Resources/Websites (Appendix B) EAL RESOURCE KIT

Please obtain from your Special Education Consultant WEBSITES

*Sun West School Division wiki page: http://www.Supporting-English-Language-Learning.wikispaces.com

*http://www.education.gov.sk.ca/EAL (EAL Modules developed and recommended by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education) *http://colorincolorado.com/ (information, activities, and advice for educators of EAL learners) *www.justvocabulary.com *http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com *www.grammargirl.com *www.thefirst4000words.com *www.princetonreview.com/podcasts *http://www.pvhs.chicousd.org/__administration/documents/Academic_Word_Sublists.pdf (includes the most frequently used member of the word family – academic word list – and all derivations of that member) To identify high-frequency cross-content words: *www.wordcount.org/main.php – Word Count * www.victoria.ac.nz.lals/resources/academicwordlist – The Academic Word List To create student-friendly word definitions: *www.ldoceonline.com – Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English To support students’ morphological skills and word learning strategies: *www.visuwords.com/search – Visuword Online Graphical Dictionary *www.wordsift.com – WordSift To obtain information about Word Generation, a whole-school, cross-content vocabulary program, and download free curriculum and materials: *http://wordgeneration.org – Word Generation DICTIONARIES

*Oxford Elementary Learner’s Dictionary *Collins Cobuild Student’s Dictionary *Heinle’s Newbury House Dictionary of American English (http://nhd.heinle.com/home.aspx) *Longman Dictionary of American English (http://www.ldoceonline.com) PICTURE BOOKS

*Brennan-Nelson, Denise. My Teacher Likes to Say. *Frasier, Debra. Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster. *Friedman, Ina. How My Parents Learned to Eat. *Krouse Rosethal, Amy. Cookies. Bite-Size Life Lessons.

RESOURCE BOOKS

*Ebbers (2004). Language Links to Latin and Greek. *Beck, Isabel, McKeown, and Kucan (2002). Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction. *Beck, Isabel, McKeown, and Kucan. Bringing More Words to Life. *EAL/ESL/English Language Learners: Resources to Help You Meet Their Needs – A list of professional materials available for borrowing from the Stewart Resources Centre - available in the EAL Kits *Hands-On English Language Learning – a resource for classroom teachers to support EAL students. Available at: http://www.portageandmainpress.com/book_detail.cfm?biD=251