Author : Lori Helman
Release : 2012-05-04
Genre : Education
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 36X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Literacy Instruction in Multilingual Classrooms by : Lori Helman
Download or read book Literacy Instruction in Multilingual Classrooms written by Lori Helman. This book was released on 2012-05-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hands-on guide shows elementary school teachers how to create multilingual classroom communities that support every learner's success in reading, writing, and general literacy development. The author provides a practical overview of key ideas and techniques and describes specific literacy activities that lead to vocabulary and oral English proficiency. Instructional chapters will help teachers create a language-rich classroom environment, scaffold reading and writing tasks to match students' needs, and use students' language backgrounds as a bridge to literacy learning in English. As with all titles in The Practitioner's Bookshelf Series, this resource includes many user-friendly features such as bulleted summaries and checklists as well as photographs of linguistically diverse classrooms modeling the types of instructional interactions described in the book.