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Educating English learners : what every classroom teacher needs to know
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- Creator
- Joyce W. Nutta, Carine Strebel, Kouider Mokhtari, Florin M. Mihai, Edwidge Crevecoeur-Bryant
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- English
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- Cambridge, MA : Harvard Education Press, [2014]
- ©2014
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- 263 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781612507194, 1612507190, 9781612507200, 1612507204
- OCLC
- ocn884617944
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index.
- Part I. Teaching Academic Subjects to English Learners: 1. Narrowing the classroom communication gap for academic subjects; 2. Teaching Gero about American symbols: academic vocabulary in social studies; 3. Teaching Edith about the earth's rotation: inquiry-based science and language development; 4. Teaching Tasir to map data: project-based learning and the use of technology; 5. Teaching Edgar algebra: the challenge of word problems in math -- Part II. Teaching Language Arts and Literacy to English Learners: 6. Targeted language arts and literacy instruction; 7. Teaching Gero to write about "my favorite pet": language and literacy in the primary grades; 8. Teaching Edith about roots, prefixes, and suffixes: language and literacy in the intermediate grades; 9. Teaching Tasir to write a persuasive argument: language and literacy in middle school; 10. Teaching Edgar to analyze a text-based argument: language and literacy in high school -- Conclusion: A call for collaboration -- Appendix A. The academic subjects protocol: making curriculum, instruction, and assessment accessible for English learners -- Appendix B. The language arts protocol: scaffolding instruction to support English learners' language and literacy skills -- Appendix C. Resources: the English learner achievement and ESOL Tapestry web sites