Teachers who work with English as a Second Language learners will find ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building children's books, stories, activities, ideas, strategies to help PreK-3, 4-8, and 9-12 students learn to read.
Vocabulary Instruction for ELLs
Vocabulary instruction is a vital part of helping English language learners access academic content. These recommended guides offer research-based programs, strategies, word lists, and fun activities to guide vocabulary instruction for ELLs. From word games to district-wide academic vocabulary initiatives, you'll find a range of approaches and suggestions to fit your own situation.
Additional strategies can be found in the vocabulary sections of recommended titles on our ELL content-area and reading instruction booklists.
Product Description: This book provides a research-based framework and practical strategies for vocabulary development with children from the earliest grades through high school. The authors emphasize instruction that offers rich information about words and their uses and enhances students' language comprehension and production. Teachers are guided in selecting words for instruction; developing student-friendly explanations of new words; creating meaningful learning activities; and getting students involved in thinking about, using, and noticing new words both within and outside the classroom. Many concrete examples, sample classroom dialogues, and exercises for teachers bring the material to life.
Product Description: Using the manual's list of 7,923 terms, school and district teams can choose the most important vocabulary terms they want to teach to all students. All vocabulary terms are extracted from national standards documents, across 11 subject areas, and are organized into four grade-level intervals: K–2, 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12. Included in the manual are all the tips and guidelines teachers need to implement this approach. Student notebook also available.
Product Description: In Inside Words, Janet Allen merges recent research and key content-area teaching strategies to show teachers how to help students understand the academic vocabulary found in textbooks, tests, articles, and other informational texts. Each instructional tool is listed alphabetically along with its purpose: building background knowledge; teaching words that are critical to comprehension; providing support during reading and writing; developing a conceptual framework; and assessing students' understanding of words and concepts.
Vocabulary Games for the Classroom is a collection of games for teachers to play with their students to help them gain a better grasp of the finer words in the English language. With plenty of example activities for any primary or secondary school grade level, terms for different subjects, questions, and how to emphasize the importance of vocabulary, Vocabulary Games for the Classroom is a strong pick and solidly recommended read for any language teacher. — Midwest Book Review
Product Description: The author team that developed the research-rooted word study phenomenon Words Their Way turn their attention to the same kind of hands on, research based approach to developing vocabulary with students in intermediate, middle, and secondary grades. The text offers research-tested ideas for helping students use word patterns to puzzle out meaning to content area vocabulary. It also provides much needed assessment information to help teachers gauge where to begin instruction, as well as hands on opportunities for teachers to keep student attention and interest as they build vocabulary.
This second edition of Words Their Way with English Learners includes all of the teacher-friendly resources of the first edition, with the added bonus of an extensive media component, called PD Toolkit for Words Their Way with English Learners. This new online component features multiple videos demonstrating how to use the Words Their Way approach with English learners, as well as numerous tools for teaching, including hundreds of ready-made word sorts and a "create-your-own word sorts" tool. Another highlight of the new edition is the inclusion of a new chapter addressing the most advanced level of word study, Derivational Relations, which will allow teachers to design word study lessons for students at upper elementary through high school levels. These features and others make this new edition of Words Their Way with English Learners a great addition to the Words Their Way series.
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