Working with Second Language Learners: Answers to Teachers' Top Ten Questions by Stephen Cary (2000)
Teaching Reading in Multilingual Classrooms by David & Yvonne Freeman (2000)
My Trouble is My English: Asian Students and the American Dream by Danling Fu (1995)
Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners, Second Edition by Adrienne Herrell and Michael Jordan (2004)
Charles, C.M. (2006) Building Classroom Discipline, 8th edition, New York:Longman
Helpful ESL Web-Sites
http://www.everythingesl.net/
http://www.esl-lab.com/
Useful Social Studies Web-Sites
http://www.biography.com/
This is a great site for teachers and students alike. If you need to find out about a famous person this is the site for you! It has over 25,000 biographies, past and present. It is a site for all ages, and is a wonderful resource. It even has a link called classrooms which goes to another resource for teachers including classroom tips and an idea book. It also has a fun, weekly quiz where you can register to try to win a free biography video. You can search to see who else was born on your birthday, or any day for that matter! So if you are a people-person, watch out because you could get lost in this site for hours!
TEKS:
1.1, 2.4, 1.12, 2.13 :
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/soc_stud.htm
This is a wonderful resource for teachers. It makes searching for lessons and activities really simple. It has a drop-down menu to choose which grade level you need lessons for. Then you can choose what subject you would like to research. There are subjects under social studies ranging from anthropology to geography to family life. There are also quick links to recommended books, featured lessons, recommended links, quizzes, research, and activity ideas. Really any subject you might want you could probably find on this site! You can rest assured that there are accurate and useful resources on this site because its PBS.
TEKS:
3.4, 3.5, 4.5, 4.7
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM207&page=teacher
This is a really great lesson for K-2. Everything you need in order to do this lesson with your class is on this site. It is a well-organized lesson plan for teachers, and it is also a really fun lesson for kids! It is a lesson that gets kids thinking about what they may want to be when they grow up. The class spends time brainstorming about jobs around the community, what skills are needed for these jobs, and what services or goods the jobs provide. Then they do an interactive site where the kids go and choose jobs they may like then dress characters they can print off and color. Then they talk about why they chose the jobs they did. It is a great way to start children’s awareness about their communities and what makes them work.
TEKS:
K.7, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 2.9, 2.10
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html
This is a resourceful and interactive website from National Geographic made just for kids! It opens a portal into the vast information bank that is National Geographic, but since it is geared towards kids they will have fun learning on this site. There are things like quizzes, activities, games, stories, news, and interactive maps (to name a few). There are many subjects to choose from to explore and many different ways to explore them. There are also links for parents (or teachers!), so they can guide children through the site and find resources for themselves. There are also links for homework help and a classroom magazine, which can be great for students and teachers alike! This website is full of colorful pictures and educational value. It is great for work in or out of the classroom, because its fun and interactive learning all in one!
TEKS:
K.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.17
