Breaking through : effective instruction & assessment for reaching English learners / Margarita Calderon, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Calderón, Margarita, editor.

Series:

Leading edge (Bloomington, Ind.)

Leading Edge

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic minorities--Education--United States.

Linguistic minorities.

Education, Bilingual--United States.

Education, Bilingual.

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--United States--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Ind. : Solution Tree Press, c2012.

Bloomington, Indiana : Solution Tree Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides educators with a whole-school approach to helping English learners achieve academically while they learn English.

Contents:

""Acknowledgments ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""About the Editor ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Chapter One About the Author ""; ""Chapter 1: Why We Need a New Way of Schooling Language-Minority Children ""; ""Chapter 2 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 2: Effective Whole-School Teaching for English Learners ""; ""Chapter 3 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 3: Research on English Learner Instruction ""; ""Chapter 4 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 4: Whole-School Approaches to Academic Language Proficiency Among English Learners ""; ""Chapter 5 About the Authors ""

""Chapter 5: Educating English Learners: An Integrated Perspective """"Chapter 6 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 6: Effective Teaching for ELs and All Students: Vocabulary, Reading, and Writing Within All Subjects ""; ""Chapter 7 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 7: Teaching Science With English Language and Literacy ""; ""Chapter 8 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 8: Linking Literacy to Content in Preschool Math, Science, and Social Science ""; ""Chapter 9 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 9: Common Instructional Assessment for English Learners: A Whole-School Effort ""

""Chapter 10 About the Author """"Chapter 10: Response to Intervention for English Learners ""; ""Chapter 11 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 11: Leadership Matters for Learning English and Learning in English ""; ""Chapter 12 About the Authors ""; ""Chapter 12: Building Communities of Practice in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse School Districts ""; ""Chapter 13 About the Authors ""; ""Chapter 13: Implementing the Change ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781936765379

1936765373

OCLC:

859156467