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Title: Children’s Literature: Engaging Teachers and Children in Good Books (Hardcover)
Author: Daniel L. Darigan, Michael O. Tunnell, James S. Jacobs
Publisher: Prentice Hall (August 17, 2001)
Language: English
Paperback: 608 pages
ISBN-10: 0130813559
ISBN-13: 978-0130813558
Book Description:
Children’s Literature: Engaging Teachers and Children in good Books has several key, unique features…
- Original interviews with 21 children’s book authors/illustrators
- Integrated technology features including Internet teaching strategies, an accompanying free CD database, and guidance for using the Companion Website
- Teaching Tips that share practical K-8 teaching strategies
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Title: Building Vocabulary With Familiar Songs: A Unique and Fun Way to Motivate Students to Play With Language and Enrich Their Vocabulary
Author: Kathleen Dorsey
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching (August 1, 2007)
Language: English
Paperback: 64 pages
ISBN-10: 0439813115
ISBN-13: 978-0439813112
Book Description:
Introduce students to new words and their meanings using favorite childhood songs and rhymes. First, students sing or recite a familiar song or rhyme and discuss what it means. Then, they replace some of its words with synonyms. Students can learn 10 to 20 new vocabulary words per song or rhyme. A fun yet meaningful way to build vocabulary! For use with Grades 3–6.
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Title: Speaking, Listening and Drama
Author: Andy Kempe
Publisher: David Fulton Publish (July 7, 2005)
Language: English
Paperback: 114 pages
ISBN-10: 1843120410
ISBN-13: 978-1843120414
Book Description:
Written for practicing and trainee English and Drama specialists, this text clarifies what constitutes useful knowledge about spoken English and how pupils aged 11-16 can develop their skills in speaking and listening through the use of drama.
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Title: Classroom Instruction That Works With English Language Learners
Author: Jane D. Hill, Kathleen M. Flynn
Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve (September 30, 2006)
Language: English
Paperback: 144 pages
ISBN-10: 1416603905
ISBN-13: 978-1416603900
Book Description:
As more and more English language learners (ELLs) are included in mainstream classrooms, what can we do to ensure that they understand academic content and develop their English language skills? To answer this question, authors Jane Hill and Kathleen Flynn have examined decades of research, interviewed mainstream teachers with ELLs in their classrooms, and reviewed the classroom recommendations from Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock’s seminal Classroom Instruction That Works (2001) through an ELL lens. The result is Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners—a comprehensive guide to helping elementary school students at all levels of English language acquisition succeed.
The strategies discussed in the book include homework and practice, summarization and note taking, and use of nonlinguistic representations, among many others. For each strategy, the authors provide a summary of the research, detailed examples of how to modify the strategy for use with ELLs in mainstream classrooms, and teacher accounts of implementation. Because ELLs face cultural hurdles as well as linguistic ones, this book also shows teachers how to glean insight into students’ backgrounds and address the cultural biases inherent in many classroom practices.
Accommodating English language learners is one of the greatest challenges educators face today. Just as different levels of fluency require different approaches, so too do different backgrounds and languages. This practical, research-based book gives elementary school teachers the guidance they need to help ELLs of all nationalities thrive alongside their English-dominant peers.
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Title: Chicken Soup for the Teacher’s Soul
- Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Educators
Author: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
Publisher: Health Communications (1 Jul 2002)
Language: English
Paperback: 384 pages
ISBN-10: 1558749780
ISBN-13: 978-1558749788
Book Description:
Written by a wide range of teachers, counsellors, administrators, educational consultants and former students, this book is filled with heart-warming stories that celebrate the contributions that teachers make in our lives every day. So, here’s your permission slip to laugh with them, cry with them, and become inspired by them!
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