ELL Resources

Download WIDA Can Do Descriptors for your grade level here:
WIDA Can Do Descriptors
Remember to choose Language Objectives (in reading, writing, speaking, and/or listening) at the level just BEYOND your student's ACCESS level - this is what we call the Zone of Proximal Development, which is where students can STRETCH to reach the next level of language development, given sufficient scaffolding both by the teacher and more knowledgeable peers.

Massachusetts DESE Resource for Academic Language
(good for all students, not just ELL's)
Click on each language function (cause/effect, sequence, justify, etc.) for a list of sentence frames you can use.