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Biliteracy from the start : literacy squared in action.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Escamilla, Kathy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bilingualism.
- Literacy.
- Language acquisition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Caslon Publishing, 2014.
- Summary:
- Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared in Action shows bilingual education teachers, administrators, and leadership teams how to plan, implement, monitor, and strengthen biliteracy instruction that builds on students' linguistic resources in two languages, beginning in kindergarten.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- Preface
- Foreword
- Contents
- 1 What Is Literacy Squared?
- Key Terms
- Guiding Questions
- An Innovative Approach
- What Makes Literacy Squared Unique?
- Biliteracy Framework for Emerging Bilinguals
- Simultaneous Emerging Bilingual Children: The New Normal
- Paired Literacy: Two Languages from the Start
- Qualities of Instruction for Holistic Biliteracy Development
- Authentic Spanish Literacy Instruction
- Literacy-based ELD Instruction
- Equal Attention to Oracy, Reading, Writing, and Metalanguage
- Cross-Language Connections
- Time Allocations and Teaching Approaches by Grade Level
- Emphasis on Explicit Instruction and Collaborative Approaches
- Assessment Strategies to Build Trajectories toward Biliteracy
- Professional Development
- Research Support for Literacy Squared and the Framework for Holistic Biliteracy Instruction
- Questions
- Findings to Date
- A Word about Fidelity of Implementation
- Summary and Preview
- Questions for Reflection and Action
- PART I: INSTRUCTION: Teaching within a Holistic Biliteracy Framework
- 2 Oracy
- Why Is Oracy Important? What the Research Says
- Oracy Objectives in Literacy Squared
- Language Structures
- Vocabulary
- Dialogue
- Sample Oracy Objectives
- Recommended Resources
- Teaching Methods to Develop Oracy
- Lotta Lara
- Readers Theater
- Conclusion
- 3 Reading
- Authentic Spanish Literacy Instruction: What the Research Says
- Literacy-based ELD: What the Research Says
- Instructional Emphasis on Whole-Group Explicit and Interactive Teaching
- Maximizing Whole Group Instruction
- Minimizing Independent Practice.
- Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading
- Interactive Read Aloud
- Shared Reading
- Collaborative Reading
- Teacher-led Small Groups
- Independent Reading
- 4 Writing
- Writing and Literacy Instruction for Emerging Bilinguals: What the Research Says
- Connection to Oracy
- Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing
- Modeled Writing
- Shared Writing
- Collaborative Writing
- Independent Writing
- TheDictado
- Procedure for theDictado
- Effectiveness of theDictado
- 5 Metalanguage
- Importance of Metalanguage: What the Research Says
- Teaching Strategies to Develop Cross-Language Connections
- Bilingual Books
- Cognate Instruction
- Strategic Use of Language
- Así se dice (That's How You Say It)
- Code-Switching
- What to Ignore
- What to Fix
- Instructional Implications
- PART II: ASSESSMENT: Monitoring Trajectories for Biliteracy in Reading and Writing
- 6 Reading Assessment
- Biliterate Reading Trajectory
- Rationale and Development: The Literacy Squared Study
- Biliterate Reading Zones: Teaching to the Potential
- Biliterate Benchmarks
- Holistic Bilingual Reading Assessment in Action
- Using Assessment Outcomes to Plan Reading Instruction for Individual Students
- Using Biliterate Reading Zones to Plan Instruction for a Class
- Using Information from the Biliterate Reading Zones and Benchmarks
- 7 Writing Assessment
- Key Terms.
- Guiding Questions
- Shifting the Lens: Parallel Monolingual to Holistic Bilingual
- Biliterate Writing Trajectory
- Literacy Squared Writing Rubric
- Development of the Rubric
- What the New Rubric Captures
- Using the Rubric to Score Student Writing
- Quantitative Scoring
- Qualitative Scoring
- Scoring Bilingual Strategies
- Scoring Developmental Language-Specific Approximations
- Holistic Bilingual Writing Assessment in Action
- Analyses of Spanish and English Writing Samples, Grades K-5
- Kindergarten Rubric Analysis
- Grade 1 Rubric Analysis
- Grade 2 Rubric Analysis
- Grade 3 Rubric Analysis
- Grade 4 Rubric Analysis
- Grade 5 Rubric Analysis
- PART III: LESSON PLANNING: Creating Holistic Biliteracy Lessons and Units
- 8 Putting It All Together: Creating Comprehensive Biliteracy Lessons
- Literacy Squared Lesson Plan Template
- Standards and Literacy Objectives
- Connecting Literacy Environments and Using Cross-Language Strategies
- TheDictado and theDictado Teaching Points
- Oracy Objectives
- Assessment
- Detailing Biliteracy Instruction
- Creating Biliteracy Units
- Getting Started
- Collaborating for Success
- 9 A Kindergarten Biliteracy Unit
- Planning the Unit
- Connecting the Language Environments
- Time
- The Lesson
- Literacy Objectives
- Spanish Dictado
- Session Plans for the Unit: Detailing Biliteracy Instruction
- 10 Grade 5 Expository Text Unit
- Cross-Language Strategies
- Spanish and English Dictados
- Oracy Objectives.
- Assessment
- Glossary
- Literacy Squared Observation Protocol
- References
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781681256481
- 1681256487
- 9781681256474
- 1681256479
- OCLC:
- 1333082177
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