Resources

Most of the resources are created by teachers so they fit their students and are relevant to them. Few good published resources that work for our students are listed below as well as valuable online resources.

ecsd linc resources

Printed resources

online resources

other resources

ABC English: curriculum for adult English learners from Salt Lake City, UT.
ESL Literacy Readers: Forty theme-based readers from Bow Valley College.
Eye on Literacy: Wordless picture books from Edmonton, AB.
English Unlocked Phonics Workbook: phonemic awareness, decoding skills and letter formation from Literacy Minnesota.
CLB: ESL for ALL Support Kit from its DVD (in Word Document): assessments, exemplars and think alouds, lesson plans, planning resources and videos.
PDF Stories from TIES: 10 stories organized into 2 books.

Literacy Minnesota: classroom videos, ESL instructional support kits, etc.
Heritage Language Resources: resources in learners’ mother tongues.
ABC Fast Phonics: a phonics tutorial with sound and cartoons for all ages.
Literacy E-Handbook: Common Core State Standards K-6 from McGraw Hill.
EasyTeaching.Net: phonics, spelling, sight words, etc. high quality printable literacy resources.
Phonics Stories from TIES: 5 interactive stories that emphasize short vowel sounds.

Language Learning for Health Tool kits: from Ottawa Local Immigration Partnership.
Code Crackers: the ins and outs of basic English reading, with particular emphasis on ESL.
Pencil Grasp: development, exercises and e-books.
Word Walls: why and how to use them.
Teaching Refugees: student background, instruction and supports.
The Balanced Literacy Diet: puts research into practice in the classroom.
Calgary Immigrant Women's Association: publications to work with low skilled learners.