The J/I B.E.L.L. Kits are designed for use by the mainstream classroom teachers to support the Beginning English Language Learners in their classrooms, Grades 4-8. Many of the kits activities can be used with classroom learning buddies, who help to welcome newcomer ELLs. There are four versions of the kit: A, B, C and D. They do not need to be used in any particular sequence. Each kit has common resources such as a teachers' guide, a binder of activities, picture dictionaries and Political and Physical Regions of Canada.

Kit A includes: The Heinle picture dictionary for children; Political and physical regions of Canada; Teachers' J/I B.E.L.L. kit guide activity binder; Many roots/many voices educators' guide; Scholastic Talk About 6-title set; The red book (without words) by Barbara Lehman; The newcomer's guide to elementary schools; Welcome to Toronto: a picture dictionary for newcomers; Let's learn English for school: a picture dictionary for grades 4 to 8; 2 issues of Student writing anthology.