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Resources for Teaching ESL Literacy

Because we all need a little help from our friends.

Books, Websites and Teaching Guides

​Download a list of resources for teachers and students here: ESL Beginning Literacy Resources 

Diagnostics for Phonics Instruction
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1. Here is a free download of the Phonics for ESL Diagnostic. It addresses the most basic level of letter/sound relationships: short vowels, single consonants, and common digraphs. This is designed specifically for use with At the River and Other Stories for Adult Emergent Readers, but can be used with other emergent reading materials as well.


2. Check out the BATT (Beginning Alphabetics Tests and Tools) on the English Code Crackers website: http://www.englishcodecrackers.com/beginning-alphabetics-tests-and-tools.html. The BATT is a ten part diagnostic that addresses the following: uppercase and lowercase letters; letter names; writing letters; single consonants and short vowels; consonant blends, digraphs and trigraphs; long vowels including silent e, vowel digraphs, vowel-r and vowel diphthongs. This is also a free download. Thanks to Marn Frank and Kristin Perry for developing and sharing the BATT.

Extra activities for At the River, Unit 1

Brief video with activities and ideas for Unit 1: www.bit.ly/3eTPfdV
(for optimal viewing you may need to hit "play" twice, and then go to full screen)

Reproducibles:
Unit 1 letter scramble
Unit 1 labels
Unit 1 letter tiles
Unit 1 BINGO 


Extra activities for At the River, Unit 2

Short video with activities for Unit 2: https://bit.ly/3dXvGQy
(for optimal viewing you may need to hit "play" twice, and then go to full screen)

Reproducibles:
Unit 2 letter scramble
Unit 2 letter tiles
Unit 2 BINGO
Unit 2 labels
Word Families Units 1 and 2
Unit 2 extra exercises


Extra activities for At the River, Unit 3

Short video with activities for Unit 3: https://bit.ly/3OpIkgR

Reproducibles: 
Unit 3 labels
Unit 3 letter tiles
Unit 3 BINGO
Unit 3 extra exercises

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Extra activities for At the River, Unit 4

Short video with activities for Unit 4: https://bit.ly/3Q7ju6G​

Reproducibles: 
Unit 4 letter scramble
Unit 4 labels
Unit 4 letter tiles
Unit 4 BINGO
Word families units 1, 2 and 4 (short a)
Word families units 3-4 (short i)

Unit 4 extra exercises
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Extra activities for At the River, Unit 5

Short video with activities for Unit 5: https://bit.ly/3O5Wd2a​

Reproducibles: 
Unit 5 labels
Unit 5 letter tiles
Unit 5 BINGO

Unit 5 extra exercises
Unit 5 reading fluency activity


Extra activities for At the River, Unit 6

Word families, units 5 and 6 (short o)
Reproducibles for "The Beach": 
Comprehension exercise
Cloze for decodable words

Cloze for sight words
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The Neuroscience of Stories by Curtis Kelly, from TESOL 2016: click here. 

Scaffolded Reading

​Download a free handout of the scaffolded reading sequence, presented at TESOL 2017 in Seattle. This interactive, dynamic sequence of activities provides the repetition and variety that emerging readers need in order to improve their decoding and fluency skills. Video presentation from LESLLA 2021 Virtual Symposium: padlet.com/leslla_org/LESLLA2021

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Newsletter for ESL Literacy

​Sign up to receive a free newsletter from Shelley Hale Lee. The newsletter offers teaching tips and ideas for ESL literacy and for using At the River with adults or K-12.


Scaffolded Listening and Speaking

​Confidence in speaking helps students build literacy skills. Try this activity using any high interest picture. This sequence works well for students who only have a few words in English as well as those who have basic conversational skills. Link to an example lesson plan here: Scaffolded Listening and Speaking

Introduction to At the River: Background and rationale

​Lee, S.H. (Winter 2016). At the River. 
Notes on American Letters, 1(2). ​https://notesonamericanletters.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/final_issue-2-on-american-letters.pdf
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