The ELL teacher's toolbox : hundreds of practical ideas to support your students / Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-497) and index.

I. Reading and writing -- Independent reading -- Literary conversations -- Graphic organizers -- Vocabulary -- Activating prior knowledge -- Sequencing -- Clozes -- Language experience approach (LEA) -- Jigsaw -- Reading comprehension -- Inductive learning -- Concept attainment--Plus! -- Sentence navigators and sentence builders -- Writing frames and writing structures -- Quoting, summarizing, and paraphrasing -- Cooperative writing -- Using photos or other images in reading and writing -- Writer's notebook -- Error correction strategies -- Problem-posing -- Micro-progressions -- Learning games for reading and writing -- II. Speaking and listening -- Dictation -- Conversation practice -- Total Physical Response (TPR) -- Music -- Using photos or other images in speaking and listening -- Video -- Oral presentations -- Listening -- Debate -- Learning games for speaking and listening -- Additional key strategies -- Differentiation for ELLs in mainstream classes -- Supporting ELL students with interrupted formal education (SIFEs) -- Culturally responsive teaching -- Peer teaching and learning -- Co-teaching -- Working with parents and guardians -- Learning stations -- Beginning the school year -- Ending the school year -- Beginning and ending of class -- Textbooks -- Using technology -- Appendix: English language arts standards--Anchor standards.

"The ELL Teacher's Toolbox is a practical, valuable resource to be used by teachers of English Language Learners, in teacher education credential programs, and by staff development professionals and coaches. It provides hundreds of innovative and research-based instructional strategies you can use to support all levels of English Language Learners. Written by proven authors in the field, the book is divided into two main sections: Reading/Writing and Speaking/Listening. Each of those sections includes "Top Ten" favorites and between 40 and 70 strategies that can be used as part of multiple lessons and across content areas. Contains 60% new strategies. Features ready-to-use lesson plans. Includes reproducible handouts. Offers technology integration ideas. The percentage of public school students in the U.S. who are English language learners grows each year -- and with this book, you'll get a ton of fresh, innovative strategies to add to your teaching arsenal."-- Amazon.com.

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