This teacher-friendly guide is packed with motivating lessons designed to improve the content learning and literacy skills of English language learners (ELLs) in K-8. Offering research-supported strategies that teachers can implement immediately, the book explains how to use content-area texts to support ELLs' growth in five crucial areas: comprehension, pronunciation, fluency, vocabulary, and grammar. This hands-on volume is: *Unique: Demonstrates how to build ELLs' literacy skills and content knowledge simultaneously. *Effective: Research-supported strategies align with both TESOL and Common Core Standards. *Practical: More than two dozen worksheets for classroom use are presented in a large, easy-to-reproduce format.
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Julie Jacobson, PhD, is an English language and Spanish teacher at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego and a faculty member in the Department of Teacher Education at San Diego State University. Dr. Jacobson has published articles in many journals. Her focus is on supporting the language development of students who are acquiring English as an additional la
More about Julie JacobsonDiane Lapp is Professor of Reading and Language in the Department of Teacher Education at San Diego State University.
Douglas Fisher is Professor of Language and Literacy Education in the Department of Teacher Education at San Diego State University.
