Parent Amplify Resources 

Multilingual Resources

Language Support Resources 

• Sentence Starters Bank: Sentence starters, transitional, and other useful words

• Academic Phrase Bank: A general resource for academic writers     

• Question Stem Bank: Higher order thinking question stems. 

• Rewordify changes readings that are hard to understand to a simplified version, to help increase reading volume, increase comprehension, and increase vocabulary  

• Google Translate: A free service instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages

• Snap&Read  simplifies vocabulary, translates text, reads inaccessible text (OCR), and captures and cites sources. Read Aloud - Listen to text as it's read aloud across websites,  PDFs, and Google Drive. It is already on your school laptop/Chromebook. 

• Co:Writer helps give you the words and phrases you're intending as you type—even if your grammar and spelling are way off. 

• Mobile Learning Resources for educational web tools for students with special needs.

Learn a Language TODAY! Lead with Languages 

• Duolingo

• Mango Tango

• Learn English with English Class 101  

• Hello-Hello  

• We Speak NYC

• Fabulingua

• Lyrics Training

• OPTILingo

•  FluentU  

• Panda Tree - Select Panda Tree materials are available to teachers and parents at no cost. Multiple languages are available, including Mandarin.

• Migrant Literacy Net - Resources are provided in Spanish from grades 1-8. There are math, reading, writing, WIDA, and study skill lessons provided. Teachers can create a free account.

Professional Text

• Dual Language Instruction from A to Z

• Dual Language Education

• Sheltered Instruction texts (Echevarria & Graves, Vogt & Short)

• ELLs in Texas What Administrators Should Know

• Understanding Your Refugee and Immigrant Students

• Data Teams: The Big Picture

• Instructional Coaching (Knight)

• Talk Read Talk Write

• Making Words Real

• The Collaborative Teacher

• Choice Words

• Grit

• Dual Language Essentials

• The Not This, But That Series

• I AM Reading

• TOTAL Participation Techniques

•   ESL Teaching

• Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners

• Balancing Reading and Language Learning

• Navigating the ELPS Series

• Thomas and Collier Dual Language  

Hispanic Heritage Resources

• PBS

  • Hispanic and Latino  

  • PBS Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

  • Latino Americans (English)

  • Latino Americanos (en español) 

Smithsonian

• Hispanic Heritage Month

• National Museum of the American Latino

• Family and Public Programs

• Afro-Latino Experience 

• Latino Civil Rights Timeline

• focus at African American History and Culture Museum 

Classroom Connections

• Ideas for Teachers

• Hispanic Heritage Month

• We Teach

• Hispanic Heritage and History in the United States

• Lessons for Hispanic Heritage Month