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Differentiated Literacy Strategies for English Language Learners, Grades K–6
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Differentiated Literacy Strategies for English Language Learners, Grades K–6


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ESL Methods

October 2011 | 232 pages | Corwin

Effective ways to help ELLs excel

As you tailor your teaching to engage the increasing number of English language learners, the key to success is focusing on literacy. Adapted from the highly successful Differentiated Literacy Strategies for Student Growth and Achievement in Grades K–6, this book provides a wealth of grade-specific literacy strategies that not only increase student achievement but also increase it rapidly. The authors provide proven practical tools for differentiating instruction to meet language and individual learning styles. Teachers will find an instructional and assessment framework designed to promote these critical competencies:

  • Functional literacy in phonics, spelling, and reading
  • Content-area literacy for vocabulary, concept attainment, and comprehension
  • Technological literacy for information searching, evaluation, and synthesis
  • Innovative literacy for creativity, growth, and lifelong learning

Included are more than 100 planning models, matrixes, rubrics, and checklists. Teachers with students who have had interrupted formal education or come from newly arrived immigrant populations will find a wealth of proven methods for giving ELLs every opportunity to succeed.


 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Authors
 
1. Accelerating Literacy Learning
 
2. Creating a Climate for Literacy Learning
 
3. Knowing the Literacy Learner
 
4. Functional Literacy
 
5. Content-Area Literacy
 
6. Technological Literacy
 
7. Innovative Literacy
 
8. Managing Instruction in the Differentiated Literacy Classroom
 
References and Additional Resources
 
Index

"I absolutely loved this book and would put it in the hands of each of our elementary teachers. The strategies and activities in the book are not only beneficial for second language learners, but for all students."

Cathy Bradshaw Hooper, Literacy Coordinator/Bilingual Director
Henderson Independent School District, Henderson, Texas

"This book has a TREMENDOUS amount of really good, detailed information. I found myself making notes on many of the pages of items that I wanted to become even more familiar with as well as implement into my own classroom."

Rachel Mederios, 2nd Grade Teacher
Boise School District, Boise ID
Key features

This book

  • Provides tools for pre-assessing diverse learners for literacy skills, competencies, learning styles, and learning gaps
  • Provides a broad array of high-payoff and developmentally appropriate strategies
  • More than 100 planners, checklists, templates, rubrics, organizers, and other illustrations hat address multiple competencies in literacy learning

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ISBN: 9781452269375

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