Goldberg, Shirley. "The First Six Weeks: A Writing Guide for Third Grade Bilingual Class." /curriculum/units/2002/4/02.04.02.x.html This Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute unit addresses the challenges of teaching writing to bilingual students in the first six weeks of a school year.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/101226/chapters/Getting_the_Picture.aspx An official web site of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/about/index.html The official website of Library of Congress offers free and open access to the American Memory Collection of materials that chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that document American history; these materials are written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music.
http://www.mondopub.com/pages/articles/GA_letsTalkFlyer.pdf This page contains information about Oral Language Reading and Writing Program Let's Talk About It! developed by Mondo Publishing.
http://www.mondopub.com/c/r.dFX_1ElSmTs/Pages/orallangcharts.html This Mondo Publishing website provides a detailed description of materials of the Oral Language Reading and Writing Program Let's Talk About It!
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/word_docs/curriculum/language_arts/framework/englishlanguagelearnerframeworks2005%20.doc The Connecticut State Department of Education English Language Learner (ELL) Framework contains content standards for the three goals and indicators for the three levels of English language proficiency: beginning, intermediate, and advanced.
http://www.starpulse.com/Movies/March_of_the_Penguins/Summary/ A popular website featuring entertainment news, movies, music, television, celebrities, photos, videos, etc.
http://www.vtshome.org/pages/a-vts-discussion This site presents Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS); it has videos of professional development on VTS for teachers.
Massa, Katherine. "Storytelling as a Strategy to Increase Oral Language Proficiency of Second Language Learners." /curriculum/units/2008/2/08.02.01.x.html Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute unit which incorporates storytelling as a major technique to develop oral language of English-language learners in the second grade.
Mazzucco, Roberta. "A Moment in Time: Teaching Point of View Using Photography." /curriculum/units/2006/1/06.01.06.x.html This Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute unit uses a rich arsenal of photographs to teach point of view in the third grade.