Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Students
Strategies for Teaching and Assessment
Elizabeth A. Grassi
- Regis University
Heidi B. Barker
- Regis University
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Connects theory to practice while presenting foundational teaching and assessment practices for CLDE students
Practical in nature and designed with an eye toward universal design for learning, this text brings together foundational information from special education and ELL/bilingual fields to help teachers address the specific needs of culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional (CLDE) students.
Key Features
- Case studies from teachers, students, and parents describe the personal challenges of CLDE students
- Authentic student language examples illustrate the concepts described and make practical connections to the research discussed
- Activities for further understanding allow students to review key points and connects theory to classroom practice
Ancillaries available at www.sagepub.com/grassi
- Password-protected instructor resources include PowerPoint lecture slides, sample syllabi, and Web resources.
- An open-access student study site provides online video clips of teachers in action, which exemplify different strategies and are accompanied by critical thinking questions from the authors. Students can also access additional case studies and relevant SAGE journal articles from the study site.
Contents
Forward
Forward
Preface
Preface
1. Introduction
- Establishing the Rationale: Demographics of Students in Our Classrooms
- Setting the Context: Laws That Impact Program Options for CLDE Students
- New Directions in Teacher Training
- Summary
- Activities for Further Understanding
SECTION I: Understanding Student Backgrounds
- 2. Collaborating With Families
- Creating Relationships With CLD Families
- Considerations of Culture When Working With CLD Families
- Empowering Families
- Summary
- Activities for Further Understanding
- 3. Understanding Language Acquisition
- Interlanguage: The Journey From First Language to Second Language Proficiency
- Second Language Acquisition Theories
- Factors Affecting Second Language Acquisition
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 4. Understanding Fluency
- Proficiency: What Does It Mean to Be "Fluent" in a Language?
- Cummins's BICS and CALPS Model
- Canale and Swain's Four-Part Model of Communicative Competence
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
Section II: Strategies for Assessment and Planning for Instruction
- 5. Strategies for the Assessment Process
- The Instruction/Assessment Cycle in Special Education
- Thes Eligibility Process and CLDE Students
- Tailoring Assessment Procedures for CLDE Students
- Summary
- Activities for Further Understanding
- 6. Collaboration Skills
- Diversifying the Concept of Collaboration
- Foundations of Collaboration
- Creating a Collaborative School Culture
- Co-Teaching as Collaboration
- Working With Paraprofessionals
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 7. Planning Instruction
- Planning for Instruction
- A Philosophy of Differentiation
- Universal Design for Learning
- Application of Differentiation and UDL: Backward Design Planning
- Planning Pyramid for Instruction and RTI
- Planning and Classroom Management
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 8. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
- Introduction and Definitions
- Develop and Maintain Strong Teacher-Student Relationships
- Emphasize Consistent Dialogical Interaction
- Incorporate and Validate Space for Student Voice and Identity
- Make Content Relevant to All Students in the Classroom
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
Section III: Strategies for Content and Language Acquisition
- 9. Teaching Strategies: An Integrated Content-Language Approach
- Strategy 9.1: Making the Content Comprehensible With the 3-Way Model
- Strategy 9.2: Front-Loading and Emphasizing the Academic Language and Key Concepts of the Lesson
- Strategy 9.3: Accessing and Explicitly Teaching the Cultural and Content Schemata Needed for the Lesson
- Strategy 9.4: Allowing Students Time to Clarify in the First Language
- Strategy 9.5: Helping Students Organize and Access Academic Information: Explicit Strategy Instruction
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 10. Strategies for Promoting the Participation
- Strategy 10.1: Creating a Comfortable Classroom Environment
- Strategy 10.2: Increasing Interaction in the Classroom: Heterogeneous Groupings
- Strategy 10.3: Encourage Extended Participation From CLDE Students
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 11. Strategies for Explicit Grammar Instruction
- Language Errors
- Form-Focused Instruction
- Different Strategies for Teaching Grammar
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
Section IV: Strategies for Literacy Instruction
- 12. Strategies for Teaching Reading
- Reading Components and CLDE Students
- Language and Literacy
- Activities to Increase Background Knowledge
- Reading Strategy Instruction
- Strategies to Help Students Analyze, Organize, and Interact With the Content
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 13. Strategies for Teaching the Writing Process
- Written Expression Challenges for Students With Special Needs
- Written Expression Challenges for CLDE Students
- Explicit Instruction of the Writing Process
- Example of Explicit Instruction of the Writing Process
- Summary
- Activities for Further Understanding
- 14. Challenges When Teaching Writing
- Specific Writing Challenges for CLDE Students
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 15. Strategies for Written Error Correction
- Considerations When Correcting CLDE Student's Writing
- Error Correction
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
Additional materials
Description
Connects theory to practice while presenting foundational teaching and assessment practices for CLDE students
Practical in nature and designed with an eye toward universal design for learning, this text brings together foundational information from special education and ELL/bilingual fields to help teachers address the specific needs of culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional (CLDE) students.
Key Features
- Case studies from teachers, students, and parents describe the personal challenges of CLDE students
- Authentic student language examples illustrate the concepts described and make practical connections to the research discussed
- Activities for further understanding allow students to review key points and connects theory to classroom practice
Ancillaries available at www.sagepub.com/grassi
- Password-protected instructor resources include PowerPoint lecture slides, sample syllabi, and Web resources.
- An open-access student study site provides online video clips of teachers in action, which exemplify different strategies and are accompanied by critical thinking questions from the authors. Students can also access additional case studies and relevant SAGE journal articles from the study site.
Contents
Forward
Forward
Preface
Preface
1. Introduction
- Establishing the Rationale: Demographics of Students in Our Classrooms
- Setting the Context: Laws That Impact Program Options for CLDE Students
- New Directions in Teacher Training
- Summary
- Activities for Further Understanding
SECTION I: Understanding Student Backgrounds
- 2. Collaborating With Families
- Creating Relationships With CLD Families
- Considerations of Culture When Working With CLD Families
- Empowering Families
- Summary
- Activities for Further Understanding
- 3. Understanding Language Acquisition
- Interlanguage: The Journey From First Language to Second Language Proficiency
- Second Language Acquisition Theories
- Factors Affecting Second Language Acquisition
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 4. Understanding Fluency
- Proficiency: What Does It Mean to Be "Fluent" in a Language?
- Cummins's BICS and CALPS Model
- Canale and Swain's Four-Part Model of Communicative Competence
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
Section II: Strategies for Assessment and Planning for Instruction
- 5. Strategies for the Assessment Process
- The Instruction/Assessment Cycle in Special Education
- Thes Eligibility Process and CLDE Students
- Tailoring Assessment Procedures for CLDE Students
- Summary
- Activities for Further Understanding
- 6. Collaboration Skills
- Diversifying the Concept of Collaboration
- Foundations of Collaboration
- Creating a Collaborative School Culture
- Co-Teaching as Collaboration
- Working With Paraprofessionals
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 7. Planning Instruction
- Planning for Instruction
- A Philosophy of Differentiation
- Universal Design for Learning
- Application of Differentiation and UDL: Backward Design Planning
- Planning Pyramid for Instruction and RTI
- Planning and Classroom Management
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 8. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
- Introduction and Definitions
- Develop and Maintain Strong Teacher-Student Relationships
- Emphasize Consistent Dialogical Interaction
- Incorporate and Validate Space for Student Voice and Identity
- Make Content Relevant to All Students in the Classroom
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
Section III: Strategies for Content and Language Acquisition
- 9. Teaching Strategies: An Integrated Content-Language Approach
- Strategy 9.1: Making the Content Comprehensible With the 3-Way Model
- Strategy 9.2: Front-Loading and Emphasizing the Academic Language and Key Concepts of the Lesson
- Strategy 9.3: Accessing and Explicitly Teaching the Cultural and Content Schemata Needed for the Lesson
- Strategy 9.4: Allowing Students Time to Clarify in the First Language
- Strategy 9.5: Helping Students Organize and Access Academic Information: Explicit Strategy Instruction
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 10. Strategies for Promoting the Participation
- Strategy 10.1: Creating a Comfortable Classroom Environment
- Strategy 10.2: Increasing Interaction in the Classroom: Heterogeneous Groupings
- Strategy 10.3: Encourage Extended Participation From CLDE Students
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 11. Strategies for Explicit Grammar Instruction
- Language Errors
- Form-Focused Instruction
- Different Strategies for Teaching Grammar
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
Section IV: Strategies for Literacy Instruction
- 12. Strategies for Teaching Reading
- Reading Components and CLDE Students
- Language and Literacy
- Activities to Increase Background Knowledge
- Reading Strategy Instruction
- Strategies to Help Students Analyze, Organize, and Interact With the Content
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 13. Strategies for Teaching the Writing Process
- Written Expression Challenges for Students With Special Needs
- Written Expression Challenges for CLDE Students
- Explicit Instruction of the Writing Process
- Example of Explicit Instruction of the Writing Process
- Summary
- Activities for Further Understanding
- 14. Challenges When Teaching Writing
- Specific Writing Challenges for CLDE Students
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 15. Strategies for Written Error Correction
- Considerations When Correcting CLDE Student's Writing
- Error Correction
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
Additional materials
Reviews
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Students
Strategies for Teaching and Assessment
November 2009 | 432 pages | Sage US
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Connects theory to practice while presenting foundational teaching and assessment practices for CLDE students
Practical in nature and designed with an eye toward universal design for learning, this text brings together foundational information from special education and ELL/bilingual fields to help teachers address the specific needs of culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional (CLDE) students.
Key Features
- Case studies from teachers, students, and parents describe the personal challenges of CLDE students
- Authentic student language examples illustrate the concepts described and make practical connections to the research discussed
- Activities for further understanding allow students to review key points and connects theory to classroom practice
Ancillaries available at www.sagepub.com/grassi
- Password-protected instructor resources include PowerPoint lecture slides, sample syllabi, and Web resources.
- An open-access student study site provides online video clips of teachers in action, which exemplify different strategies and are accompanied by critical thinking questions from the authors. Students can also access additional case studies and relevant SAGE journal articles from the study site.
Table Of Contents:
- Forward
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- Establishing the Rationale: Demographics of Students in Our Classrooms
- Setting the Context: Laws That Impact Program Options for CLDE Students
- New Directions in Teacher Training
- Summary
- Activities for Further Understanding
- SECTION I: Understanding Student Backgrounds
- 2. Collaborating With Families
- Creating Relationships With CLD Families
- Considerations of Culture When Working With CLD Families
- Empowering Families
- Summary
- Activities for Further Understanding
- 3. Understanding Language Acquisition
- Interlanguage: The Journey From First Language to Second Language Proficiency
- Second Language Acquisition Theories
- Factors Affecting Second Language Acquisition
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 4. Understanding Fluency
- Proficiency: What Does It Mean to Be "Fluent" in a Language?
- Cummins's BICS and CALPS Model
- Canale and Swain's Four-Part Model of Communicative Competence
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- Section II: Strategies for Assessment and Planning for Instruction
- 5. Strategies for the Assessment Process
- The Instruction/Assessment Cycle in Special Education
- Thes Eligibility Process and CLDE Students
- Tailoring Assessment Procedures for CLDE Students
- Summary
- Activities for Further Understanding
- 6. Collaboration Skills
- Diversifying the Concept of Collaboration
- Foundations of Collaboration
- Creating a Collaborative School Culture
- Co-Teaching as Collaboration
- Working With Paraprofessionals
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 7. Planning Instruction
- Planning for Instruction
- A Philosophy of Differentiation
- Universal Design for Learning
- Application of Differentiation and UDL: Backward Design Planning
- Planning Pyramid for Instruction and RTI
- Planning and Classroom Management
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 8. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
- Introduction and Definitions
- Develop and Maintain Strong Teacher-Student Relationships
- Emphasize Consistent Dialogical Interaction
- Incorporate and Validate Space for Student Voice and Identity
- Make Content Relevant to All Students in the Classroom
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- Culture, Identity, and Learning: Considerations when working with CLDE students
- Section III: Strategies for Content and Language Acquisition
- Foreward: Education for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Exceptionalities: A Matter of Justice for All
- 9. Teaching Strategies: An Integrated Content-Language Approach
- Strategy 9.1: Making the Content Comprehensible With the 3-Way Model
- Strategy 9.2: Front-Loading and Emphasizing the Academic Language and Key Concepts of the Lesson
- Strategy 9.3: Accessing and Explicitly Teaching the Cultural and Content Schemata Needed for the Lesson
- Strategy 9.4: Allowing Students Time to Clarify in the First Language
- Strategy 9.5: Helping Students Organize and Access Academic Information: Explicit Strategy Instruction
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 10. Strategies for Promoting the Participation
- Strategy 10.1: Creating a Comfortable Classroom Environment
- Strategy 10.2: Increasing Interaction in the Classroom: Heterogeneous Groupings
- Strategy 10.3: Encourage Extended Participation From CLDE Students
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 11. Strategies for Explicit Grammar Instruction
- Language Errors
- Form-Focused Instruction
- Different Strategies for Teaching Grammar
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- Section IV: Strategies for Literacy Instruction
- 12. Strategies for Teaching Reading
- Reading Components and CLDE Students
- Language and Literacy
- Activities to Increase Background Knowledge
- Reading Strategy Instruction
- Strategies to Help Students Analyze, Organize, and Interact With the Content
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 13. Strategies for Teaching the Writing Process
- Written Expression Challenges for Students With Special Needs
- Written Expression Challenges for CLDE Students
- Explicit Instruction of the Writing Process
- Example of Explicit Instruction of the Writing Process
- Summary
- Activities for Further Understanding
- 14. Challenges When Teaching Writing
- Specific Writing Challenges for CLDE Students
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
- 15. Strategies for Written Error Correction
- Considerations When Correcting CLDE Student's Writing
- Error Correction
- Summary
- Activities For Further Understanding
Recent Product Reviews:
This is a great resource for teaching about creating a culturally responsive classroom.
Dr Kimberly Silbaugh, School Of Education, Lesley University
It was not specific enough for the needs of the class, although I will use it as a reference tool for lectures and site the text.
Dr Michele Kelk, School Of Education, Webster University
Another textbook was selected that more closely matched with course objectives
Dr Joy Davis, Curriculum Instruction Dept, University of Louisiana - Lafayette
used another text
Dr Erik Greene, Special Education Dept, University of Georgia