Carousel Resources
We are constantly adding new resources to support your Carousel instruction, so visit this site often.
- To access Carousel of IDEAS Digital Resources, click here.
You will need a username and password to access this site. Contact your educational sales consultant for more information.
- Using Frames for Fluency with Carousel of IDEAS
If you are using Carousel of IDEAS with Frames for Fluency, these useful charts will help you identify Carousel lessons with corresponding frame practice.- Set 1
- Set 2
General - Carousel and the Common Core State Standards NEW!
Learn how Carousel prepares English learners to meet the new Common Core State Standards. - Task Based Activities
Hands-on activities to help teachers familiarize themselves with the program - Lesson Planning Template
Teacher planning tool to assist teachers plan out lessons over a two to three week period; ideas for vocabulary enhancement - Assessments
- Downloadable Activities
- Staple Strategies
- Suggestions for additional Intermediate-Advanced reading and writing student activities to reinforce language forms and functions
- Patterns and Templates
- Activities to help students strengthen phonics skills
- Activities to help students strengthen language skills and build dictionary skills
- Strategies to Increase Rigor
Ideas and strategies for vocabulary development and executing lessons to their full potential - Research and Theoretical Foundations of Carousel of IDEAS
Read about the theoretical underpinnings of the program - White Paper—Strategic Oral Language Instruction: Teaching Oracy to Develop Literacy
Current research on oral language development; includes strategies you can use in your classroom today - Correlations/Alignments
Alignments to state and national standards - Letters to Parents
- List of Forms and Functions
Scope and sequence of the forms and functions covered in each lesson - IDEAS for English Language Educators
Newsletters on research and practice in English Language Development. - Online Inservice
Free online inservice for teachers who have missed the in-person training or need a refresher course - Professional Development: ELD 101
A valuable professional development video about English language development and the research supporting explicit and systematic ELD- Part 1: What is ELD?
- Part 2: The Teacher and the English Learner
- Part 3: Social and Academic Language
- Part 4: Forms and Functions of Language
- Part 5: The English Learner in the Classroom
- Part 6: Explicit Language Instruction
- Part 7: Importance of Oral Language Development
- Part 8: Assessment
- Part 9: Carousel of IDEAS: A Balanced Approach
- Online Accredited Professional Development
Join educators from across the country in online classrooms covering topics related to ELD and English learners - Success Stories
- La Habra Boys and Girls Clubs (CA)
- Kodiak Island Borough School District (AK)
- Oak Grove Elementary School District (CA)
Professional Development Support
Other
Placement Tests
(see Carousel Teacher's Guide page 28 for details)- Use a formal language proficiency test (e.g., state ELP test, IPT Oral Test)
- Use Carousel Tester placement test
- Use a Carousel listening and speaking performance-based evaluation in conjunction with a chapter pre-test
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Once you know the proficiency level of the student, begin instruction with the unit shown in this chart:
| Beginning Set 1 |
Early Intermediate Set 1 |
Intermediate Set 2 |
Early Advanced Set 2 |
Advanced Set 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Begin with Unit 1 | Begin with Unit 3 | Begin with Unit 5 | Begin with Unit 7 | Begin with Unit 8 |
