Retool your whole school for EL achievementĀ
For any student, middle and high school can be challenging. But for an English learner or striving readerāand the myriad words, phrases, syntax, texts, and concepts they must negotiate on a daily basisāthe stakes seem a whole lot higher. Fortunately for content-area teachers, Margarita CalderĆ³n and Shawn Slakk make available in a single resource all the best instructional and professional development combinations for expediting comprehension across the secondary grades.Ā
Really a tool to assist all learners across all language needs, the second edition ofĀ Teaching Reading to English Learners, Grades 6-12, provides evidence-based strategies for helping content-area teachers and schools at large:Ā
- Teach academic language in all subject areasĀ
- Embed discourse practice through interaction strategiesĀ
- Integrate basic and close reading comprehension skills into lessonsĀ
- Teach drafting, revising, and editing for content-specific writingĀ Ā
- Use cooperative learning to develop social emotional skills and enhance academic achievementĀ
CalderĆ³n and Slakk know firsthand that if we're to counter the commonly held narrative of predictable failure among our ELs, it takes a whole school, and they have the evidence to prove it. ReadĀ Teaching Reading to English Learners, Grades 6-12, implement its strategies across all classrooms, and soon enough you, too, will maximize the comprehensions skills so critical to our ELs' long-term success. Ā Ā