Effective Instruction for English Language Learners
Supporting Text-Based Comprehension and Communication Skills
Julie Jacobson, Kelly Johnson, and Diane Lapp
A Paperback Original
A Paperback Original
orderApril 27, 2011
ISBN 9781609182526
Price: $32.00 190 Pages
Size: 8" x 10½"
This teacher-friendly guide is packed with motivating lessons designed to improve the content learning and literacy skills of English language learners (ELLs) in K-8. Offering research-supported strategies that teachers can implement immediately, the book explains how to use content-area texts to support ELLs' growth in five crucial areas: comprehension, pronunciation, fluency, vocabulary, and grammar.
This hands-on volume is:
This hands-on volume is:
- Unique: Demonstrates how to build ELLs' literacy skills and content knowledge simultaneously.
- Effective: Research-supported strategies align with both TESOL and Common Core Standards.
- Practical: More than two dozen worksheets for classroom use are presented in a large, easy-to-reproduce format.
This title is part of the Teaching Practices That Work Series, edited by Diane Lapp and Douglas Fisher.