Teaching ELLs to Read

Strategies to Meet the Common Core, K-5
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-01768-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 538 g

In this essential book from ELL-expert Paul Boyd-Batstone, you’ll find out how to teach reading while keeping in mind the unique needs of English language learners. You’ll learn best practices and differentiated strategies for each domain of the Common Core Foundational Reading Skills, including print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics and word recognition, and fluency.

Topics covered include:

- Ideas for using contextual support to help ELLs climb the staircase of complexity;

- How to teach print concepts, such as noting word separation and using punctuation;

- Strategies for teaching phonological awareness, including distinguishing vowel sounds and blending sounds;

- Ways to teach phonics and word recognition using informational and literary texts; and

- Exemplary ideas for teaching fluency, such as through poetry, drama, and digital media.

The book is filled with ready-to-use activities and complete lesson plans that address selected CCSS performance tasks at each grade level. These lesson plans demonstrate how to differentiate instruction based on your ELLs’ reading level. The book also includes performance-level descriptors, rubrics, and templates, available for free download from our website at http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138017696.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boyd-Batstone, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Meet the Author

1 Introduction: Teaching English Language Learners to Read

2 Connecting Foundational Skills, ELLs, and Standard 10: Range, Quality, and Complexity in Context

3 Common Core Foundational Skills in Reading and English language learners

4 Print Concepts: Kindergarten- Grade 1

5 Phonological Awareness: Kindergarten-Grade 1

6 Phonics and Word Recognition: Kindergarten-Grade 5

7 Fluency: Kindergarten-Grade 5

8 Lesson Planning for ELLs: Common Core/Differentiated Instruction/Assessment

9 Differentiated Lesson Plans, K-5

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Boyd-Batstone, Ph.D. is a professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education at California State University, Long Beach. He is editor of the California Reader, the practitioner journal for the California Reading Association.
Dr. Boyd-Batstone is also author of Helping English Language Learners Meet the Common Core: Assessment and Instructional Strategies, K-12 (Routledge, 2013).