¶ … Journal of Gottleib, Katz & Ernst-Slavit (2009) and Colorin Colorado Blog.
The Colorin Colorado Blog is unique in that it provides a bilingual web resource for teachers of all age groups, and offers basic information about ELLs and ELL teaching strategies, as well as school and family support areas. I especially appreciated the way that the website offers assistance for parents, and I have since been asking colleagues to translate the material into other languages for use in my classrooms because many of the ELLs in my classroom come from families that do not use either English or Spanish at home.
In Chapter 5, Gottleib, Katz & Ernst-Slavit (2009) discuss the ways that standard-based learning strategies and collaborative learning strategies can be especially useful for ELLs. The authors also discuss the ways the TESOL English language proficiency standards can be used to foster collaborations and strategic partnerships.
In Chapter 6, Gottleib, Katz & Ernst-Slavit (2009) take the TESOL English language proficiency standards a step further, suggesting ways to personalize pedagogy, use transformations, and performance indicators. This chapter was extremely helpful for me as an early childhood educator working in a diverse environment with many young ELLs because of the checklists provided. I have since started to employ some of these checklists into my work and intend to continue doing so in the future.
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