Help for Classroom Teachers

On this page, you will find resources that are meant to help classroom teachers provide the most engaging and effective lesson plans for students who are still working on their English acquisition. Take your time going through this, but it is intended to be there for you year-round to address all concerns.

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The Importance of ELL Strategies

Click the button below to view a video concentrating on an English Learner's immersion journey during one day of school. The student's name is Moises and his journey mimics that of so many other English Learners that you might interact with every day.

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A Few Articles

Students with Interrupted Formal Education

If you click here, you will be taken to an article that explains how to support English Learners with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education

Rights to Education

If you click here, you will be taken to an article that explains the court case which ruled that every child has a right to a free, public education

Long Term English Language Learners

Click here to read more about who Long Term English Langauge Learners are and how to support them in your classroom

Language Service Plans
Each English Learner receives a Langauge Service Plan designed to help teachers make content more accessible to English Learners. The plan looks like this image on the right and should have been handed to you by your grade-level counselor or EL teacher.

Classroom Accommodations for EL Students

Every English Learner is provided with a Language Service Plan that is meant to help them not be hindered by their language acquisition while they are still acquiring the English language. Each individual plan states different accommodations that the student is allowed to receive in the classroom. Not every accommodation is necessary; if you believe that a certain accommodation is not working, you may simply try to use another.

If you would like to know what these accommodations are, please ask and I will provide you with a copy of your student's LSP (Language Service Plan). The most important accommodation to know about is reduced and/or modified assignments. Your student can be receiving less work, as long as they are still receiving meaningful content.

Useful Websites:

Google Translate:

Once you get to this webiste, click documents, choose the language you want, and then upload the document you want translated.

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Diffit:

This website helps you to change classroom texts to match the AR level of your students.

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MagicSchool:

This website is helpful for a lot of different needs. It builds lesson plans, translates texts, and changes the reading level of texts, plus much more.

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¡Colorín Colorado!:

Explore this website to find many different resources to help teach English Language Learners. This link goes directly to the page titled 'New to Teaching ELLs?'

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If you ever believe your EL is learning to speak too slowly, please take a look at the timeline below.

The timeline shows the average language acquisition process of a second language learner compared to a baby. The top line is the acquisition process of a baby, while the bottom line is a the process of a second language learner.

Use These Files

The following files are meant to be user-friendly tools that allow you to create lesson plans that are accessible to all students, including English Learners with exceptionalities.

ELPA21 Resources

This section contains multiple documents for the ELPA21 website (linked above) that are specific to the state of Mississippi. The first two rows contain a document for general education students on the left and a matching document for students with severe disabilities on the right. The last row contains a sample screener and the document that explains the abilities of students based on their scores on each language domain.

Proficiency Standards

Click on this link to access the document that explains the different proficiency standards and capabilities of students at these levels listed in the Language Service Plan.

Proficiency Standards for Students with Disabilities

Click on this link to access the English Langauge Proficiency Standards for students with severe disabilities.

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Accessibility and Accommodations Manual

Click this link to access the document containing the accessibility and accommodations needed to better the educational experience of English Learners.

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Alt ELPA Accessibility and Accommodations Manual

Click this link to access the document containing the accessiblitiy and accommodations manual for students with severe cognitivie disabilities.

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Proficiency Level Descriptors by Domain

Click this link to access the document that describes students level of proficiency based on each domain of langauge (listening, speaking, reading and writing).

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Sample Dynamic Screener Report

Click on this link to access a sample screener report from ELPA21. This report breaks down the student's scores based on the different domains (listening, reading, speaking and writing).

Video Explanations

Each video is helpful to watch in order to best serve English Langauge Learners. Not all are necessary, but each could possibly change how you serve your students.