Making Science and Math Accessible to English Learners
English Learners: Mathematics
ISBN: 978-0-914409-68-7 $24.95
This practical book helps upper elementary, middle, and high school mathematics teachers effectively reach English learners in their classroom. Designed with teachers with limited preparation for teaching mathematics to English learners, the guide offers an integrated approach to teaching mathematics content and English language skills. It includes:
- Rubrics to help teachers identify the most important language skills at five ELD levels
- Practical guidance and tips from the field
- Seven scaffolding strategies for differentiating instruction
- Seven tools to promote academic language and scientific discourse
- Assessment techniques and accommodations to lower communication barriers for English learners
- Two integrated lesson scenarios demonstrating how to combine and embed these various strategies, tools, techniques, and approaches
English Learners: Science
ISBN 978-0-914409-40-3 $24.95
This guidebook is for science teachers at the upper elementary, middle school, and high school levels who have had limited preparation for teaching science in classrooms where some students are also English learners. Included are powerful, concrete ways to help English learners engage with the language and processes of science:
- Rubrics to help teachers identify the most important language skills at five English language development (ELD) levels
- Practical guidance and tips from the field
- Seven scaffolding strategies for differentiating instruction
- Seven tools to promote the use of mathematical language
- Assessment techniques and accommodations to lower communication barriers for English learners
- Three integrated lesson scenarios demonstrating how to combine and embed these various strategies, tools, techniques, and approaches