C4S Resources
May 22, 2007
Beyond the Golden Rule
Teaching Tolerance releases its long-awaited handbook for children's first teachers — parents and guardians. Get your copy today!
Tips for Parents of Children Ages 2-5
Tips for Parents of Children Ages 6-12
Tips for Parents of Children Ages 13-17
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Teaching Tolerance Beyond the School Year
As summer break approaches, parenting columnist Dana Williams explains that efforts to teach tolerance must go beyond the school year — and beyond the classroom.
Size Bias Lesson Plans
With summer break just around the corner, many students are taking a hard look at their bodies. Most won't like what they see.
Early Grades Lesson — Many Shapes and Sizes
Middle Grades Lesson — Beauty is Skin Deep
Upper Grades Lesson — Reshaping Body Image
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English as a Second Language Websites
ESCORT
http://www.escort.org/
Help! Kit: A Resource Guide for Secondary Teachers of Migrant English Language
Learners.
ESCORT, the Eastern Stream Center on Resources and Training, located at
the State University of New York at Oneonta, is a national resource center
dedicated to improving the educational opportunities for migrant children.
It’s Help! Kit is a free, downloadable resource filled with information
on teaching strategies that work with all English language learners, not
just migrants.
In the Classroom: a Toolkit for Effective Instruction
of English Learners
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/practice/itc/index.htm
The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA) offers
examples of strategies for English language learners in elementary and
secondary schools as well as strategies for students with interrupted schooling
and diverse learners.
EverythingESL.net
http://www.everythingESL.net
ESL and classroom teachers working with K-12 language minority students
will find a wealth of information, including content based lesson plans
and classroom activities.
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language
Acquisition, Language Enhancement & Academic Achievement for Limited
English Proficient Students (OELA), the National Clearinghouse for English
Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA)
collects, analyzes, synthesizes and disseminates information about language
instruction educational programs for English language learners and related
programs.
Online Directory of ESL Resources http://www.cal.org/ericcll/ncbe/esldirectory/
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language
Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) and ERIC Clearinghouse on
Languages and Linguistics
Reading Strategies
http://tinyurl.com/2uavq
Useful strategies to scaffold students’ interactions with text. These
strategies are for all classes that require students to make meaning out
of printed material. These are not just for English classes.
SIOP, Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
http://www.siopinstitute.net/
Website has valuable books available
for purchase: Making Content Comprehensible. Instructions for ordering
this book and other information on the SIOP framework can be found at this
website
Garza Independence High School
http://www.austinisd.org/schools/website.phtml?id=024
Has references and resources
Dr. Cynthia Franklin
http://www.utexas.edu/ssw/faculty/franklin/
Dr. Cynthia Franklin’s
website at the University of Texas at Austin references and resources |
