Engaging in literacy walks allows school teams to collaboratively evaluate and enhance their literacy instruction, aiming to improve academic success and foster a positive school culture. Nancy Akhavan, with her extensive background in education, offers a practical guide detailing what to observe during these walks, methods for collecting data, and strategies for utilizing this information to transform teaching and learning throughout the academic year.
Lessons and Activities That Invite Learners to Read, Write, Speak, and Listen
248pages
9 heures de lecture
This resource provides ready-to-use English Language Development tasks designed to engage students actively in talking, reading, listening, and responding. By emphasizing practical application, it encourages learners to immerse themselves in language use, enhancing their communication skills through interactive activities. Ideal for educators seeking to foster a dynamic learning environment, it supports diverse language acquisition needs.
75 Balanced Literacy Activities Students Do (Not You!)
216pages
8 heures de lecture
Featuring 75 engaging tasks on vibrant, full-color pages, this book provides a comprehensive literacy instruction plan designed to foster independent learning and active student participation. Each task encourages students to take initiative, enhancing their literacy skills through interactive and enjoyable activities.
This book shows educators how to use textbooks in an engaging and meaningful
way so that students no longer feel daunted by the sheer volume of
information.
Watch multilingual students excel with high-engagement reading lessons Students acquiring English tend to bust every stereotype. The truth is, these learners come to school with linguistic assets, not deficits. They will excel with lively, just-right challenge lessons, and they thrive with opportunities to collaborate with peers. In this authoritative resource, bestselling author Nancy Akhavan shows teachers how to support students at the small-group table in acquiring English as well as developing as readers--simultaneously. Ready-to-go tools include: Essential background on the five stages of language acquisition How-tos for differentiating instruction based on students' levels of language proficiency as well as their reading proficiency Lesson sequences integrating oral language, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, word work, comprehension, and writing about reading Routines that augment talk about texts so multilingual learners can verbalize their knowledge and articulate thinking A companion website and multimodal scaffolds to support students across reading, writing, speaking, and listening When we gather at the reading table, we have just twenty minutes--we need to make it count. Now we can.
