WIDA:
1. “What does it mean to be an English Language Learner?”
- This video explains the different kinds of language students use and need to be successful in and out of the classroom, with a focus on academic language.
2. “How was my child identified as an English Language Learner?”
- This video explains how schools identify students who may need additional English language instructional support.
3. “Academic Vocabulary Development”
- In this video, WIDA Video Contest Winner Andy bridges student learning by explicitly making connections between their lived experiences and the content being studied. Also, he provides them with multiple meaningful opportunities to use language as they engage with the content.
4. “ENL New Arrival High School Students: Encouraging Communication in a New Language”
- WIDA Video Contest Winner, Mindy Lewis-Hitch develops a grade-level, standards-based unit and provides her ninth graders with clear modeling and guided practice using game-type activities for Romeo and Juliet. Mindy also demonstrates working with colleagues to help raise awareness of scaffolding lessons so all learners can be engaged.
5. “My Child is an ELL 4: How is my child expected to use language at school?”
- This video explains, in more detail, the types of language that are specific to school, especially instructional and academic language, and how it’s different from social language.
YouTube:
1. “What to do first: Creating a welcoming ELL classroom environment”
- This video by Colorin Colorado will help you learn about some important first steps that will help ELLs feel welcome and get them on the path to academic success.
2. “Tips for welcoming newcomers”
- In this video by Colorin Colorado, ELL middle school teacher Amber Prentice describes strategies that teachers can use to create a welcoming classroom environment for ELLs.
3. “Carol Dweck – A Study on Praise and Mindsets”
- For over a decade Carol Dweck and her team studied the effects of praise on students. This study involved a series of experiments on over 400 5th graders from all over the country. It talks about how a subtle difference in the way students are praised has an impact on the students and their mindsets.
4. “Academic Vocabulary Development by Andy Mizell-Mobile-1”