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Partnering with Parents of English Learners During Distance Learning
These resources were originally curated for the webinar "Partnering with Parents of English Learners During Distance Learning," presented on 12/8/20.
Webinar
Communication Resources
- Communication with Families of English Learners: A Checklist
- Texting with Families
- Email/Online Communication
- Google Translate
- Gmail's Google Translate Extension
- Zoom's Translation Services
Supporting Learning in the School Environment
- Video Demonstrations
- Honor the Home Language
- Creating Accessible Packets
- Providing Consistent Routines
Empowering Parents to Support Students' Learning at Home
- Four Stages of Immigrant Parent Involvement
- Providing Access to Language for Parents
- Read&Write for Google Extension
- Spanish Education Tutorials for Students and Families
- The Parents' Guide to Google Classroom (English and Spanish)
- Google Classroom YouTube Tutorials for Parents (Spanish)
- Ways Parents Can Learn English for Free
- Protecting Children's Privacy Online
- Student Advocacy
- Knowing what to Expect This School Year
- PTA Guides in English/Spanish
- Ways to Develop Literacy at Home
- Storytelling
- In the Classroom
- Story Dice
- Make Your Own Story Cubes (and find icons for them)
- "Reading" Wordless Picture Books
- Books for ages 3-9, middle and high schoolers, adults
- instructions in English, Spanish
- Reading Bilingual Books
- Elementary list
- Middle school list
- Through Television
- Set up Netflix with your home language audio as a preference to boost home language skills; then navigate here to see what is available in your home language
- Free Books Online
- YouTube
- many languages; including Closed Captioning in hundreds of languages
- MagicBlox
- (free with registration): English, French, German, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Spanish for ages 1-13)
- Storyline Online
- for ages 4-7 in English with Closed Captioning in many languages; includes teacher guides and cross-curricular connections (Spanish to be added soon)
- Oxford Owl
- for ages 3-11 in English
- International Children's Library
- for ages 3-13 in over 50 languages
- Epic!
- for ages 11 and under; free for educators to set up accounts for students. Books in English, Spanish, Chinese, and French
- Libby
- YouTube
- Singing Songs
- Building Print Awareness
- Holding Conversations
- During Reading
- Ask questions (for older learners too)
- Guides for Parents of Babies through Grade 3, available in multiple languages
- During Reading
- Building Your Child's Vocabulary
- More Family and Caregiver Activities (and Educator's Guide)
- At Home Bingo
- Enrichment Activities throughout the Day
- Help Kids Stay Focused
- Storytelling
Parents' Rights
- English LEP Parent Fact Sheet
- Schools' Civil Rights Obligations to English Learner Students and Limited English Proficient Parents
References
- Engaging ELL Families
- Supporting English Learners During School Closures: Considerations for Designing Distance Learning Experiences
- How COVID-19 Is Impacting ELL and Immigrant Families
- Getting to Know Your ELLs: Six Steps for Success
- Supporting Student Learning
- Communicating wtih ELL Families During COVID-19: 10 Strategies for Schools
- Empowering ELL Parents & Families at Home
Additional Resources
- Best Practices for Supporting English Learners During Distance Learning
- Toolkit for Educators: Reaching out to Hispanic Parents of English Language Learners
- A Guide for Engaging ELL Families: Twenty Strategies for School Leaders
- 15 Strategies for Communicating with ELL Families During the Winter
- How to Expand ELLs’ Access to Technology for Distance Learning
- All In! How Educators Can Advocate for English Language Learners
- Ensuring English Learner Students Can Participate Meaningfully and Equally in Educational Programs
- A Compact for Reading Guide
- Distance Learning With English Language Learners