Download these free resources today! If you have attended an ExC-ELL Institute, you have seen several of these in action.
Have ideas for additional resources you’d like to see? Or your own examples you’d like to share with other educators? Email us! We’d love to add to this list!
Polysemous Words Activity
A fun activity to create awareness of just how difficult English is! If you’ve attended an ExC-ELL Institute and found the Polysemous Words activity fun and meaningful, you can use these cards to lead the same activity in your school with your colleagues. Click the link below to download this resource:
Accountable Talk for Numbered Heads Together
Provide this tool to your students for use during Numbered Heads Together or when practicing argumentative speech. Click the link below to download this resource:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: verbs & starters
This resource supports students who are learning to formulate different types of questions. For each level of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy, there are suggested verbs to use as well as question starters/prompts. There are two versions. They both have the same information, but are formatted differently. The 3-page version is convenient for cutting apart the levels. Here is a preview of both resources – click the download button to save to your computer:
Blooming Questions: cards with directions
Print these cards to give to students when you introduce Blooming Questions/Formulating Questions. Each card includes directions for the activity, one level of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy, and space for students to write their questions on one side and the answers on the other side! Click the link below to download this resource:
The ExC-ELL WISEcard Observation Protocol
The WISEcard ExC-ELL observation protocol can be used for self-reflection, lesson planning, peer coaching, conducting teacher research, administrator observations, collecting data for Teacher Learning Communities, and more! Click the link below to download this resource:
ExC-ELL Lesson Template
Use this template to plan lessons and ensure that all components of ExC-ELL are present. Click the link below to download this resource:
Table Tents with Academic Language (vocabulary & sentence starters, etc.)
These table tents include a plethora of information to help students practice academic language in the classroom! Check out both versions: one is appropriate for grades K-5, and the other is for grades 4-12. Click the relevant link below to download the resource:
Partner Reading Bookmarks
Students can use these bookmarks to preview the process of partner reading, and to stay on track as they read and summarize with their partner! Click the link below to download this resource:
R.A.F.T. Writing Activity
Students use this tool as they work in groups to complete a R.A.F.T. writing assignment. Click the link below to download this resource:
Transition Words
Here are two lists of transition words, organized by purpose. Click the links below to download these resources:
Vocabulary Buddies
This tool lets you use transition words to assign partners for partner talk later! Click the link below to download this resource:
Table Tent for Writing
This table tent includes tools to help students with drafting and writing conclusions. Click the link below to download this resource: