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English Language Learners K-12
Teaching Aids
These items are located in the Kit Collections of the Education Libraries:
Handwriting without Tears: Sentence school : quick, active lessons that build sentence skills. Teacher's guide and word cardsReinforce good handwriting habits as you teach students to form sentences and become confident writers. Daily lessons in the teacher's guide promote vocabulary and sentence skills with Word Cards and common classroom objects. Builds vocabulary and sentence writing skills, engages children in learning with active, hands-on lessons, works with any language arts program, takes only 10-15 minutes a day"--Handwriting Without Tears.- Hands on Learning: Sight Word Mats byCall Number: ED MEDIA KIT 372.41 H36 2006
- Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades K-2 byCall Number: ED MEDIA KIT 372.7 B84 2009
- Phonic picture cardsCall Number: ED MEDIA KIT 372.465 P57 1976
- Soft foam question word cubesCall Number: ED MEDIA KIT 372.61 S68 2006
- Sight words: Flash CardsCall Number: ED LIB KIT 372.41 F524 2004
- Verb BingoCall Number: ED LIB KIT 448.2 V37 2001
Video Streaming Databases
Several video streaming databases are available through Lakehead University Libraries. These offer access to films (feature films, documentaries and educational) that can be viewed by an individual or in a classroom.
A list of video streaming databases is available here.
ESL DVDs
The Education Library offers a wide selection of feature length movies, documentaries, and educational videos for teacher preparation in the Media Resource Collection. Please ask Library Staff for assistance in locating specific movies or movies on a topic. Listed below are DVDs specific to teaching English as a second language.
- TESL Live: Inside the Communicative Classroom (DVD & Student's Guide) byCall Number: ED MEDIA DVD 372.652 1044 T36 1998
- Beginning teacher classroom observations. Module 13, 9th-12 grade English as a second language [videorecording] byCall Number: ED MEDIA DVD 370.711 B44 Mod. 13This video is one module in a series designed to provide educators with opportunities to develop coaching and observation skills by observing authentic classroom lessons of beginning teachers.
- Success with English learners [DVD videorecording] byCall Number: ED MEDIA DVD 428.0071 S83 2006Learn about: creating a classroom environment conducive to language learning; building a dynamic oral culture; managing classroom activities; building vocabulary.
- Supporting English language learners, a practical guide for Ontario educators, grades 1-8 [DVD videorecording]. byCall Number: ED MEDIA DVD 428.24 O65 2009
- Supporting second language learners [DVD videorecording] byCall Number: ED MEDIA DVD 372.41 R5S95
- Word study in action [DVD videorecording] byCall Number: ED MEDIA DVD 372.44 W92 2010"Research supports the following features of word study instruction: balance between planned, focused lessons and spontaneous word study activities throughout the day, ongoing connections in cross-curricular contexts, student engagement through active exploration ofl anguage patterns, a critical stance toward the use of words in various media, student reflection on key strategies for approaching unfamiliar words in reading and writing, attention to individual needs and developmental research on language acquisition."-overview.