Stephen Cary helps K-6 teachers and administrators bring second language learners at all levels of E...
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Stephen Cary helps K-6 teachers and administrators bring second language learners at all levels of English language proficiency into the core curriculum. He evaluates common program and instructional models, outlines the basic ideas of how language is best acquired, and provides a wide range of strategies, techniques, and activities for building language and ensuring academic success for these students.With plenty of charts, visuals, and student samples as text support, Stephen shows you that comprehensible, engaging instruction means SLL kids acquire more content and more language. Here's a bundle of practical, teacher-tested ideas for:making instruction concretekeeping speech understandablebuilding second language oral and literacy skillssupporting students' primary languageorganizing thematic instructionboosting small group effectivenessimplementing authentic assessmentincreasing family involvementusing online resourcesWhether you're involved in program planning, coordinating staff development workshops, or teaching in an elementary classroom, this book offers an abundance of useful ideas.
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