SayHi Translate
SayHi Translate is a translation app that allows you to instantly engage in foreign language conversations and communicate in a comprehensible way. Among the features provided are support for numerous languages and dialects, access to male and female languages, support for typing, copy and share conversations via email or on social media websites, support for a number of accessibility features (e.g., Dynamic Type, Voiceover, and improved navigation), and many more.

Compatibility: iPhone/iPad and Android / Price: Free / Age: 4+

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Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sayhi.android.sayhitranslate
Amazon App Store: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XSVNFJX

How to administer the assessments:
• Literally only takes 5 minutes
• Four choices for each grade (student passage page and teacher recording page)
• Student reads for 60 seconds and teacher records errors
• After 60 seconds you read the story to the student (while they follow along) to remove any difficulties s/he may had had in word recognition or fluency that could hamper comprehension
• Remove passage from student and ask what they remember from the passage
• Prompting is allowed, but noted
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Shared Reading is an interactive reading experience that occurs when students join in or share the reading of a book or other text while guided and supported by a teacher. The teacher explicitly models the skills of proficient readers, including reading with fluency and expression. The shared reading model often uses oversized books (referred to as big books) with enlarged print and illustrations.

To complete the course ECUR 415.3: Current Issues in EAL, students are required to submit a final paper that reflects their growing knowledge about English as an Additional Language (EAL). EAL is the term used in Saskatchewan to describe students who speak languages other than English and require adequate levels of English to be successful with the school curriculum.

Most students enrolled in the online course ECUR 415 are practicing teachers who are working toward a Post-Degree Certificate in EAL Education (PDCEAL), while continuing to live and work in various locations both within and outside of the province. The certificate program, offered through the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, is recognized by provincial education authorities as being equivalent to one full year of post-degree study. As such, the certificate equips teachers with the knowledge and expertise to be considered teacher-specialists of EAL Education. The course ECUR 415 also attracts some pre-service teachers who are pursuing a Bachelor of Education degree and have an interest in EAL Education.

Eight Components of Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
1. Preparation
2. Build Background
3. Comprehensible Input
4. Student Strategies for Success
5. Interactions
6. Lesson Delivery
7. Practice / Application
8. Review of Assessment

The Dolch Sight Words list is the most commonly used set of sight words.

This site has lists of the Dolch Sight Words at each grade level, as well at Dolch Sight Word Lessons, Flash Cards and Word Games.

This lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs) introduces a very clever chimpanzee named Ayamu. In this lesson, learners will practice reading, listening, speaking and writing. All activities are automatically graded with feedback provided to the learner upon submission.

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"The ten Extended Code First Steps books:
*contain beautifully illustrated quirky stories that children will love
*are carefully written to match the Sounds-Write units
*are great for the classroom and for home reading too
Available as pdfs for you to download."

Titles include:
Extended Code Unit 1 /ae/ - Kate Bakes

Extended Code Unit 2 /ee/ - Lee Reads

Extended Code Unit 4 /oe/ - Flo Rows

Extended Code Unit 6 /er/ - Earl's Words

Extended Code Unit 7 /e/ - Ali's Chess Set

Extended Code Unit 8 /ow/ - Tao's Trek

Extended Code Unit 10 /oo/ as in moon - Charity's Flute

Extended Code Unit 11 /ie/ - Tess's Bike Race

Extended Code Unit 12 /oo/ as in book - Jack Camps in the Woods

Extended Code Unit 14 /u/ - Doug's Cousin

Letter Accompanying EAL A1 Resource
SECPSD EAL A10L Online Resource
Unit 1- Who Am I?
Unit 2- My New School
Unit 3- Date & Time
Unit 4- Weather
Unit 5/6- Where I Live/Money
Unit 7- Place and Directions
Unit 8- Personal Health
Unit 9- Food
Unit 10- Physical Activities/Hobbies
Unit 11- Clothing
Summative Assessment Project

This lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs) discusses a trend that is becoming more popular with each passing year, space tourism. In this lesson, learners will practice reading, listening, speaking and writing. All activities are automatically graded with feedback provided to the learner upon submission.

This lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs) introduces an ancient warrior society that is still popular today, the Spartans. In this lesson, learners will practice reading, listening, speaking and writing. All activities are automatically graded with feedback provided to the learner upon submission.

Speak & Translate is both voice and text translator that enables you to effectively navigate foreign language communication. Features offered include snap photos of a text and have it instantly translated, real-time voice recognition for quick translations, over 10 languages for text translations, over 50 languages for voice translations, language detection for text to text mode, iCloud integration, access to male and female voices, and many more.

Compatibility: iPhone/iPad / Price: Free, offers in-app purchases / Age: 4+

Language instruction is continuously evolving to better support English language learners (ELL’s). This Spotlight will help you identify potential learning gaps heightened by the pandemic; learn best practices for strengthening
literacy skills in your schools; discover strategies for personalized language instruction; gain insights into the future of education for ELL students; begin to understand the challenges facing ELL’s and their teachers; and more.

Free download.

This lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs) discusses the physical effects of stress on the human body. In this lesson, learners will practice reading, listening, speaking and writing. All activities are automatically graded with feedback provided to the learner upon submission.

Materials include:
Teacher guides
Student workbooks
Decodable readers
Assessment and remediation guides
Videos
Flip books
Many other supports

TASK: Student will practice reading, writing, speaking and listening about type of Transportation.
Activity, To Do, Finished

This site offers several online decodable books covering different letter sounds while introducing phonetic and sight words. Reading prompts and discussion points are imbedded throughout the book, with discussion questions at the end.

Sun West School Division have developed holistic EAL rubrics based on the provincial standards (Adapted from: “A GUIDE TO USING THE COMMON FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE (CFR) WITH LEARNERS OF ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE” – September 2013 – Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Education).Teachers use these rubrics to assign CFR scores for the EAL students. Sun West CFR Progress Reports have been developed for three levels:Elementary  Middle Level  Secondary  

This document provides a framework for welcoming EAL students into Sun West School Division.
It addresses the role of: administration, the classroom teacher, EAL support teacher, student support teacher. It also looks at assessing the learner's needs and working through the four layers of language acquisition.