Recent educational reform initiatives such as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) largely fail to address the needs--or tap into the unique resources--of students who are developing literacy skills in both English and a home language. This book discusses ways to meet the challenges that current standards pose for teaching emergent bilingual ......
A Guide for Leaders in Linguistically Diverse Schools
In our knowledge-based society, K-8 students need to develop increasingly sophisticated skills to read, write, and speak for a wide variety of purposes and audiences. Including an extended case example from a linguistically diverse school (nearly 75% English learners), this book guides school leaders to design and implement advanced literacy ......
Ian Livingstone is the Godfather of the British gaming industry. In Hacking the Curriculum, he and Shahneila Saeed explain the critical importance of coding and computing in modern schools - and offer teachers and school leaders real practical guidance on how to improve their current provision to a generation of youngsters for whom digital skills ......
Teach social-emotional competence - the foundation of school and social success - with the new editions of the Strong Kids (TM), Grades 6-8 curriculum! Strong Kids (TM) is the fun and easy way to help your students develop the social-emotional skills they need to manage their challenges and succeed in school and life.
Teach social-emotional competence - the foundation of school and social success - with the new editions of the Strong Kids (TM), Grades 3-5 curriculum! Strong Kids (TM) is the fun and easy way to help your students develop the social-emotional skills they need to manage their challenges and succeed in school and life.
Teach social-emotional competence - the foundation of school and social success - with the new editions of the Strong Teens (TM), Grades 9-12 curriculum! Strong Teens is the fun and easy way to help your students develop the social-emotional skills they need to manage their challenges and succeed in school and life.
In order to succeed in school and beyond, students in grades 6-12 need to understand and use both academic language and discipline-specific vocabulary. This book describes effective practices for integrating vocabulary study with instruction in English language arts, history/social studies, and math and science, and for helping students become ......
Grasping the meaning of a text enables K-8 students to appreciate its language and structure through close reading, which in turn leads to deeper comprehension. This book explains the relationship between comprehension and close reading and offers step-by-step guidelines for teaching both of these key elements of literacy. Reproducible lessons are ......
Grasping the meaning of a text enables K-8 students to appreciate its language and structure through close reading, which in turn leads to deeper comprehension. This book explains the relationship between comprehension and close reading and offers step-by-step guidelines for teaching both of these key elements of literacy. Reproducible lessons are ......
