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Assessing English Language Learners
Welcome to Colorín Colorado; the leading website for teachers
and parents of English Language Learners!
Here you'll find numerous articles, resources, and ideas to support ELLs at school and at home.
Assessment and ELLs
If you have questions about assessment and English language learners, be sure to look at our updated resources! These include information about accommodations and evaluation, informal assessment, standards-based writing, bilingual parent tips about testing, recommended guides and research, and a webcast.
This month's features
Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! Colorín Colorado celebrates family traditions and the rich diversity of Asian and Pacific Americans with lesson plans, activities, and a variety of resources and ideas for ELL educators.
Also, don't miss our Asian Pacific American Heritage booklist.
Show your appreciation for teachers!
Colorín Colorado and Reading Rockets salute teachers with these Teacher Appreciation resources, as well as some ideas from the National PTA on ways to express appreciation for teachers (also available in Spanish).
Highlights
Mothers and More: Books About Families
Mothers, and the families they nurture, fill this fun and touching selection of recommended books from Reading Rockets. The Mothers and More: Books About Families booklist includes stories about the adventures and daily routines of very special families, from the classic, Are You My Mother?, to the fascinating, How My Parents Learned to Eat.
Book of the Month
Animal Poems of the Iguazú/Animalario del Iguazu
By Francisco X. Alarcón
Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez
Inspired by a visit to the Iguazú National Park in South America, Francisco X. Alarcón celebrates its animals, skies, waterfalls, and more in these short and vibrant bilingual poems. Each page holds pulsating paintings that swirl and move, further vivifying each poem. This book is a perfect selection for Poetry Month!
Author Interview: Francisco X. Alarcón
Francisco X. Alarcón is an award-winning poet who writes for both children and adults. Born in Los Angeles, Califonia, he considers himself "bi-national," having spent time as a child in both Mexico and the United States. He expressed this in a poem: "I carry my roots with me all the time. Rolled up, I use them as my pillow." In this video interview, Alarcón discusses how his background inspired his poetry, and reads some of his poems aloud.
A Poetic Spring
What better way to celebrate the arrival of spring than with some great books?
Take a look at Reading Rockets' Poetic Spring and Ten Books for Spring booklists for some great ideas!
Don't miss
New Poetry Booklist!
Take a look at Colorín Colorado's new booklist, Poems for Everyone, featuring wonderful collections of poems from different cultures.
Many of the included books are bilingual in English and Spanish, offering poems for a wide-ranging audience.
Learning Store Sale: Multicultural Hardcover Book Set
This multicultural set offers a selection of 16 hardcover books from the Latino, Asian American, African American and Native American communities plus Multicultural Anthologies. Visit the Learning Store for other great educational resources for ELLs.
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Colorín Colorado is a free web-based, bilingual service that provides information, activities, and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners (ELLs, also known as students of English as a second language).
Colorín Colorado is produced by Reading Rockets — an educational service of WETA, the flagship public broadcasting station in the nation's capital. Original artwork by Caldecott Award-winning illustrator David Diaz is used with permission.
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