Preschool | EDUCATION

Literacy Gaps

Bridge-Building Strategies for English Language Learners and Standard English Learners

Ivannia Soto-Hinman | June Hetzel
  • Grades PreK - 12
  • Pages 272
  • Format 8.5" x 11"
  • Product Code 9781412975216 ( MR #052059 )

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Build bridges of support so English language learners can learn alongside their peers!

English language learners (ELLs) and standard English learners (SELs) face multiple gaps as they strive to achieve, so educators need to take a holistic, comprehensive approach to bridge those gaps and meet the needs of ELLs and SELs in the classroom.
 
Based on an original, well-researched framework, this much-needed resource provides practical strategies for supporting learning and success for ELLs. The authors provide strategies, examples, and classroom tools to address:
 
  • The gap between students and texts: covering word recognition, background knowledge, comprehension, and academic language development
  • The gap between students and teachers: including socio-cultural differences between teachers and students, and teacher perceptions and expectations
  • The gap between students and their peers: discussing language proficiency differences, grouping strategies, and grade-level and schoolwide programs
 
The Literacy Gaps helps educators give ELLs the skills they need to close the most important gap of all: the achievement gap.

  • Chapter 1

  • Copyright 2009