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Photo Writing Prompts for Writers of Every Level

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Sentence Frames - A Paragraph Tool-Kit

By English Under Construction

*Sentence Frames for 20 topics - Use to scaffold your students’ writing *Great for struggling writers, ELL & SpEd students *Space is provided for a personal word bank *Feedback space is provided for teacher or peer conference notes - praises

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Special Education, Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Scaffolded Notes

$3.00

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Building Paragraphs for Beginning ELLs: Paragraph Frames for Beginning Writers

By English Under Construction

Do your English language learners struggle with writing? Do they just sit and stare at the paper when they are supposed to write? Help them easily form paragraphs for these 10 basic topics by providing them with the sentence starters and words

Subjects:

Special Education, EFL - ESL - ELD, Writing

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Centers

$3.50

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WIDA Accommodations Planning Tool for ELLs

By English Under Construction

Not sure how to make accommodations in lessons, assignments and assessments for your English language learners? This handy 2 page chart will provide you with plenty of on-the-go ideas that can make it easier than ever to provide the required

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, For All Subject Areas

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Not Grade Specific

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Professional Documents, Professional Development, Lesson

$1.75

Digital Download PDF (0.86 MB)

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Best Selling ESL Bundle - Ready-to-Use ESL Resources

By English Under Construction

I have decided to offer my best selling products as a bundle! These products have been tested in my own classroom over the years and have proven to be very beneficial for my students and helpful for me in meeting all of their individual needs.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Special Education, EFL - ESL - ELD

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Not Grade Specific

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Activities, Lesson, Centers

$22.50

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BEST SELLER BUNDLE! - BEST SELLING WRITING RESOURCES FOR ELL & SpEd

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This money-saving bundle includes TWO of my best selling writing resources!!! * Sentence Frames - A Paragraph Tool-Kit * *Sentence Frames for 20 topics - Use to scaffold your students’ writing *Great for struggling writers, ELL & SpEd

Subjects:

Special Education, EFL - ESL - ELD, Writing

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Printables, Scaffolded Notes

$5.50

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Conversation Cards for Language Development: WIDA ACCESS Speaking Practice

By English Under Construction

Set 1 - This packet contains 26 photo cards with a vocabulary word bank for each one. Each photo card has a corresponding card with discussion questions and/or writing prompts. These questions are meant to prompt students’ thinking and to assist

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Special Education, EFL - ESL - ELD, Writing

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Centers

$4.50

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BEST SELLER BUNDLE! - Language Development: WIDA ACCESS Practice

By English Under Construction

Edited picture card #12 on 1-13-20Sets 1 & 2 - Each packet contains 26 photo cards with a vocabulary word bank for each one. Each photo card has a corresponding card with discussion questions and/or writing prompts. These questions are meant

Subjects:

Special Education, EFL - ESL - ELD, Writing

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Centers

$7.50

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Conversation Cards for Language Development: WIDA ACCESS Speaking Practice

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I am so excited to offer Set 2 of these best selling language development cards!!! They have been beyond successful with my own English language learners and they remain the best seller in my store! Set 2 - This packet contains 26 photo cards

Subjects:

Special Education, EFL - ESL - ELD, Oral Communication

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Centers

$4.50

Digital Download PDF (3.89 MB)

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Photo Writing Prompts for Writers of Every Level

By English Under Construction

Do you struggle to find the right resources for all of your writers? Do you have difficulty helping the student who has very few writing skills while challenging your strongest writers? Are you looking for a writing activity with built-in

Subjects:

Special Education, EFL - ESL - ELD, Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment, Printables, Centers

$7.00

Digital Download PDF (43.05 MB)

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Language Support Plan for ELLs

By English Under Construction

This language support plan is meant to assist English learners in understanding and taking accountability for their own learning and to also help regular classroom teachers accommodate the needs of their English learners. It includes a section of

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, For All Subjects, Coaching

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Classroom Forms

$3.75

Digital Download PDF (1.78 MB)

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Evidence Based Strategies for Achieving Academic Success for ELLs (WIDA Based)

By English Under Construction

The template is a WIDA-based planning tool for ELL educators and mainstream teachers of ELLs. It can be used to simplify unit planning or even as a checklist for daily lessons to ensure that the needs of ELLs are being met in each lesson across

Subjects:

ESL / ELL / EFL

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Classroom Forms, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

$1.50

Digital Download PDF (0.06 MB)

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WIDA ACCESS Score & Goal Chart

By English Under Construction

When my ELLs receive the score reports for the WIDA ACCESS assessment, we plot their composite score on the ice cream chart. Next, we identify the strongest and weakest out of all four domains (Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking). We

Subjects:

English Language Arts, EFL - ESL - ELD, Test Preparation

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Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Classroom Forms, Graphic Organizers

$1.50

Digital Download PDF (1.42 MB)

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End of the Year Activity - Grade the Teacher

By English Under Construction

I always love letting my students evaluate me with this activity! It is so much fun to see yourself through the eyes of your daily evaluators...YOUR STUDENTS! I ask them to complete it anonymously so that I get the most honest feedback! This is

Subjects:

Classroom Management, For All Subjects, End of Year

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities

$1.00

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Read the Rainbow: Sight Words

By English Under Construction

I am constantly looking for ways to motivate my students to learn their sight words and become fluent readers of sight word sentences. I came up with this “Read the Rainbow” activity that is perfect for spring time! The set of 225 sight words is

Subjects:

Reading, Special Education, Spring

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Lesson, Centers

$3.50

Digital Download PDF (1.23 MB)

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Word Wall Posters - Popping with Vocabulary Thesaurus Posters

By English Under Construction

Get your students POPPING with VOCABULARY! There are 24 mini-thesaurus posters included in this purchase! Each one has 8 robust synonyms to replace an over-used, tired word. These make a great, ready-to-use word wall that is perfect for helping

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Writing

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Word Walls, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

$3.50

Digital Download PDF (3.48 MB)

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Updated - End of the Year Student Gift Notes/Tags

By English Under Construction

Looking for a way to simplify a hectic time of the year? These notes/gift tags are perfect for adding a special touch to an end-of-the-year gift for your students! They are the perfect size to attach to the front of a gift bag or plain paper

Subjects:

Summer, End of Year

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Not Grade Specific

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$3.00

Digital Download PDF (7.24 MB)

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Leaping into Leadership Four Square Descriptions Activity: Leader Activities

By English Under Construction

Help your students gain critical thinking skills and a better understanding of leadership qualities and the expectations surrounding each one. They will have a better understanding of what leadership is and what it looks like in action. -What is

Subjects:

Character Education, Writing, For All Subjects

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Graphic Organizers

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (1.36 MB)

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My Mom is Sweet: A Mother's Day Simile Booklet

By English Under Construction

Get ready for Mother's Day and have a similes mini-lesson at the same time! Students will love this activity! They simply complete the similes about their mothers and cut the pages apart. It comes with a color and black/white option for the cover.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, For All Subjects

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$2.00

Digital Download PDF (2.03 MB)

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In the Kitchen with English

By English Under Construction

This packet is full of reading and writing activities involving food related vocabulary. From heavily scaffolded activities to extending writing choices, it is perfect for students of ALL reading and writing levels. There is something to meet the

Subjects:

Special Education, EFL - ESL - ELD, Writing

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Centers

$5.50

Digital Download PDF (5.94 MB)

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Leadership/Character Development Bundle - Includes 6 Resources!

By English Under Construction

This bundle includes 6 resources! These resources total $16.25 when purchased separately! Check these links to see each individual resource: Leaping into Leadership Brag Tags Leaping into Leadership Four Square Descriptions Activity: Leader

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Character Education, For All Subjects

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Printables, Posters, For Principals & Administrators

$12.50

Digital Download ZIP (19.52 MB)

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2008 Teacher of the Year - Grades 3-5 * 2012 Teacher of the Year - (System Level) & Northwest Tennessee (Regional Level) * 2012 TNTESOL Teacher of the Year (West Tennessee) * 2012-2105 - Served as a Member at Large on the TNTESOL Board of Directors (Teacher of the Year Committee Chairperson) * 2015-Present Serving 2nd term as a Member at Large on the TNTESOL Board of Directors (Teacher of the Year Committee Chairperson * 2013-2015 Host of the West TN ESL Mini Conference * 2016 - Chosen to be a Regional Content Coach in the area of English Language Acquistion for the state of Tennessee *

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