Lesson Resources

Web Site Recommendations for Lessons

These are links to sites that we visit regularly ourselves, articles by working teachers from all grade levels, and training seminars online and in person.

Recommended Software Programs

• Inspiration Software
• Kidspiration Software
• Photo Story 3 for Windows (Free)

Books

Our Personal Favorites

• Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners (3rd Edition) (Teaching Strategies Series) by Adrienne L. Herrell and Michael L. Jordan
• English Language Development for ALL by Denise Stewart, Marnie Schwartz, and Cheryl Sawyer
• 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model (SIOP Series) by MaryEllen Vogt and Jana Echevarria
• English Language Learners in Your Classroom: Strategies That Work by Ellen Kottler, Jeffrey A. Kottler, and Christopher P
• Writing Sense: Integrated Reading and Writing Lessons for English Language Learners by Juli Kendall and Outey Khuon
• Using the Language Experience Approach With English Language Learners: Strategies for Engaging Students and Developing Literacy by Denise D. Nessel and Carol N. Dixon
• English Grammar Instruction That Works!: Developing Language Skills for All Learners by Evelyn Rothstein and Andrew S. Rothstein
• Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners Pre-K-2 (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy) by Diane M. Barone and Shelley Hong Xu