Reading

=RESEARCH AND PRACTICES= ==[|Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School]What Works Clearing House, Educator's Practice Guide Includes vocabulary, reading and writing strategies.== ==[|Reading Instruction for ELLs] Colorin Colorado Resources, See grade level option for reports. Don't miss [|Best Practices: Reading Instruction]==

[|Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners:Report of the National Literacy Panelon Language-Minority Children and Youth]

 * [|Effective English Literacy Instruction] ** **[|for English Learners: A Focus on the Upper Grades,] Diane August Center for Applied Linguistics, Slides from PowerPoint Research modeled with Science example**
 * [|Reading K-3 Considerations for English Language Learners] ** **Teaching Diverse Learners**

[|Reading 101 for English Language Learners] By: Kristina Robertson (2009) Colorin Colorado
===[| Research on Teaching Reading to ELLs Jim Cummins,] Pedagogies for the Poor? Realigning Reading Instruction for Low-Income Students With Scientifically Based Reading Research — ED ===

[|Teaching Diverse Learners -- Reading: Grades K-3] LAB AT BROWN offers specific suggestions for teaching emergent literacy to ELLs
= READING STRATEGIES = **[|Comprehension Strategies for English Language Learners]** **By: Colorín Colorado (2007)** ====** [|Annotated List of Graphic Organizers and Reading Strategies] This is an EXCELLENT annotated list of both graphic organizers and reading strategies. ** This is an elementary site but a K-12 district, and the resources are very appropriate for older learners, some primarily for older learners. ====
 * [|A Narrow Bridge to Academic Reading] ** **This article by Nancy Haliday discusses different ways to use narrow readings and explains the benefit of selecting such readings for ELLs.**
 * [|Comprehension Strategies] ** **, not ELL specific, but the site contains information on the six comprehension strategies known as:** // **making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, determining importance and synthesizing.** //

=== **[|Common Core Teaching and Learning][|Strategies English Language Arts Reading Literature ****]** [|Grades K-5****] **, not ESL specific but Illinois support for Common Core. Resource for strategies, scaffolding with very helpful graphic organizers.** **__ [|Common Core Teaching and Learning Strategies English & Language Arts Reading Informational Text *] __** [|*] [|Grades 6-12**] ===

**[|ReadWriteThink] Outstanding resource for reading, writing, and thinking strategies. Not ESL specific. This link is to THIEVES lesson and template**
 * [|THIEVES] ** **A Strategy for Reading Informational Text**

[|Summarization Strategies] Resources collected by West Virginia Dept of Ed.
===[|Literacy Links] These are resources collected by J Gordon in her "favorites" as a resource for educators. Many were recommended by teachers in methods courses (credit given if submitted by course participants.)===

= READING LESSONS/UNITS FOR FREE: Integration of Great Strategies =


 * ELA Unit Video Release in Partnership with Teaching Channel & Denver Public Schools! **
 * See this new six-part video series showcasing an exemplar unit that focuses on ELA instruction for middle school English Language Learners. ** This showcases a 5-week lesson plan on Persuasion and includes scaffolding use of complex texts. Videos plus all resources to teach the unit. Rec. by Tricia Blanco, JGordon agrees.

==**[|ReadWorks.Org]** MUST SEE, Not ESL specific, but outstanding K-6 free lessons/units, many lessons appropriate for sec. ELs. See the K-6 skill lessons and Comprehension units. Common Core aligned== ====The non-profit ReadWorks is committed to solving the nation's reading comprehension crisis by giving teachers the research-proven tools and support they need to improve the academic achievement of their students. ReadWorks provides research-based units, lessons, and authentic, leveled non-fiction and literary passages directly to educators online, for free, to be shared broadly====