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Students need to be actively thinking while reading. Print these, laminate, and give one to each student to use when reading. Great to send home as well.

Greek and Latin roots can help students make connections between English and Spanish. This list can help generate ideas for word sorting activities. See next resource for word sorting template

Use this blank template to create your own word sorts. These can be used in stations and small groups to strengthen student’s morphology skills.

This is an example of a Greek and Latin roots sort. After cutting up the pieces, students group words together based on common affixes derived from Greek and Latin roots. Students then discuss the commonalities and create category names.

Newcomers often arrive to the United States right in the middle of testing season. It’s the worse feeling having to administer a test to a student with very limited English skills, especially if you are not a bilingual teacher. This quick list of phrases has been helpful for monolingual English speaking teachers to communicate with newly arrived native Spanish speakers, who have little to no English proficiency.

Say Something Cards can be printed, cut out and laminated. Add a single hole punch in the top left corner and put the cards on a ring for students to easily access in table groups or during guided reading groups. Cards provide students with a sentence stem to guide their responses.

Personal word walls can be printed and glued into the back of student writing journals. When students learn new words they can make their own personal list for reference during independent writing. Students can also use digital apps such as Padlet or JamBoard to keep a personalized word wall.

Halloween themed personal word wall

This Arabic-English Bilingual Dictionary is highly recommended for young English Learners. It stands out with abundant visual aids for better comprehension.

Once students discover dialogue in their stories, they quickly overuse the word “said” This quick reference is perfect for students looking to diversify their language and provides an explanation for each word so they can choose their synonyms wisely.

This glossary includes academic vocabulary from multiple content areas in both English and Spanish.

Students can use this graphic organizer to analyze up to 4 words that share a common Greek or Latin root.

Holding students to high expectations means teaching them what to say instead of “I don’t know” These posters should be referenced throughout the lesson to solicit total participation in a safe and respectful way.

Greek and Latin roots help students make connections between English and Spanish. This list will help generate ideas for word sorting activities or serve as a reference for creating other activities.

Thinking maps can help students generate thoughts, ideas, and information all connected to a central idea or topic.

This is an example of a simple language goal setting sheet to be used with students at the beginning of the school year to set goals related to their English language progress.

Clock Partners is a great way to randomize and rotate speaking partners. This gets students moving and talking with various classmates.

Root Word Tree is a fun way for students to generate and internalize words with a common root.