03343oam 2200541 450 991080765750332120190911103511.01-4522-3621-61-4522-2420-X(OCoLC)918946125(MiFhGG)GVRL6PYB(EXLCZ)99371000000045653620110217h20112011 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrConnecting content and academic language for English learners and struggling students, grades 2-6 /Ruth Swinney, Patricia Velasco ; foreword by Ofelia GarciaThousand Oaks, California :Corwin,[2011]�20111 online resource (xvi, 180 pages) illustrationsGale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.1-4129-8843-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword: Finding Cats and Dogs in the Zoo""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Part I - The Language Component: From Social to Academic Language""; ""Introduction - Making Content Accessible to English Learners and Struggling Students""; ""Chapter 1 - Building Language: How and Why""; ""Chapter 2 - From Social to Academic Language: A Curriculum of Talk""; ""Chapter 3 - Structures of Balanced Literacy That Support English Language Learners and Struggling Students""""Part II - The Lesson Component: Sample Units to Integrate Content and Language Goals""""Chapter 4 - Language Arts Unit: Memoir (Grades 3�6)""; ""Chapter 5 - Social Studies Unit: Colonial Times and the American Revolution (Grade 4)""; ""Chapter 6 - Science Unit: Plant and Animal Adaptations (Grades 5�6)""; ""Chapter 7 - Thematic Unit: The Rainforest (Grades 2�3)""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Index""Create unit plans that will empower your EL students Award-winning teacher Ruth Swinney and Harvard graduate Patricia Velasco focus on the careful planning needed to develop the academic language of all students. For English learners especially, it is critically important to integrate language development with content. What makes this book unlike any other is the detailed guidance it provides in: Encouraging verbal expression in the classroom Planning units that link language with content Using shared reading and writing, read alouds, and conversationContent area readingLanguage arts (Elementary)ReadingRemedial teachingEnglish languageStudy and teaching (Elementary)Foreign speakersContent area reading.Language arts (Elementary)ReadingRemedial teaching.English languageStudy and teaching (Elementary)Foreign speakers.372.6044EDU005000bisacshSwinney Ruth1666954Velasco Patricia1973-Garcia OfeliaMiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910807657503321Connecting content and academic language for English learners and struggling students, grades 2-64069532UNINA