Educating English learners : what every classroom teacher needs to know /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Nutta, Joyce W., Strebel, Carine, Mokhtari, Kouider, Mihai, Florin, Crevecoeur-Bryant, Edwidge
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, MA : Harvard Education Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Linguistic minorities > Education > United States. Second language acquisition. Education, Bilingual > United States. Limited English-proficient students > United States. English language > Study and teaching > United States > Foreign speakers.

Table of Contents:

Part I. Teaching Academic Subjects to English Learners: 1. Narrowing the classroom communication gap for academic subjects; 2. Teaching Gero about American symbols: academic vocabulary in social studies; 3. Teaching Edith about the earth's rotation: inquiry-based science and language development; 4. Teaching Tasir to map data: project-based learning and the use of technolgoy; 5. Teaching Edgar algebra: the challenge of word problems in math
Part II. Teaching Language Arts and Literacy to English Learners: 6. Targeted langauge arts and literacy instruction; 7. Teaching Gero to write about "my favorite pet": language and literacy in the primary grades; 8. Teaching Edith about roots, prefixes, and suffixes: language and literacy in the intermediate grades; 9. Teaching Tasir to write a persuasive argument: language and literacy in middle school; 10. Teaching Edgar to analyze a text-based argument: language and literacy in high school
Conclusion: A call for collaboration
Appendix A. The academic subjects protocol: making curriculum, instruction, and assessment accessible for English learners
Appendix B. The language arts protocol: scaffolding instruction to support English learners' language and literacy skills
Appendix C. Resources: the English learner achievement and ESOL Tapestry web sites.