networks. Our project has never been needed more. Thank you! |
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| This new guide from Kristina Robertson offers planning tools, strategies, resources, and more! The guide also includes information on privacy considerations for ELLs and immigrant students. |
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| ELL experts Beth Skelton and Mia Allen offer a wide range of ideas to support learning at home for ELLs without access to devices or internet. These ideas build upon families' cultures, languages, and strengths. |
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Video: Try one new thing at a time!
This video from Kristina Robertson offers an important reminder while teachers and students are adjusting to distance learning: try one new thing at a time! |
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Parent Resources and Outreach |
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| Our one-page Reading Tip Sheets are available in thirteen languages and offer ways for families to help promote literacy at home. |
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| A team of creative ESL teachers from around the U.S., led by Maria Montroni-Currais, collaborated to create this resource, which has now been translated into 30 languages, with more translations on the way. You can hear more about this project in Maria's podcast with Tan Huynh on his Empowering ELLs blog. |
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Public Media Resources These resources offer families and educators tips for talking about the COVID-19 crisis, as well as related activities. This CNN town hall for families includes visits from beloved Sesame Street characters, as well as experts around the country. Watch Elmo make a face mask and Abby talk about big feelings. In addition, Alan talks about the importance of treating everyone with kindness during this difficult time. |
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| These books celebrate the diverse cultures of the Asia Pacific and the ways those traditions have become embedded into life in the U.S. They also reflect the resilience of Asian Pacific Americans who call this country home, even during difficult periods in our history. By: Teresa Robeson Illustrated by: Rebecca Huang  When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, most girls did not attend school. But her parents encouraged her love of learning and science.
This engaging biography follows Wu Chien Shiung as she battles sexism and racism to become what Newsweek magazine called the “Queen of Physics” for her work on beta decay.
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| By: Hena Khan  From the critically acclaimed author of Amina’s Voice comes a new story inspired by Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic, Little Women, featuring four sisters from a modern American Muslim family living in Georgia.
When Jameela Mirza is picked to be feature editor of her middle school newspaper, she's one step closer to being an award-winning journalist like her late grandfather. The problem is her editor-in-chief keeps shooting down her article ideas. Jameela's assigned to write about the new boy in school, who has a cool British accent but doesn't share much, and wonders how she’ll make his story gripping enough to enter into a national media contest. |
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