Colorín Colorado :: T.ELL.E-gram

Teachers who work with English as a Second Language learners will find ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building children's books, stories, activities, ideas, strategies to help PreK-3, 4-8, and 9-12 students learn to read.

A bilingual site for families and educators of English language learners

October 2008

We are very excited to share some great new resources with you this month — think podcasts, headlines, and elections! We also are pleased to feature articles on lesson plans for ELLs, resources that will support English langauge learners with special needs and learning disabilities, and a new section on parent-teacher partnerships.

September 2008

This month's T.ELL.E-GRAM features numerous resources to support English language learners' reading skills, as well as lots of great ideas for celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.

August 2008

We have been working on many new back-to-school resources during the summer, which include a new webcast, a new research section, and some great articles about ELL instruction. Check out this month's T.ELL.E-Gram to see them all!

July 2008

June 2008

This month's edition of the T.ELL.E-GRAM features a number of professional development resources, including booklists and websites, that you may find worth exploring over the summer.

May 2008

As the school year winds down, we'd like to focus on a group of ELL students who don't always get the attention they need: refugees. We believe the articles and resources offered in this issue can make an important difference in bridging the gaps and overcoming the challenges that refugees and teachers face in the ELL classroom. We hope that even if you can't use the resources this school year, you will think about reviewing them over the summer as you prepare for next year.

April 2008

This month we focus on assessment and English language learners, offering information about formal and informal assessments, No Child Left Behind and ELLs, state standards, and more!

March 2008

We are pleased to focus on writing this month, and to offer lots of strategies designed to your ELLs become stronger writers!

February 2008

January 2008

Happy New Year! As we kick off 2008 at Colorín Colorado, we'd like to take a look at the topic of English language learners and technology/media resources: how these resources are being used in the ELL classroom, what these resources allow ELL teachers to do, and how teachers who aren't sure how to use these resources can start.

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Major support for Colorín Colorado is provided by the American Federation of Teachers. Additional support comes from the National Institute for Literacy and the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.

Why the name "Colorín Colorado"?

Colorín Colorado is a free web-based, bilingual service that provides information, activities, and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners (ELLs, also known as students of English as a second language).

Colorín Colorado is produced by Reading Rockets — an educational service of WETA, the flagship public broadcasting station in the nation's capital. Original artwork by Caldecott Award-winning illustrator David Diaz is used with permission.

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Colorín Colorado receives major funding from the American Federation of Teachers. Additional funding is provided by the National Institute for Literacy and the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.

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