From Words to Wisdom: Supporting Academic Language Use in Prek-3rd Grade

by Erica M Barnes, David K Dickinson, Jill F Grifenhagen

This practical guide shows teachers how to introduce academic language to young children, with an emphasis on appreciating and leveraging linguistic diversity. New educational standards are asking students to master content-area concepts and increasingly complex texts in earlier grades. This practitioner-friendly text provides instructional materials, sample dialogues, and assessment tools to facilitate academic language use in PreK-3 classrooms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807765872
• ISBN13: 9780807765876
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"