Supporting English Language Learners

Supporting English Language Learners
Author: Farin A. Houk
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Smart, passionate, practical, and filled with experience-honed thinking, Supporting English Language Learners is an ideal resource for all education professionals who are looking for the best ways to help nonnative learners.

Powerful Practices for Supporting English Learners

Powerful Practices for Supporting English Learners
Author: Fern Westernoff
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2021-03-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1544380127

Highlight the assets of English Learners in your classroom Students do better in school when their voices are heard. For English Learners, that means not only supporting their growing language proficiency, but also empowering them to share their linguistic and cultural identities. This practical guide, grounded in compelling research and organized around essential questions and answers, is designed to help all educators build on their current competencies to authentically harmonize home languages and cultures in the classroom. Inside you’ll find • The emotional, social, linguistic, cognitive, and academic rationale for incorporating cultural and linguistic assets • Creatively illustrated powerful practices with concrete examples of successful implementation • Myth-busting reflections to spark critical thinking about diversity, inclusive education, and family engagement • Curriculum connections tied to American and Canadian standards By recognizing and validating every student’s linguistic and cultural assets, you create a supportive environment for academic success.

The Essentials

The Essentials
Author: Iliana Alanis
Publisher: Essentials
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781938113819

This book answers the question what do early childhood educators need to understand to better address the linguistic, cognitive, and socioemotional needs of all DLLs in their classrooms?

Teaching Dual Language Learners

Teaching Dual Language Learners
Author: Lisa M. López
Publisher: Paul H Brookes Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2020-08
Genre: Bilingualism in children
ISBN: 9781681253862

"Teaching Dual Language Learners is a practical guide to help early childhood educators understand the needs of and provide instruction for young dual language learners in their classroom"--

The ELL Teacher's Toolbox

The ELL Teacher's Toolbox
Author: Larry Ferlazzo
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 613
Release: 2018-04-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1119364957

Practical strategies to support your English language learners The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox is a practical, valuable resource to be used by teachers of English Language Learners, in teacher education credential programs, and by staff development professionals and coaches. It provides hundreds of innovative and research-based instructional strategies you can use to support all levels of English Language Learners. Written by proven authors in the field, the book is divided into two main sections: Reading/Writing and Speaking/Listening. Each of those sections includes “Top Ten” favorites and between 40 and 70 strategies that can be used as part of multiple lessons and across content areas. Contains 60% new strategies Features ready-to-use lesson plans Includes reproducible handouts Offers technology integration ideas The percentage of public school students in the U.S. who are English language learners grows each year—and with this book, you’ll get a ton of fresh, innovative strategies to add to your teaching arsenal.

Spotlight on Young Children

Spotlight on Young Children
Author: Meghan Dombrink-Green
Publisher: Spotlight on Young Children
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2015
Genre: Bilingualism in children
ISBN: 9781938113130

Offers practical ways to support young dual language learners and their families. Addresses communicating, using technology, pairing children, and more.

Basics of Supporting Dual Language Learners

Basics of Supporting Dual Language Learners
Author: Karen N. Nemeth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2012
Genre: Bilingualism in children
ISBN: 9781928896845

Outlines the core ideas of DAP as practiced in kindergarten so teachers can deepen their everyday practice.

Vocabulary Instruction

Vocabulary Instruction
Author: Edward J. Kame'enui
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2012-05-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1462504000

This highly regarded work brings together prominent authorities on vocabulary teaching and learning to provide a comprehensive yet concise guide to effective instruction. The book showcases practical ways to teach specific vocabulary words and word-learning strategies and create engaging, word-rich classrooms. Instructional activities and games for diverse learners are brought to life with detailed examples. Drawing on the most rigorous research available, the editors and contributors distill what PreK-8 teachers need to know and do to support all students' ongoing vocabulary growth and enjoyment of reading. New to This Edition*Reflects the latest research and instructional practices.*New section (five chapters) on pressing current issues in the field: assessment, authentic reading experiences, English language learners, uses of multimedia tools, and the vocabularies of narrative and informational texts.*Contributor panel expanded with additional leading researchers.

Reading and Writing with English Learners

Reading and Writing with English Learners
Author: Valentina Gonzalez
Publisher: SEIDLITZ EDUCATION, LLC
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1732194874

Reading & Writing with English Learners offers kindergarten through fifth grade reading and writing educators a user-friendly guide and framework for supporting English learners in balanced literacy classrooms. Authors Valentina Gonzalez and Melinda Miller lead readers in exploring the components of Reading & Writing with English Learners with a special eye for increasing the effectiveness of instructional methods and quality of instruction to serve English learners. This book shares practical and effective techniques for accommodating reading and writing instruction to design learning that simultaneously increases literacy and language development. Reading & Writing with English Learners was written for: • K-5 Classroom Teachers • ESL Teachers • Reading and Writing Instructional Coaches • District Leaders Reading & Writing with English Learners includes: • the components of Reading & Writing Workshop • accommodations that support English Learners • high yield practices for Reading & Writing Workshop during remote teaching • the role of phonics • a culturally inclusive booklist • activities that support Reading & Writing Workshop And more!