Recommended Links
The following are links to recommended organizations and web sites that provide information on learning disabilities, ADHD, and other issues.
You can also see this list organized by type of organization, by focus, or by audience.
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
TESOL is a professional organization with a goal of ensuring quality education for English language learners.
Teachers.Net web site provides teacher networking, columns by educators such as Alfie Kohn and Harry Wong, lesson plans, live meetings with experts, and job information.
TeacherVision: Earth Day Teacher Resources
Lessons, printables, and references available to teach about the environment. Topics include global warming, recycling, and pollution. (Free Trial available.)
TeacherVision: Graphic Organizers
This page has over 50 different types of graphic organizers that will provide you with an ample amount of choices in several subject areas.
TeacherVision: Language Arts Graphic Organizers
These graphic organizers can be used to prepare for a five-paragraph essay, organize sentences in a paragraph, map concepts and events, compare topics with a Venn Diagram, organize notes for a presentation, create a double-entry journal, and much more.
TeacherVision: Poetry Resources for Teachers
A variety of printables, lesson plans, activities, and references for you to use in your cross-curricular study of the art of poetry.
TeacherVision: The Advantages of Rubrics
This site briefly describes the appropriate use of rubrics as well as offering ideas on how to present rubrics at lower grade levels (K-3).
TeacherVision: Word Problem Resources for Teachers
TeacherVision offers lessons, printables, and quizzes to support math word problem instruction for grades K-12.
Teaching Adolescent English Learners Using Non-fiction Text
This article from the Journal of Education and Human Development highlights an instructional practice designed to give ELL students more access to content by using specific strategies with non-fiction text.
Teaching Cannel is a video showcase of inspiring and effective teaching practices in America's schools. Teaching Channel works to revolutionize how teachers learn, connect, and inspire each other to improve education.
Teaching Diverse Learners is a resource dedicated to enhancing the capacity of teachers to work effectively and equitably with English language learners (ELLs). This site provides access to information — publications, educational materials, and the work of experts in the field — that promotes high achievement for ELLs.
Teaching English Language Vocabulary
Here you will find a variety of activities and lesson plans designed specifically for vocabulary instruction for English language learners.
Teaching LD provides information and resources for teaching students with learning disabilities. It is a service of the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) of the Council for Exceptional Children. DLD is a international professional organization consisting of teachers, psychologists, clinicians, administrators, higher education professionals, parents, and others.
Teaching Tolerance: Classroom Resources
Teaching Tolerance is dedicated to reducing prejudice, improving inter-group relations and supporting equitable school experiences for children. The interactive Web site provides free educational materials, including downloadable curricula, classroom activities, and an e-newsletter.
This resource is a place where parents and educators can learn the many ways in which timelines can be used to support learning. A variety of formats are presented, including wall timelines and notebook timelines, and there are colorful photographs illustrating each one.
TeachingLD provides resources about teaching students with Learning Disabilities, including content about assessment, instruction, and policy. Topics include curriculum-based measurement for monitoring student progress; teaching methods such a co-teaching and direct instruction; and current issues such as response-to-intervention models.
Teachnet offers lesson plans in a variety of content areas, and classroom tools to help with classroom management and organization.
Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers
The website provides publications, resources, workshop and training curricula, and a calendar of events for parents of children with disabilities.
Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers
Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) in each state provide training and information to parents of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and to professionals who work with children. This assistance helps parents to participate more effectively with professionals in meeting the educational needs of children and youth with disabilities. The Parent Centers work to improve educational outcomes for children and youth with all disabilities (emotional, learning, mental, and physical).
This website gives step-by-step instructions on how to provide a well organized lesson in which ELLs can build vocabulary and comprehension by retelling stories. It also offers several links to a variety of stories, as well as information about classroom discussions and assessments.
