Matching books and readers : helping English learners in grades K-6 /

Providing practical guidance and resources, this book helps teachers harness the power of children's literature for developing ELLs' literacy skills and language proficiency. The authors show how carefully selected fiction, nonfiction, and poetry can support students' learning across...

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Main Authors: Hadaway, Nancy L
Group Author: Young, Terrell A
Published: Guilford Press,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2010]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Solving problems in the teaching of literacy
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Summary: Providing practical guidance and resources, this book helps teachers harness the power of children's literature for developing ELLs' literacy skills and language proficiency. The authors show how carefully selected fiction, nonfiction, and poetry can support students' learning across the curriculum. Criteria and guiding questions are presented for matching books and readers based on text features, literacy and language proficiency, and student background knowledge and interests. --from publisher description.
Carrier Form: xvi, 256 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247) and index.
ISBN: 9781606238813 (paperback) :
1606238817 (paperback)
9781606238820 (hardcover)
1606238825 (hardcover)
Index Number: PE1128
CLC: G623.31
Call Number: G623.31/H125