Teaching English language learners : 43 strategies for successful K-8 classrooms / Michaela Wyman Colombo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colombo, Michaela.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 260 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Sage Publications, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text can be used as a core or supplemental text in any of the various courses that prepares mainstream teachers to provide content instruction to English language learners. It is pertinent because of recent legislation which is forcing more English language learners into the mainstream classrooms.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Unit I: Managing the Learning Environment

Strategy 1 - Managing Classroom Space in an Inclusive Classroom

Strategy 2 - Setting Culturally Responsive Rules and Routines for an Inclusive Classroom

Strategy 3 - Establishing Routines in an Inclusive Classroom

Strategy 4 - Welcoming the ELL and Preparing and Assigning a Buddy

Strategy 5 - Managing Differentiated Assessments

Strategy 6 - Managing Differentiated Instructional Materials

Strategy 7 - Managing Multiple Groups

Unit II: Working With Other Professionals

Strategy 8 - Connecting With the ESL Specialist

Strategy 9 - Communicating Effectively With the Paraeducator

Strategy 10 - Making the Specialist and Paraeducator Part of the Classroom

Unit III: Strategies for Assessment

Strategy 11 - Using Initial Assessment Data to Determine the Strengths and Needs of ELLs

Strategy 12 - Planning Different Forms of Assessment

Strategy 13 - Designing Content-Area and Language-Based Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Strategy 14 - Planning Differentiated Assessment According to Language Proficiency

Strategy 15 - Planning and Using Formative Assessment

Strategy 16 - Summative Assessments Including Portfolios

Unit IV: Making Content Comprehensible

Strategy 17 - Providing Context for Instruction

Strategy 18 - Connecting to and Expanding on ELLs' Background Knowledge

Strategy 19 - Adjusting Speech and Using Realia, Video, and Visuals to Build Comprehensibility

Strategy 20 - Finding and Creating Comprehensible Materials

Unit V: Strategies for Developing Vocabulary

Strategy 21 - Developing Survival Language for Starting and Emerging Proficiency Levels

Strategy 22 - Selecting Academic Vocabulary for Instruction

Strategy 23 - Providing Robust Vocabulary Instruction for Tier 2 Words.

Strategy 24 - Word Analysis: Building Vocabulary With Word Parts (Tiers 1, 2, 3)

Strategy 25 - Semantic Mapping (Works Well for Tier 3 Words)

Strategy 26 - Using Quick Prereading and Review Strategies

Strategy 27 - Interactive Word Walls

Unit VI: Strategies for Developing Academic Language

Strategy 28 - Choral Reading

Strategy 29 - Building Oral Language With Read-Alouds and Picture Books

Strategy 30 - Developing Community for Classroom Conversations

Strategy 31 - Fostering Academic Discussions With Accountable Talk

Unit VII: Strategies for Enhancing Reading and Writing

Strategy 32 - The Language Experience Approach

Strategy 33 - Assessing and Supporting the Conventions of English Print

Strategy 34 - Summarizing Text: The GIST

Strategy 35 - Building Comprehension for ELLs With Reciprocal Teaching

Strategy 36 - Using Text Structure

Strategy 37 - Readers Theatre

Strategy 38 - Interactive Writing

Strategy 39 - Revising and Editing: Teaching Writing Conventions

Unit VIII: Strategies for Involving Families and Communities

Strategy 40 - Extending the Invitation

Strategy 41 - Communicating With the ELL Parent

Strategy 42 - Visiting Homes and Communities

Strategy 43 - Building Funds of Knowledge Into Classroom Instruction

References

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-255) and index.

ISBN:

9781506320137

1506320139

9781452243924

1452243921

9781452267739

1452267731

OCLC:

830324494