Parent Supports
Translation or Interpretation: If English isn’t your primary language, and you need an interpreter, fill out this form, and district personnel will have someone who speaks your language contact you.
Resources for families:
- This site includes web, video, and written resources for English Learners
- This site includes tips for teaching and helping at home: https://www.colorincolorado.org/families
Dictionaries and Glossaries
- Lessons and Videos for Learning English
- https://www.eslgamesplus.com/ (games for learning English)
- https://www.duolingo.com/ (free website/app for learning languages)
- https://www.evaeaston.com/ (videos, lessons, and quizzes for pronouncing American English)
- http://www.englishmedialab.com/beginnervideos.html (videos and lessons for beginners)
- https://www.esl-lab.com/ (activities for developing English listening skills)
- https://www.eslamerica.us (links and study guides in many categories)
- https://www.englishlearner.com/tests# (exercises and tests by level)
- http://www.5minuteenglish.com/q&a.htm (answers to questions about English for advanced learners)
Cognate Lists (lists of words that look/sound similar in both English and native language and have similar meaning)
Spanish cognates by subject: http://spanishcognates.org/cognate-subject?field_subject_tid=53
Spanish common school words: https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/images/Common_Spanish_School_Phrases_and_Cognates.pdf
Picture Dictionaries
http://www.visualdictionaryonline.com/ (labeled pictures sorted by topic)
http://www.vidtionary.com/ (videos showing what words mean)
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/index.html (science-specific, more advanced, gives example sentences)
https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/letter-a.html (math-specific, advanced, does have some pictures)
Vocabulary Helps
Granite School District’s 6th grade Spanish/English math vocabulary: word list, picture vocab cards A-L and M-Z
“Bilingual Glossaries”: Common English/Spanish math terms in MS and HS
Math, science, and social studies terms in multiple languages
Glossaries for ELA, math, science, social studies in multiple languages
Here are sample WIDA test items for grades 6-8, if you’re interested in seeing how students’ skills are assessed.
Reading
https://www.funbrain.com (books, games, and other resources for reading and learning English)
https://globalstorybooks.net/ (stories in multiple languages, from around the world)
https://www.thespanishexperiment.com/stories (stories translated into Spanish and read aloud)
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/ (simple picture books to read online)
