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Literacy essentials for English language learners : successful transitions / Maria Uribe, Sally Nathenson-Mejía ; foreword by Kathy Escamilla.
Van Pelt Library PE1128.A2 U75 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Uribe, Maria, 1957-
- Series:
- Practitioner's bookshelf
- The practitioner's bookshelf
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Foreign speakers.
- English language.
- Education, Bilingual--United States.
- Education, Bilingual.
- United States.
- Multicultural education--United States.
- Multicultural education.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 141 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- 1 Background Knowledge: Its Role in English Language Learning 7
- Experimenting with Background Knowledge: A Self-Test 9
- Background Knowledge of School Environments 12
- Background Knowledge in Reading 15
- Reading Lesson Examples for K-2 ELL Students 16
- Language Lesson Examples for Grades 3-5 ELL Students 22
- Assessing the Educational History of ELL Students 24
- 2 Instructional Environment: Creating Support for Learning Language 27
- Curriculum Planning for Reading and Writing 28
- Grouping Students for Instruction by Language Proficiency 30
- Scheduling the Literacy Block in K-5 Classrooms 31
- 3 Interactive Read Alouds: Hearing Language 38
- Purpose for Read Alouds 39
- Read Alouds for K-2 ELL Students 41
- Read Alouds for Grades 3-5 ELL Students 43
- Considerations for Students with Native Language Instruction 48
- Language Cognates: True and False 49
- Choosing Texts for Read Alouds 50
- Assessing Interactive Read Alouds 52
- 4 Shared Reading: Learning Through Language 55
- Purpose for Shared Reading 56
- Shared Reading for K-2 ELL Students 58
- Shared Reading for Grades 3-5 ELL Students 61
- Shared Reading for Students with Native Language Instruction 64
- Sample Shared Reading Lesson 65
- Choosing Texts for Shared Reading 67
- Assessing Shared Reading 68
- 5 Guided Reading: Learning About Language 71
- Grouping Considerations 71
- Specific Goals for Instruction: The Five Reading Components Plus 72
- Guided Reading for ELL Students Without Native Language Instruction 80
- Guided Reading for ELL Students with Native Language Instruction 84
- Choosing Texts for Guided Reading 86
- Assessing Guided Reading 87
- 6 Writing Instruction: Developing Literacy 91
- Understanding How Language Works 92
- Why Teach Nonfiction Writing to ELL Students? 96
- Writing Instruction in English: Connecting the Reading and Writing Processes 97
- Native Language Writing Instruction 99
- Assessing Writing to Inform Instruction 105
- Appendix Guided Reading Instruction 121.
- Notes:
- "Kindergarten through 5th grade"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-134) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807749043
- 0807749044
- OCLC:
- 227570358
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