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=English Language Learners: Resources for the Content Area Teacher =

This Wiki has been created as an "electronic tool kit" for teachers with English Language Learners in their classroom. English Language Learners (ELL's) face many challenges in the classroom where English is spoken, and my intent with this Wiki is to provide both __information__ for teachers to understand why these challenges exist, as well as provide some ** resources ** they may use to help the students overcome these challenges.

In addition to resources about the content areas, there is a section about standards, both Language and Content. Because standards play such a large part in accountability and education today, I have provided resources on how to use them effectively to create lessons for ELL's.

Throughout the Wiki, teachers will find resources for the following content area subjects:  This Wiki also includes ideas for **Authentic Assessments. ** ELL's benefit from assessment that is based in on real-world situations or tasks. So, this section provides resources and ideas that teachers may incorporate into their classrooms.
 * Language Arts
 * Math
 * Science
 * Social Studies

About the Wiki Creator:
My name is Tracy Murphy, and I created this Wiki as a Curriculum & Instruction independent study project at Illinois State University. I am a double major in Spanish and Bilingual-Bicultural Elementary Education, with a minor in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). I have completed 4 years at ISU and will be starting a one year experience in Little Village, Chicago, IL where I will be completing my last year of coursework and student teaching.

I hope this Wiki is used as a resource for those who may be unfamiliar with best practices for English Language Learners as well as those who are well trained in the field. Join the Wiki and leave messages, or please email me with comments, suggestions, or additional resources at tlmurphy7@yahoo.com.

A big thank you to Dr. Pauline Clardy for helping me develop this idea, as well as for being my advisor for this project. Thanks to my bilingual education family who helped contribute to this resource toolkit with articles, websites, lesson plans, and support. Special thanks to Andrea for your hard work putting together the information on differentiation, and Kayleigh for your multicultural children's literature link!