Helping English Language Learners Meet the Common Core - 9781138171442

Taylor & Francis

Helping English Language Learners Meet the Common CoreAssessment and Instructional Strategies K-12\nAuthor(s): Paul Boyd-Batstone\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138171442, 978-1138171442\nSynopsis\nThis new teacher-friendly book offers a quick, efficient, easy-to-use tool--the Classroom Assessment of Language Levels (CALL)--to assess the language levels of English learners in grades K-12. Learn how to effectively use the tool utilizing direct interview and small-group observation to determine students instructional levels and needs. Get a variety of engaging, differentiated, Common Core-based strategies that can be used post-assessment to help students at each level improve their speaking and listening skills.\n\nStrategies to help all your ELLs optimize their learning include...\n\nUsing interactive journals\nCreating chart stories\nUsing meaningful gestures\nUsing cognates\nExploring word origins\nAnd much, m!