Champion Resources
We are constantly adding new resources to support your Champion instruction, so visit this site often.
- To access Champion 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.
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General
- Champion and the Common Core State Standards NEW!
Learn how Champion 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 - Assessments
- Placement Tests
- Assessment Overview
- Language Progress Card: Monitor and track student progress with this chart
- Champion Teacher Appendixes
These appendixes provide useful documents such as error correction, unit target vocabulary, objectives, functions and forms, literary genres, index, and chapter test blueprints.
- Downloadable Activities
- Research and Theoretical Foundations of Champion 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 - Readability and the Champion Reader
- Correlations/Alignments
Alignments to state and national standards - 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
Professional Development Support
Other
Placement Tests
(see Champion Teacher's Guide pages 12-13 for details)- Use a Champion placement test
- Use a formal language proficiency test like the IPT or state ELP test for English learners (e.g., CELDT in California).
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Once you have determined the proficiency level of students, this chart shows you how to place students into the program.
| Beginning Red Level |
Early Intermediate Red Level |
Intermediate Blue Level |
Early Advanced Yellow Level |
Advanced Yellow Level |
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| Begin with Unit 1 | Begin with Unit 3 | Begin with Unit 5 | Begin with Unit 7 | Begin with Unit 8 |
