English Language Profiency Standards and Resource Guide: Prekindergarten-Grade 12 (WIDA) - LB 1576 .G68 2010
PreK-12 English Language Profiency Standards (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) - PE 1128 .A2 P695 2006
Integrating the ESL Standards into Classroom Practice (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
IPT Early Literacy, Reading & Writing, English - Test LB 3060.33 .I683 A46 2006
IPT I Oral - Test LB 3060 .I683 B45 2010
IPT 3: Reading & Writing, English - Test LB 3060.33 .I683 A46 2008
Woodcock-Munoz Language Survey - Revised Normative Update (WMLS-RNU) - Test LB 3060.33 .W694 W66 2005
Pocket charts for language development - Several kits include pocket charts. They can be used with the cards they came with, or you can make your own cards to put in the clear plastic pockets.
Stuffed Animals and Finger Puppets - Bee, frog, ktten, wolf, turtle, and many more...type "puppets" in the MU Library Catalog for full list & call numbers.
Literacy charts - Excellent examples can be found in Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades by Debbie Miller - LB 1525.7.M55 2002
Picture Dictionaries
Moving into English, K-5 - Textbook PE 1129 .S8 M68 2006
Scott Foresman ESL K-8 - Textbook - Textbook PE 1128 .S32 2001
Easy English - Kit PE 1128 .E27 2004 - 3 CDs + book
Language for Learning - Kit PE 1128.A2 E54 2008 - 12 books, 16 skills profile folders, 200 picture cards + user's guide, CD-Rom
Tape players & tape recorders - in the media area - ask for them at the Information Desk
Recorded texts
Shakespeare Side by Side - original text and modern English side by side. Call numbers vary from play to play. Look up series title in the Library Online Catalog.
Shakespeare plays on DVD - look for them in the MU Library Catalog
House Nouns Bingo - Kit LB 1574.5 .H681993
Lang-O-Learn - 5 different picture card sets with 17 languages on each card - Food (Kit LB 1050.44 .F6 2001), Animals (Kit LB 1050.44 .A55 2001), Vehicles (Kit LB 1050.44 .V44 2001), Clothing (Kit LB 1050.44 .C56 2001), & Everyday Objects (Kit LB 1050.44 .E94 2001)
ELL Collection to accompany Harcourt Tropies - Textbook PE 1117 .H27 2005 English Lang. Learners
Mini-books or "Take-home books"
Leveled Books
Recommendations for classroom materials came from:
Celic (p. 15-18) recommended word walls, math charts, wipe off math charts, and math manipulatives. There are lots of math manipulatives in the kit area. Use the MU Library Catalog to find the call numbers & give the numbers to the Information Desk to retrieve the items for you.
Celic (p. 22-23) recommends word walls, pictures, realia, textbooks, trade books, and kids' magazines.
Study Pictures - cataloged sets of pictures you can browse or look for them in the online catalog.
Trade books are part of the juvenile collection - search for them in the online catalog.
The K-12 textbook collection is located on the right side of 1st floor north. Social studies books are in the D-J section and Science in the Q's.