Connecting Content and Academic Language for English Learners and Struggling Students, Grades 2-6

by Ruth Swinney and Patricia Velasco

Book Overview

Create unit plans that will empower your EL students

Award-winning teacher Ruth Swinney and Harvard graduate Patricia Velasco focus on the careful planning needed to develop the academic language of all students. For English learners especially, it is critically important to integrate language development with content. What makes this book unlike any other is the detailed guidance it provides in:

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412988438
• ISBN13: 9781412988438
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"