This book, highly recommended by upper elementary, middle, and high school teachers, offers monthly activities, sample lessons, and word lists to help students become fluent decoders and spellers.
Judie Haynes (creator of everythingESL.net) and Dr. Debbie Zacarian offers hands-on, practical strategies that educators can implement immediately to provide effective content instruction for ELLs.
After a brief exploration of theoretical and cultural considerations when teaching content to ELLs, Jodi Reiss outlines 102 strategies that can be used in grades 3-12.
Brad Buhrow and Anne Garcia are primary teachers who have blended comprehension instruction and ELL best practices to explore inquiry as a literacy pathway for English language learners.
This comprehensive discussion of content instruction for ELLs provides detailed information on planning and implementing effective instruction in math, science, social studies, and language arts.
Writing can be a vehicle for expanding ELLs' learning, especially if the format is an interactive notebook.
In this guide, literacy expert Margarita Calderón offers a number of strategies for teaching reading at the upper grades, including vocabulary development, comprehension, and reading in the content areas.
This book provides an excellent introduction to English language learners and effective ELL instruction. Topics include: getting to know your students, teaching language through content, and developing academic language.