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ESL Resources for Teachers

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Multilingual learners represent all grade levels and ages; every student needs to feel supported. These are resources you can use in your classroom to support and represent your students, from books to activities and strategies to help them grow. 

  1. Translanguaging:
  2. Books For The Classroom
    • Choosing Diverse Books For Your ELLS
    • They Call Me Guero: A boarder kids poems by David Bowles
    • Miguel and the Grand Harmony by Matt de la Peña
    • Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña
    • Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
    • Thank You Omu! By Oge Mora
    • Babymoon by Hayley Barrett
    • The Circuit aka Cajas de carton by Francisco Jimenez
    • Crazy Horse’s Vision by Joseph Bruchac
    • The Star People: A Lakota Story by S.D. Nelson
    • The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
    • Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martine-Neal
    • Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
  3. Books to Educate Oneself
  4. Lessons/Activities
  5. Websites
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