English Language LearnersResources in the Northside Professional Library

From Seidlitz Education/Canter Press

Navigating the ELPS: Using the New Standards to Improve Instruction for English Learners, 2nd ed. – John Seidlitz (2010)

Navigating the ELPS in the English Language Arts and Reading Classroom – John Seidlitz, Valerie Auer, Marcy Voss (2010)

Navigating the ELPS in the Math Classroom – John Seidlitz, C. Aracelia Avila (2010)Navigating the ELPS in the Science Classroom – John Seidlitz, Jennifer Jordan-Kaszuba (2010)Navigating the ELPS in the Social Studies Classroom – John Seidlitz, Bill Perryman (2010)Sheltered Instruction Plus: A Comprehensive Plan for Successfully Teaching English Language Learners –

John Seidlitz, Monica Lara (2011)Language & Literacy for ELLs: Creating Systematic Change for Academic Achievement, 2nd ed. [workbook] –

John Seidlitz, Melissa Castillo (2011)Language & Literacy for ELLs: Creating Systematic Change for Academic Achievement [handbook] –

John Seidlitz, Melissa Castillo (2013)Talk Read Talk Write: A Practical Approach to Learning in the Secondary Classroom - Nancy Motley (2013)Vocabulary NOW! : 44 Strategies All Teachers Can Use – Valerie Auer, Marguerite Hartill (2014)7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom: Research-Based Strategies for Engaging All Students –

John Seidlitz, Bill Perryman (2011)38 Great Academic Language Builders - John Seidlitz, Kathleen Kenfield (2011)ELLs in Texas: What Administrators Need to Know, 2nd ed. – John Seidlitz, Melinda Base, Monica Lara (2015)ELLs in Texas: What Teachers Need to Know, 2016 ed. – John Seidlitz, Melinda Base, Monica Lara,

Howard Smith (2015)ELPS Flip Book: A User Friendly Guide for Academic Language Instruction - John Seidlitz (2010)Teaching Social Studies to ELLs – Tina Beene (2017)The Diverse Learner Flip Book: A User-Friendly Guide for Meeting the Needs of All Students – John Seidlitz,

Cindy Jones, Nancy Motley (2011)RtI for ELLs: Considerations for Success with Diverse Populations - John Seidlitz, Cindy Jones (2010)

Other ELL books

50 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners – Adrienne L. Herrell, Michael Jordan (Pearson, 2016)102 Content Strategies for English Language Learners: Teaching for Academic Success in Grades 3-12 –

Jodi Reiss (Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall, 2008)Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers: How to Help Students Succeed

Across Content Areas – Yvonne S. Freeman, David E. Freeman (Heinemann, 2009)Balancing Reading and Language Learning: A Resource for Teaching English Language Learners, K-5 –

Mary Cappellini (Stenhouse/IRA, 2005)Becoming One Community: Reading and Writing with English Language Learners – Kathleen Fay, Suzanne

Whaley (Stenhouse, 2004)Between Worlds: Access to Second Language Acquisition – Yvonne & David Freeman (Heinemann, 1994)Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners, 2nd ed. - Jane D. Hill, Kirsten B. Miller

(ASCD, 2013) Closing the Achievement Gap: How to Reach Limited-Formal-Schooling and Long-Term English Learners –

Yvonne S. Freeman, David E. Freeman, Sandra P. Mercuri (Heinemann, 2002)Connecting Content and Language for English Language Learners – Eugenia Mora-Flores (Shell Education, 2011)

[also available as an OverDrive eBook]Connecting Content and Academic Language for English Learners and Struggling Students, Grades 2-6 - Ruth

Swinney, Patricia Velasco (Corwin, 2011)Connecting Content and Language for English Language Learners - Eugenia Mora-Flores (Shell, 2011)Content-Area Conversations: How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Language Learners – Douglas

Fisher, Nancy Frey, Carol Rothenberg (ASCD, 2008)Continuo de adquisición de la lectoescritura, Grados PreK-2: Guía para la enseñanza: A Spanish Adaptation of

The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades PreK-2: A Guide to Teaching – Gay Su Pinnell, Irene C. Fountas (Heinemann, 2012)

Creating Strategic Readers: Techniques for Supporting Rigorous Literacy Instruction – Valerie Ellery(Shell Education, 2014)

Dual Language Development & Disorders: A Handbook on Bilingualism & Second Language Learning, 2nd ed. –

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Johanne Paradis, Fred Genesee, Martha B. Crago (Paul H. Brookes, 2011)Educating English Learners for a Transformed World – Virginia P. Collier, Wayne P. Thomas (Dual Language

Education of New Mexico/Fuente Press, 2009)Effective Instruction for English Language Learners: Supporting Text-Based Comprehension and Communication

Skills – Julie Jacobson, Kelly Johnson, Diane Lapp (Guilford, 2011)ELL Frontiers: Using Technology o Enhance Instruction for English Learners- Heather Parris, Lisa Estrada,

Andrea Honigsfeld (Corwin, 2017)English Language Learners Day by Day, K-6: A Complete Guide to Literacy, Content-Area, and Language

Instruction - Christina M. Celic (Heinemann, 2009)English Language Learners in Your Classroom: Strategies That Work, 3rd ed. – Ellen Kottler, Jeffrey A. Kottler,

Chris Street (Corwin, 2008)English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS): Toolkit – John Seidlitz and others (ESC Region 13, 2008)English Learners Left Behind: Standardized Testing as Language Policy – Kate Menken (Multilingual Matters,

2008)ESL Smart! : A Ready-to-Use Life Skills and Academic Activities for Grades K-8 – Margaret Bouchard (Center for

Applied Research in Education, 2001)ESL/EFL Teaching Principles for Success – Yvonne S. Freeman, David E. Freeman (Heinemann, 1998)The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools, and Activities for Teaching English

Language Learners of All Levels – Larry Ferlazzo, Katie Hull Sypnieski (Jossey-Bass, 2012) [also available as an OverDrive eBook]

Explicit Direct Instruction for English Learners – John Hollingsworth, Silvia Ybarra. (Corwin/DataWORKSEducational Research, 2013)

Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners, 2nd ed. – Adrienne Herrell, Michael Jordan (Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall, 2004)

Getting Started with English Language Learners: How Educators Can Meet the Challenge – Judie Haynes (ASCD, 2007)

Help! My Kids Don’t All Speak English: How to Set Up a Language Workshop in Your Linguistically DiverseClassroom – Nancy L. Akhaven (Heinemann, 2006)

Helping English Language Learners Succeed – Carmen Zuniga Dunlap, Evelyn Mariono Weisman (Shell Education, 2006)

How the ELL Brain Learns – David A. Sousa (Corwin, 2011) [also available as an OverDrive eBook]How to Reach and Teach English Language Learners: Practical Strategies to Ensure Success, Gr. K-12 –

Rachel Carrillo Syrja (Jossey-Bass, 2011) [also available as an OverDrive eBook]Implementing RtI with English Learners – Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Carol Rothenberg (Solution Tree, 2011)Implementing the ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students through Teacher Education – Marguerite Ann Snow, ed.

(TESOL, 2000)Kids Come in All Languages: Reading Instruction for ESL Students – Karen Spangenberg-Urbscat, Robert

Pritchard (IRA, 1994)Ladybugs, Tornadoes, and Swirling Galaxies: English Language Learners Discover Their World through Inquiry –

Brad Buhrow, Anne Upczak Garcia (Stenhouse, 2006)The Language-Rich Classroom: A Research-Based Framework for English Language Learners – Persida

Himmele, William Himmele (ASCD, 2009)Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners: A Teacher’s Guide to Research-Based Practices – Nancy

Cloud, Fred Genesee, Else Hamayan (Heinemann, 2009)Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model, 4th ed. - Jana Echevarria, Mary Ellen

Vogt, Deborah Short (Pearson, 2013)Making Sense: Small-Group Comprehension Lessons for English Language Learners – Juli Kendall, Outey Khuon

(Stenhouse, 2005)Managing ESL Programs in Rural and Small Urban Schools – Barney Berube (TESOL, 2000)Meeting the Needs of Second Language Learners: An Educator’s Guide – Judith Lessow-Hurley (ASCD, 2003)The More-Than-Just-Surviving Handbook: ESL for Every Classroom Teacher, 2nd ed. – Barbara Law, Mary Eckes

(Portage & Main Press, 2000)Moving from Spoken to Written Language with ELLs – Ivannia Soto (Corwin, 2014)Myths and Realities: Best Practices for English Language Learners, 2nd ed. – Katherine Davies Samway, Denise

McKeon (Heinemann, 2007)Passing the English as a Second Language (ESL) Supplemental TExES Exam: Keys to Certification & Language

Proficient Learners – Elaine L. Wilmore (Corwin, 2014)

Practical Ideas That Really Work for English Language Learners – Kathleen McConnell, David Campos, Gail R. Ryser (PRO-ED, 2006)

Reading and Writing in More Than One Language: Lessons for Teachers – Elizabeth Franklin, ed. (TESOL, 1999)Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning: Teaching Second Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom–

Pauline Gibbons (Heinemann, 2002)

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Scaffolding the Academic Success of Adolescent English Language Learners: A Pedagogy of Promise – Aida Walqui, Leo van Lier (WestEd, 2010)

Second Language Learning Through Cooperative Learning – Julie High, in consultation with Spencer Kagan (Kagan, 1993)

Strategies for Success with English Language Learners: An ASCD Action Tool – Virginia Pauline Rojas (ASCD, 2007)

Succeeding with English Language Learners: A Guide for Beginning Teachers – Thomas S.C. Farrell (Corwin, 2006)

Supporting English Language Learners: A Guide for Teachers and Administrators – Farin A. Houk (Heinemann, 2005)

Supporting the Literacy Development of English Learners: Increasing Success in All Classrooms – Terrell A. Young, Nancy L. Hadaway, eds. (International Reading Assn, 2006)

Teaching Beginner ELLs Using Picture Books: Tellability – Ana L. Lado (Corwin, 2012) [also available as anOverDrive eBook]

Teaching English Language Learners: A Differentiated Approach – Carol Rothenberg, Douglas Fisher (Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2007)

Teaching English Language Learners: Strategies That Work, K-5 – Katharine Davies Samway, Dorothy Taylor (Scholastic, 2007)

Teaching Reading in Multilingual Classrooms – David E. Freeman, Yvonne S. Freeman (Heinemann, 2000)Teaching Your Secondary ELLs the Academic Language of Tests: Focusing on English Language Arts –

r4 Education Solutions (Solution Tree, 2009)eBook: Transforming Schools for English Learners: A Comprehensive Framework for School Leaders – Debbie

Zacarian (Corwin, 2011) [available on OverDrive]When English Language Learners Write: Connecting Research to Practice, K-8 – Katharine Davies Samway

(Heinemann, 2006)Why Do English Language Learners Struggle with Reading? : Distinguishing Language Acquisition from Learning

Disabilities – Janette K. Klingner, John J. Hoover, Leonard M. Baca, eds. (Corwin, 2008) “The Words Came Down!”: English Language Learners Read, Write, and Talk Across the Curriculum, K-2 –

Emelie Lowrey Parker, Tess Haysham Pardini (Stenhouse, 2006)Words Their Way: Emergent Sorts for Spanish-Speaking English Learners – Lori Helman, Donald R. Bear,

Marcia Invernizzi, Shane Templeton, Francine Johnston (Pearson, 2009)Words Their Way: Letter Name-Alphabetic Sorts for Spanish-Speaking English Learners – Lori Helman,

Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane Templeton, Francine Johnston (Pearson, 2009)Words Their Way with English Learners: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling, 2nd ed.- Lori Helman,

Donald R. Bear, Shane Templeton, Marcia Invernizzi, Francine Johnston (Pearson, 2012)Words Their Way: Within Word Pattern Sorts for Spanish Speaking English Learners - Lori Helman, Donald R.

Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane Templeton, Francine Johnston (Pearson, 2013)Working with Gifted English Language Learners – Michael S. Matthews (Prufrock, 2006)Working with Second Language Learners: Answers to Teachers’ Top Ten Questions – Stephen Cary (Heinemann,

2000)Writing Sense: Integrated Reading and Writing Lessons for English Language Learners, K-8 – Juli Kendall,

Outey Khuon (Stenhouse, 2006)

English Language Learners in Math, Science, and Social Studies

English Language Learners in the Mathematics Classroom – Debra Coggins, [et al.] (Corwin, 2007)Making Mathematics Accessible to English Learners: A Guidebook for Teachers, Gr. 6-12 – John Carr, et al.

(WestEd, 2009)Making Science Accessible to English Learners: A Guidebook for Teachers, Gr. 6-12, updated ed. – John Carr,

Ursula Sexton, Rachel Lagunoff (WestEd, 2007)Navigating the ELPS in the Math Classroom – John Seidlitz, C. Aracelia Avila (Canter Press, 2010)Navigating the ELPS in the Science Classroom – John Seidlitz, Jennifer Jordan-Kaszuba (Canter Press, 2010)Navigating the ELPS in the Social Studies Classroom – John Seidlitz, Bill Perryman (Canter Press, 2010)Science for English Language Learners: K-12 Classroom Strategies – Ann K. Fathman, David T. Crowther, eds.

(NSTA Press, 2006)

Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Gr. K-2 – Rusty Bresser, Kathy Melanese, Christine Sphar (Math Solutions, 2009)

Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Gr. 3-5 – Rusty Bresser, Kathy Melanese, Christine Sphar (Math Solutions, 2008)

Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Gr. 6-8 – Kathy Melaneses, Luz Chung, Cheryl Forbes

Teaching English Language Learners Across the Content Areas - Judie Haynes, Debbie Zacarian (ASCD, 2010)

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(Math Solutions, 2012)Teaching Mathematics to English Language Learners – Gladis Kersaint, Denisse R. Thompson, Mariana Petkova

(Routledge, 2009)Teaching Science to English Language Learners: Building on Students’ Strengths – Ann S. Rosebery, Beth

Warren, eds. (NSTA Press, 2008)Teaching Your Secondary ELLs the Academic Language of Tests: Focusing on Language in Mathematics,

Science, and Social Studies (Solution Tree, 2009)

Bilingual & Dual Language

7 Steps to Success in Dual Language Immersion: A Brief Guide for Teachers and Administrators – Lore Carrera-Carrillo, Annette Rickert Smith (Heinemann, 2006)

Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared in Action - Kathy Escamilla, Susan Hopewell, Sandra Butvilofsky,Wendy Sparrow, Lucinda Soltero-González, Olivia Ruiz-Figueroa, Manuel Escamilla (Caslon Pub., 2013)

Designing and Implementing Two-Way Bilingual Programs: A Step-by-Step Guide for Administrators, Teachers, and Parents – Margarita Espino Calderon, Liliana Minaya-Rowe (Corwin, 2003)

Dual Language Education – Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary (Multilingual Matters, 2001)Dual Language Essentials for Teachers and Administrators – Yvonne S. Freeman, David E. Freeman, Sandra P.

Mercuri (Heinemann, 2005)Dual Language Instruction: A Handbook for Enriched Education – Nancy Cloud, Fred Genesee, Else Hamayan

(Thomson/Heinle, 2000)Dual Language: Teaching and Learning in Two Languages – Sonia White Soltero (Pearson/A and B, 2004)Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 3rd ed. – Colin Baker (Multilingual Matters, 2001)Teaching for Biliteracy: Strengthening Bridges Between Languages – Karen Beeman, Cheryl Urow

(Caslon, 2013)Teaching in 2 Languages: A Guide for K-12 Bilingual Educators – Sharon Adelman Reyes, Tatyana Kleyn

(Corwin, 2010)The Teaching of Reading in Spanish to the Bilingual Student = La Enseñanza de la Lectura en Español para el

Estudiante Bilingüe - Angela Carrasquillo, Philip Segan, eds. (Routledge, 2012, c1998)Teaching Reading and Writing in Spanish and English in Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms – Yvonne S.

Freeman, David E. Freeman (Heinemann, 2006)

Reports from the Center for Research on Education, Diversity and ExcellenceThe Development of Bilingualism and Biliteracy from Grade 3 to 5: A Summary of Findings from the CAL/CREDE

Study of Two-Way Immersion Education – Elizabeth R. Howard, Donna Christian, Fred Genesee (2004)The Dual Language Program Planner: A Guide for Designing and Implementing Dual Language Programs –

Elizabeth R. Howard, Natalie Olague, David Rogers (2003)Impact of Two-Way Bilingual Elementary Programs on Students’ Attitudes toward School and College –

Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary, Graciela Borsato (2001)Implementing Two-Way Immersion Programs in Secondary Schools – Christopher L. Montone, Michael I. Loeb

(2000)Two-Way Immersion 101: Designing and Implementing a Two-Way Immersion Education Program at the

Elementary Level – Elizabeth R. Howard (2002)

DVD: Learning Together: Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs (National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning, 1996) [27 min.]

DVD: Profile of Effective Two-Way Bilingual Teaching: Sixth Grade) (National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning, 1996) [29 min.]

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Cultural & Family Aspects

Bright Ribbons: Weaving Culturally Responsive Teaching into the Elementary Classroom – Lotus LintonHoward (Corwin, 2017)

Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning: Classroom Practices for Student Success – Sharroky Hollie (Shell, 2012)

Educating Immigrant Students in the 21st Century: What Educators Need to Know, 2nd ed. – Xue Lan Rong, Judith Preissle (Corwin, 2009)

Guia Para Padres y Maestros de Ninos Bilingues – Alma Flor Ada, Colin Baker (Multilingual Matters, 2001)Keeping It Real and Relevant: Building Authentic Relationships in Your Diverse Classroom – Ignacio Lopez

(ASCD, 2017)Managing Diverse Classrooms: How to Build on Students’ Cultural Strengths – Carrie Rothstein-Fisch, Elise

Trumbull (ASCD, 2008)Multicultural Manners: Essential Rules of Etiquette for the 21st Century, rev. ed. – Nadine Dresser (Wiley, 2005)Not for ESOL Teachers: What Every Classroom Teacher Needs to Know About the Linguistically, Culturally, and

Ethnically Diverse Student – Eileen N. Whelan Ariza (Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2006)Reaching Out to Latino Families of English Language Learners – David Campos, Rocio Delgado, Mary Esther

Huerta (ASCD, 2011)Teaching Immigrant and Second-Language Students: Strategies for Success – Michael Sadowski, ed.

(Harvard Education Press, 2004)Understanding Your Refugee and Immigrant Students: An Educational, Cultural, and Linguistic Guide – Jeffra

Flaitz (University of Michigan Press, 2006)Windows to Language, Literacy, and Culture: Insights from an English Language Learner – Cynthia H. Brock,

Taffy E. Raphael (International Reading Assn, 2005)DVD: How to Use Students’ Diverse Cultural Backgrounds to Enhance Academic Achievement (ASCD, 2007)

[15 min.]

Other Videos

Northside ISD Seidlitz Sessions training videoshttps://nisd.net/employees/department/organizational-and-staff-development/documents/seidlitz-sessions (Open to NISD employees only. If unable to open directly from this link, copy and paste the link into your browser search.)

A Visit to a Classroom of English Language Learners (ASCD, 2004) [DVD, 42 min.]Up Close: Teaching English Language Learners in Writing Workshops, Gr. K-2 – Amanda Hartman

(FirstHand/Heinemann, 2009) [DVD, 90 min.]ELL Literacy Interventions: Accommodations and Acceleration for Reading Success (MASTER Teacher, 2005)

[DVD]v.1: Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Instruction [35-45 min.]v.2: Vocabulary Development [35-45 min.]v.3: Reading Fluency [45 min.]v.4: Reading Comprehension [45 min.]

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