Colorin Colorado: Helping children read... and succeed!

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.

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Content Resources: Math

"Smart" by Shel Silverstein: Complete poem and activity

This worksheet offers the complete poem cited in the article, as well as some fun related activities and questions.

Dave's Math Tables: English/Spanish Dictionary

List of English math vocabulary words with the Spanish equivalent.

Kidzone: Math Worksheets

Free printable math worksheets for many grade levels.

Math Word List

Math word list for a 3rd grade math word wall from the Union County School District in South Carolina. This list may also be very useful for ELLs in higher grades with lower literacy and numeracy skills as well.

National Geographic School Publishing

Differentiated themed sets, reading programs, magazines, and content-based fiction materials created for ELLs and struggling readers. Strong emphasis on understanding science, social studies, and math content while improving literacy skills.

PBS Teachers: Math Lessons

PBS Teachers offers a database of multimedia math lessons and activities that can be searched by grade or topic.

Translating Word Problems

This is a great site for teachers in the elementary levels, as it provides a list of keywords you can teach your ELLs to look for as they read word problems. Also included are useful ideas and tricks to better prepare students to understand written math problems.