Connecting Content and Academic Language for English Learners and Struggling Students, Grades 2-6.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword: Finding Cats and Dogs in the Zoo -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Part I - The Language Component: From Social to Academic Language -- Introduction - Making Content Accessible to English Learners and Struggling Students -- Chapter 1 - Building Language: How and Why -- Chapter 2 - From Social to Academic Language: A Curriculum of Talk -- Chapter 3 - Structures of Balanced Literacy That Support English Language Learners and Struggling Students -- Part II - The Lesson Component: Sample Units to Integrate Content and Language Goals -- Chapter 4 - Language Arts Unit: Memoir (Grades 3-6) -- Chapter 5 - Social Studies Unit: Colonial Times and the American Revolution (Grade 4) -- Chapter 6 - Science Unit: Plant and Animal Adaptations (Grades 5-6) -- Chapter 7 - Thematic Unit: The Rainforest (Grades 2-3) -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

This teacher-friendly guide introduces educators to basic linguistic features and language components as well as to strategies for moving students from social to academic language.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.