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Interdisciplinary Instruction

Aaron Shepard’s Reader’s Theater Page
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html
Many suitable scripts for ELD children and teenagers.

English Exercises: Learning English Online
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/index.htm
Offers a handful of introductory social studies exercises for English Language Learners.

Internet Picture Dictionary
http://www.pdictionary.com/cgi-bin/browse.cgi?lang=&letter=t
Free, online, multilingual picture dictionary.

Kennedy Center: ArtsEdge
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
Provides a variety of lesson plans.  Use the search function to find ESL-friendly lessons, by subject and grade level.

Kiddyhouse.com – SDAIE Resources 
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Teachers/sdaie.html 
Contains SDAIE handbook, sample 3-4 SDAIE lesson and thematic plans.

The Learning Page Lesson Plans
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/index.html 
Thematic lessons plans on the Library of Congress website.

Marks ESL World
http://marksesl.com/?source=bwft
Commercial and personal source, but also houses an extensive array of topics on ESL including teaching strategies and techniques, as well as job opportunities.

SDAIE Strategies
http://www.suhsd.k12.ca.us/suh/---suhionline/SDAIE/glossary.html
Select from 60 alphabetically listed learning strategies from Anticipatory Chart to Vocabulary cards that will help English Learners to succeed in content.

The SIOP Model of Sheltered Instruction
http://www.cal.org/siop/
CLICK on “Sample SIOP Lesson Plans” to obtain sample plans.  Site also provides information about the SIOP model.

Thematic ESL units by students at Washington State University
http://www.educ.wsu.edu/esl/Thematic_Units.html
Sample ESL lesson and unit plans developed by students at WSU.

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