• How to support Newcomers in the mainstream classroom: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/supporting-esl-students-mainstream-classroom/
• Great story about bridging the cultural gap between students and teachers:

http://www.tesol.org/read-and-publish/journals/other-serial-publications/compleat-links/compleat-links-volume-6-issue-3-4-(october-2009)/gino-learns-to-play-kickball-bridging-the-cultural-gap-between-teachers-and-english-language-learners

• Useful websites for students:
  • starfall.com
  • abcya.com
  • http://melaniekeating.weebly.com/students.html ---website for ELLs, newcomers in particular, created by a former Lakewood teacher, Melanie Keating! It contains tons of links to letters +sound practice, sight words, etc.
  • http://www.learningchocolate.com ---contains pretty much any  vocabulary topic you need. Great practice for students to listen to, read, and practice new vocabulary. I recommend providing a notebook for them to write new words (if they can copy English print) as they practice on the website.
• Colorín Colorado Colorincolorado.com —“A bilingual site for educators and families of ELLs”:
  • Video: http://www.colorincolorado.org/video/what-do-first-creating-welcoming-ell-classroom-environment
  • Many useful articles about instructing ELLs
  • Teacher Resources http://www.colorincolorado.org/resources
• DPS ESL Teacher Toolkit http://central.dpsnc.net/esl/resources-toolkit
  • Aligned ELA/ELL standards that can help with differentiating instruction: http://central.dpsnc.net/esl/k-5
• English Learner toolkit created by US department of Education: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/english-learner-toolkit/chap3.pdf
• Explore specific cultures and languages: http://guide.culturecrossing.net/index.php
• Center for Applied Linguistics: CAL.org