Helps literacy coaches navigate the choices they face as they develop and fine-tune a coaching program that offers the best fit for a particular school. This book provides guidance on coaching models and how to choose among them; the role of reading assessment in coaching; and, balancing classroom-level, grade-level, and whole-school tasks.
Presents tools, tips, and explanations of such questions as which words to teach, when and how to teach them, and how to adapt instruction for English language learners. This volume provides specific instructional sequences, including assessments, for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12, as well as interactive lesson planning resources.
A Guide for Early Childhood Educators of Children Learning English as a
Describes the natural progression of second-language acquisition in young children. This book helps teachers learn how to create a supportive classroom environment for second-language learners with ways to measure progress, address individual differences, and work with parents.
Helps early childhood professionals understand critical, key early literacy issues in context by presenting classroom practices and then making recommendations for improving early childhood literacy outcomes based on what research shows is best practice.
Features a tool specifically designed to rate the early literacy environment in home-based child care settings. This title assesses environments that include children of various ages, from birth to 5 years.
Features a tool specifically designed to rate the early literacy environment in home-based child care settings. This title assesses environments that include children of various ages, from birth to 5 years.
Addresses the 'whats,' 'whys,' and 'how-tos' of integrating literacy instruction and the arts in grades K-6. This work provides resources and activities that other teachers have successfully used to build students' oral language, concepts of print, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and writing.
An anthology of the stories designed and illustrated for the student to accompany Mrs Ockleton`s Rainbow Kite and Other Tales - Teacher Resource Book: Thinking Through Literature isbn: 1904424422.
Vocabulary Instruction That Strengthens Comprehension
This practical book is a guide for general and special educators who want to improve the vocabulary of their students. In addition to building children's word knowledge, the book emphasizes teaching students how to learn new vocabulary.
