Building Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources

Building Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources
Author: Anneke Vanmarcke Forzani
Publisher:
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2019-11-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781951787004

This manual provides K-5 educators and homeschooling parents with tools for culturally responsive teaching including lessons to engage dual language learners and families, diversity activities to support literacy and language awareness, and games and resources to promote cultural awareness and understanding. The book includes numerous multicultural lesson plans that use bilingual books and diversity activities to support literacy development and build culturally inclusive classrooms. The lessons meet Common Core Standards and include detailed procedures, assessments, cross-curricular extension activities, and vocabulary-building flashcards. Each lesson incorporates optional ESL activities, accommodations for language learners, and suggestions for involving dual language families. Also included in the book are games, foods, and crafts from around the world; diverse language profiles; handouts to build community in the classroom; and unique holidays to celebrate diversity.Written by multicultural education expert and founder of Language Lizard, Anneke Forzani; Coordinator of the Master's of Education program in Applied Studies and Teaching at West Chester University, Heather Leaman; and two practicing elementary school teachers.

Building Bridges

Building Bridges
Author:
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781853592904

This book extends the debate on resources in multilingual classrooms in new directions. It focusses on the languages other than English that are most commonly spoken by British school children and it looks at ways in which decisions about language, typography, production and design affect both readability and status.

Who Are We?

Who Are We?
Author: Anneke Forzani
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN: 9781636850047

Who Are We? helps us to understand and appreciated the diversity in our community. This multicultural book, part of the Language Lizard Living in Harmony Series, includes access to free lesson plans and fun activities to support diversity education.

Errol's Garden

Errol's Garden
Author: Gillian Hibbs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2019-04
Genre: JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN: 9781643109640

A heart-warming and inclusive tale about how one small boy's dream of a garden unites a diverse community in a positive and enriching experience for everyone. Kirkus writes, ''..sure to inspire young green thumbs in urban, suburban, and rural dwellings alike.''

What Is Peace?

What Is Peace?
Author: Emma Damon
Publisher: Mantra Records
Total Pages:
Release: 2005-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781844447275

How do you explain the concept of peace to children? This book does it - combining gentle texts with colourful illustrations. Included is a poster which contains useful facts to put on the classroom wall.

Reading Instruction for Diverse Classrooms

Reading Instruction for Diverse Classrooms
Author: Ellen McIntyre
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2011-03-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1609180569

This practical, teacher-friendly book provides indispensable guidance for implementing research-based reading instruction that is responsive to students' diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Structured around the “big five” core topics of an effective reading program—phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension—the book explains tried-and-true teaching strategies for fostering all students' achievement. Key topics include engaging diverse students in classroom discussion, involving families in learning, and assessing and teaching new literacies. Numerous classroom examples demonstrate a wide range of easy-to-implement lesson ideas and activities for students at different grade levels, including struggling learners. Issues specific to English language learners are woven throughout the chapters.

We Can All Be Friends

We Can All Be Friends
Author: Michelle Griffis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2021-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781636850085

We Can All Be Friends shows how much we have in common even though we are all different. This multicultural book, part of the Language Lizard Living in Harmony Series, includes access to free lesson plans and fun activities to support diversity education.