Teaching Reading to English Language Learners, Grades 6-12: A Framework for Improving Achievement in the Content Areas

ISBN 10: 1412909252 / ISBN 13: 9781412909259

Published by Corwin, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Teaching Reading to English Language Learners, Grades 6-12: A Framework for Improving Achievement in the Content Areas
• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412909252
• ISBN 13: 9781412909259
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 1.25 pounds

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Synopsis

"This book should be in the hands of every middle and high school teacher, serving not just ELL students, but all students who need help increasing their speaking, reading, and writing skills."
―Jane Escobedo, Director, English Language Learner Services
Sonoma County Office of Education, CA

"For ELL students to succeed academically, effective teaching strategies and best practices must be demonstrated in the classroom. This book provides a detailed map for helping to ensure success for all students."
―Daniel S. Hamada, Superintendent, Kauai Complex Area, HI

A powerful array of field-tested literacy tools for closing the achievement gap!

No longer confined to just a few states, English Language Learners (ELLs) present a growing challenge for schools and school districts across the country. Teaching Reading to English Language Learners, Grades 6–12 provides a comprehensive and systematic framework for developing literacy skills and accelerating language development. With funding from the Carnegie Corporation and the U.S. Department of Education, author Margarita Calderón has developed a research-based approach to expediting reading comprehension that results in higher test scores not just for ELLs, but for all students.

This practical guide is full of ready-to-use tools, including:

• Lesson templates
• Rubrics
• Sample lesson plans in mathematics, science, language arts, and social studies
• Descriptions of successful programs
• Professional development designs

Without strong reading skills, students will never reach their full potential. But now this remarkable book offers a rigorously tested, NCLB-aligned instructional model for improving reading in all content areas.

Designed primarily for middle and high school teachers of English, science, math, and social studies, this book will also be a valuable resource for middle and high school principals, literacy coaches, and content curriculum specialists.

About the Author

Dr. Margarita Espino Calderón, born and raised in Juárez, is a Professor Emerita/Senior Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University. Her research and development projects have been funded by the US Department of Education, National Institutes of Health, the US Department of Labor, The Carnegie Corporation of New York, and various State Offices of Education.

One of her empirical studies “The Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (BCIRC)” is featured in the What Works Clearinghouse. The Carnegie Corporation of New York funded her five-year study to develop Expediting Comprehension for English Language Learners (ExC-ELL) to train math, science, social studies, language arts, and ESL teachers on integrating language, reading, and content in core content middle and high school classrooms. With a Title III National Professional Development grant, she implemented “A Whole-School Approach to Professional Development with ExC-ELL” in Loudoun County, VA. She replicated this approach in 29 schools in TX and NC. She served on the National Literacy Panel for Language Minority Children and Youth, the Carnegie Corporation of New York Panel on English Language Adolescent Literacy Panel, among other panels and national committees. She has over 100 publications on language, literacy, and professional development.