Academic Language in Diverse Classrooms: English Language Arts, Grades 3-5: Promoting Content and Language Learning

by Margo H. Gottlieb, Gisela Ernst-Slavit

Make every student fluent in the language of learning. The Common Core and ELD standards provide pathways to academic success through academic language. Using an integrated Curricular Framework, districts, schools and professional learning communities can:

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 2013

Reviews

[Ahanan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book for specialists working with teachers of ELLs. It does a good job showing how to address standards and a fair job at addressing proficiencies levels. There are good examples of rubrics. The average teacher may feel overwhelmed by the amount of planning the authors show for each theme/unit, but they do a good job at getting to the point of addressing academic language.