This book by Kim Adelson for the Black Hills Audubon Society helps young children learn about different animals and their characteristics, and whether or not they are birds. Through colorful illustrations and engaging text, the book presents various animals and their habitats, and poses the question of whether or not they are birds. This book is a great resource for educators to introduce children to the world of birds and their unique features.

Courses, music, games, comics, webinars, and more curated by the US State Department for English language instruction.

This toolkit is designed to help Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) create and maintain effective strategies with multilingual families. We explore and model best practices for the use of technology in teaching, as well as for assessing and communicating with diverse adults. The following guide is applicable for face-to-face, blended, and online instruction, and can also serve as a toolkit.

Este conjunto de herramientas está diseñado para ayudar a las Agencias Educativas
Locales (LEA, por sus siglas en inglés) a crear y mantener estrategias efectivas con las
familias multilingües. Exploramos y modelamos las mejores prácticas para el uso de la
tecnología en la enseñanza, así como para evaluar y comunicarnos con adultos diversos.
La siguiente guía es aplicable para la instrucción presencial, combinada y en línea, y
también puede servir como un conjunto de herramientas para tal efecto.

In the context of current discourse about literacy, the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) has developed a theoretical framework to support educators in the pedagogical clarity and critical awareness necessary to reframe bilingualism as an asset and to cultivate literacy and biliteracy. With so much research and discourse which does not include current research and best practice for multilingual learners and programs, CABE’s framework seeks to include biliteracy in conversations around literacy. Our visual metaphor of a tree is a reminder of the organic nature of literacy, the unique features of the bilingual brain and the assets our multilingual learners bring, the themes of effective literacy from the CA ELA/ELD Framework, and how the teaching and learning environment and high leverage instructional strategies can effectively cultivate biliteracy.

This resource is not under an open license but is available for free download and educational use.

OSPI and DCYF collaborated to compile resources useful to the Preschool Development Grant Transitions initiatives including:100 Schools Reach Initiative: local community early learning- elementary school partnerships pursuing Wildly Important Goals in strengthened transitions for children birth through kindergarten.Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Partners in Transition: Scaffolding for districts to implement all five pillars of TK in collaboration with community-based early learning programs to support an array of options for four-year-olds to best meet individual needs.PreK to 3rd Grade Outdoor Learning and Since Time Immemorial: Early learning collaboration to support high-quality outdoor environmental and tribal cultural learning.

The funds of knowledge concept was originally applied by Vélez-Ibáñez and Greenberg (1992) to describe the historical accumulation of abilities, bodies of knowledge, assets, and cultural ways of interacting that were evident in U.S.-Mexican households in Tucson, Arizona.

What’s your system for ensuring language acquisition? Join OSPI’s Director of Migrant & Bilingual Education, Veronica Gallardo as she examines essential systems elements needed to support Language Learners. We’ll be joined by ESD 105 to talk about what districts can do to support the schools they are working with. You’ll get statewide data and resources to help you get started!

Join Veronica Gallardo, Director Migrant and Bilingual Education, OSPI and ESD 105 as they provide guidance on understanding systems level approach for designing Language Learner services.

The Global Digital Library (GDL) has been developed to increase the availability of high-quality reading resources in underserved languages worldwide where there is currently a lack of quality early grade reading resources. The site primarily hosts reading instruction books and storybooks for leisure reading, but the GDL will also link to more interactive resources, such as literacy games.

The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction hosts Graduation: A Team Effort (GATE) Equity webinars that help growth minded educators and education advocates to learn from Washington districts who are closing opportunity gaps. Watch archived sessions on OSPI's YouTube playlist.

A collection of eight art lessons (puppets, visual arts, music) that integrate social emotional learning for grades K-2. Written lessons provide step-by-step instructions to be done at home. Lessons were created by Arts Corps teaching artists. Lessons are available in English and in Spanish.

This site allows teachers to find supplemental listening materials for academic themes. Here you will find links to podcast episodes and corresponding worksheets. Approximate CEFR Levels have been included for each podcast episode and its corresponding tasks. Teachers are welcome to download worksheets and use them as is or adapt them for specific class needs or objectives.

Este libro de Kim Adelson para la Black Hills Audubon Society ayuda a los niños pequeños a aprender sobre diferentes animales y sus características, y si son pájaros o no. A través de coloridas ilustraciones y textos atractivos, el libro presenta varios animales y sus hábitats, y plantea la cuestión de si son aves o no. Este libro es un gran recurso para que los educadores presenten a los niños el mundo de las aves y sus características únicas.