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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787663603321

Titolo

Breaking through : effective instruction & assessment for reaching English learners / / Margarita Calderon, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Ind., : Solution Tree Press, c2012

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Solution Tree Press, , [2012]

�2012

ISBN

1-936765-37-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Leading Edge

Disciplina

371.829

Soggetti

Linguistic minorities - Education - United States

Education, Bilingual - United States

English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers

English language - Study and teaching - United States - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Acknowledgments ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""About the Editor ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Chapter One About the Author ""; ""Chapter 1: Why We Need a New Way of Schooling Language-Minority Children ""; ""Chapter 2 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 2: Effective Whole-School Teaching for English Learners ""; ""Chapter 3  About the Author ""; ""Chapter 3: Research on English Learner Instruction ""; ""Chapter 4 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 4: Whole-School Approaches to Academic Language Proficiency Among English Learners ""; ""Chapter 5 About the Authors  ""

""Chapter 5: Educating English Learners: An Integrated Perspective """"Chapter 6 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 6: Effective Teaching for ELs and All Students: Vocabulary, Reading, and Writing Within All Subjects ""; ""Chapter 7 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 7: Teaching Science With English Language and Literacy ""; ""Chapter 8 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 8: Linking Literacy to Content in Preschool Math, Science, and Social Science ""; ""Chapter 9 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 9: Common Instructional Assessment for English Learners: A Whole-School Effort ""



""Chapter 10 About the Author """"Chapter 10: Response to Intervention for English Learners ""; ""Chapter 11 About the Author ""; ""Chapter 11: Leadership Matters for Learning English and Learning in English ""; ""Chapter 12 About the Authors ""; ""Chapter 12: Building Communities of Practice in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse School Districts ""; ""Chapter 13 About the Authors ""; ""Chapter 13: Implementing the Change ""; ""Index ""

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides educators with a whole-school approach to helping English learners achieve academically while they learn English.