About the Book
"This book should be in the hands of every middle and high school teacher, serving not just ELL students, but all students who need help increasing their speaking, reading, and writing skills."
—Jane Escobedo, Director, English Language Learner Services
Sonoma County Office of Education, CA
"For ELL students to succeed academically, effective teaching strategies and best practices must be demonstrated in the classroom. This book provides a detailed map for helping to ensure success for all students."
—Daniel S. Hamada, Superintendent, Kauai Complex Area, HI
A powerful array of field-tested literacy tools for closing the achievement gap!
No longer confined to just a few states, English Language Learners (ELLs) present a growing challenge for schools and school districts across the country. Teaching Reading to English Language Learners, Grades 6–12 provides a comprehensive and systematic framework for developing literacy skills and accelerating language development. With funding from the Carnegie Corporation and the U.S. Department of Education, author Margarita Calderón has developed a research-based approach to expediting reading comprehension that results in higher test scores not just for ELLs, but for all students.
This practical guide is full of ready-to-use tools, including:
Lesson templates
Rubrics
Sample lesson plans in mathematics, science, language arts, and social studies
Descriptions of successful programs
Professional development designs
Without strong reading skills, students will never reach their full potential. But now this remarkable book offers a rigorously tested, NCLB-aligned instructional model for improving reading in all content areas.
Designed primarily for middle and high school teachers of English, science, math, and social studies, this book will also be a valuable resource for middle and high school principals, literacy coaches, and content curriculum specialists.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Introduction: The ExC-ELL Model--Literacy and English Language Learners
2. Planning Lessons Using a Research-Based Design
3. Vocabulary Development: The Foundation for Reading in the Content Areas
4. Teaching Reading Comprehension and Content
5. Reading, Writing, and Speaking in Mathematics
6. Reading, Writing, and Speaking in Science
7. Teaching the Art in Language Arts
8. A Vignette of Social Studies Teachers Developing and Implementing a Lesson
9. Setting the Context for Teachers to Succeed: Professional Development for Teaching Content Area Literacy to ELLs
10. New Directions in Coaching and Classroom Observation
References
Index
About the Author :
Dr. Margarita Espino Calderón is Professor Emerita/Senior Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University. She has worked on numerous research and development projects focusing on reading for English learners funded by the U.S.D.O.E Institute of Education Sciences, the U.S. Department of Labor, and collaborated with Harvard and the Center for Applied Linguistics on a longitudinal study funded by the NICHD.
The Carnegie Corporation of New York funded her five-year empirical study to develop Expediting Comprehension for English Language Learners (ExC-ELL), a comprehensive professional development model for math, science, social studies, language arts, ESL and SPED teachers that integrates language, literacy and content. She also developed two other effective evidence-based programs: Reading Instructional Goals for Older Readers (RIGOR) for Newcomers with Interrupted Formal Education. Additionally, the Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (BCIRC) program was developed for dual language instruction and is listed in the What Works Clearinghouse.
Margarita collaborated with George Washington University on a Title III five-year grant to implement and further study A Whole-School Approach to Professional Development with ExC-ELL in Virginia school districts.
She is a consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice and Office of Civil Rights. She serves and has served on national language and literacy research panels. Margarita is also President/CEO of Margarita Calderón and Associates, Inc. Dr. Calderón and her team of 10 Associates conduct ExC-ELL comprehensive multi-year professional development and on-site coaching in schools, districts, state-wide and international Institutes. She has over 100 publications on language and literacy for ELs.
Review :
"ExC-ELL is about dispelling myths regarding what ELL students can and cannot do. It's also about supporting teachers in the delivery of the high quality, rigorous instruction all students deserve. This book should be in the hands of every middle and high school teacher, serving not just ELL students, but all students who need help increasing their speaking, reading and writing skills." -- Jane Escobedo, Director, English Language Learner Services "Provides a model for comprehensive literacy instruction to enhance students' vocabulary and reading comprehension while gaining and consolidating critical content knowledge in the areas of math, science, language arts and social studies. This outstanding book will prove useful to anyone who is working with English Language Learners in the intermediate grades through high school." -- Rebecca S. Donaldson, Reading First Director "A welcome addition in providing the high-quality educational experiences students need in order to master a new language and open the doors to the world of opportunity that awaits them." -- Dawn Billings, Partner "A fabulous book that covers everything teachers need to know about teaching reading to ELLs. Contains tons of information that readers can use right away." -- Arlene Mylinski, ESL Teacher "For ELL students to succeed academically, effective teaching strategies and best practices must be demonstrated in the classroom. This book provides a systematic and detailed map for helping to ensure success for all students." -- Daniel S. Hamada, Superintendent "Offers numerous strategies for building background knowledge and making content comprehensible. Rich with graphic organizers, a glossary, and other tools for teachers." -- Nadia Mykysey, Adjunct Faculty "The best synthesis of reading strategies for secondary ELLs that I've seen. There is something for everyone in this book, from novice teachers to veterans. Doesn't add to teachers' workloads, but instead replaces ineffective strategies with successful ones." -- Neal A. Glasgow, Teacher and Author "What a welcome addition to the middle and high school instructional program. The ten lesson components work interactively to facilitate students' comprehension, which leads to their academic success across the content areas. Now every teacher can have the tools to become an effective language teacher!" -- Margo Gottlieb, Director of Assessment and Evaluation
