The ELL Teacher's Toolbox: Hundreds of Practical Ideas to Support Your Students (The Teacher's Toolbox Series) - Softcover

Ferlazzo, Larry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119364965 ISBN 13: 9781119364962

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2018

Synopsis

Practical strategies to support your English language learners 

The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox is a practical, valuable resource to be used by teachers of English Language Learners, in teacher education credential programs, and by staff development professionals and coaches. It provides hundreds of innovative and research-based instructional strategies you can use to support all levels of English Language Learners. 

Written by proven authors in the field, the book is divided into two main sections: Reading/Writing and Speaking/Listening. Each of those sections includes “Top Ten” favorites and between 40 and 70 strategies that can be used as part of multiple lessons and across content areas. 

• Contains 60% new strategies
• Features ready-to-use lesson plans
• Includes reproducible handouts
• Offers technology integration ideas

The percentage of public school students in the U.S. who are English language learners grows each year―and with this book, you’ll get a ton of fresh, innovative strategies to add to your teaching arsenal.  

About this title

About the Author

LARRY FERLAZZO teaches English, social studies, and International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge classes to English Language Learners and mainstream students at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. He has written eight previous books and has won numerous awards, including the Leadership For A Changing World Award from the Ford Foundation, and was the grand prize winner of the International Reading Association Award For Technology and Reading.

KATIE HULL SYPNIESKI has worked with English language learners at the secondary level for 21 years in the Sacramento City Unified School District. She currently teaches middle school English language arts and English language development at Rosa Parks K–8 School.

FERLAZZO and HULL SYPNIESKI are the coauthors of The ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide and Navigating the Common Core with English Language Learners, both from Jossey-Bass/Wiley.

From the Back Cover

A Compendium of Teacher-Tested Instructional Strategies that Build on the Assets of English Language Learners

As the number of English language learners continues to grow, The ELL Teacher's Toolbox offers teachers and staff development professionals a practical, research-based guide to the instructional strategies that are appropriate for all students learning English. Filled with innovative strategies developed by two in-the-trenches teachers and other education professionals, the book contains the teaching tactics, techniques, and methods that can be put to work immediately across content areas.

The ELL Teacher's Toolbox includes 45 strategies that are designed to help teachers assist students to draw out the gifts and tools they already possess, and to provide them with new ones, so that they can move forward in their academic, social-emotional, and professional/economic lives. All the strategies promote a classroom culture of active learning and not passivity.

The authors clearly explain how to apply the various strategies, offer helpful tips if something goes wrong, and include information on how to integrate technology. Written to be a timely and easy-to-apply resource, the book features ready-to-use lesson plans, reproducible handouts, and the most current research on the topic.

From the Inside Flap

A Compendium of Teacher-Tested Instructional Strategies that Build on the Assets of English Language Learners

As the number of English language learners continues to grow, The ELL Teacher's Toolbox offers teachers and staff development professionals a practical, research-based guide to the instructional strategies that are appropriate for all students learning English. Filled with innovative strategies developed by two in-the-trenches teachers and other education professionals, the book contains the teaching tactics, techniques, and methods that can be put to work immediately across content areas.

The ELL Teacher's Toolbox includes 45 strategies that are designed to help teachers assist students to draw out the gifts and tools they already possess, and to provide them with new ones, so that they can move forward in their academic, social-emotional, and professional/economic lives. All the strategies promote a classroom culture of active learning and not passivity.

The authors clearly explain how to apply the various strategies, offer helpful tips if something goes wrong, and include information on how to integrate technology. Written to be a timely and easy-to-apply resource, the book features ready-to-use lesson plans, reproducible handouts, and the most current research on the topic.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119364965
• ISBN 13: 9781119364962
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544