Collaboration and Co-Teaching

Collaboration and Co-Teaching
Author: Andrea Honigsfeld
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2010-08-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412976502

Help ELLs achieve success with an integrated, collaborative program! Teacher collaboration and co-teaching are proven strategies for helping students with diverse needs achieve academically. Now this practical resource provides a step-by-step guide to making collaboration and co-teaching work for general education teachers and English as a second language (ESL) specialists to better serve the needs of English language learners (ELLs). The authors address the fundamental questions of collaboration and co-teaching, examine how a collaborative program helps ELLs learn content while meeting English language development goals, and offer information on school leaders' roles in facilitating collaboration schoolwide. Featuring six in-depth case studies, this guide helps educators: Understand the benefits and challenges of collaborative service delivery Choose from a range of strategies and configurations, from informal planning and collaboration to a fully developed co-teaching partnership Use templates, planning guides, and other practical tools to put collaboration into practice Evaluate the strategies' success using the guidelines, self-assessments, and questionnaires included Collaboration and Co-Teaching helps ESL, ELL, and general education teachers combine their expertise to provide better support for their ELLs!

Building Vocabulary From Word Roots Student Book Lv 7 (4c)

Building Vocabulary From Word Roots Student Book Lv 7 (4c)
Author: Timothy V. Rasinski
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2007-04-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781425806576

The Teacher's Guide includes lesson plans with detailed notes about words from each root, overhead transparencies for introductory activities, standards-based connections, and differentiation strategies. A resource CD is also included with 50 bonus activities to support a variety of learning styles.