Making Sense: Small-Group Comprehension Lessons for English Language Learners

by Outey Khuon and Juli Kendall

Book Overview

Reading is all about understanding. How do we know our kids are getting it--and what do we do when they don't get it? Authors Juli Kendall and Outey Khuon believe that small group comprehension lessons have a key role to play in advancing students' understanding of texts. Making Sense: Small-Group Comprehension Lessons for English Language Learners, they provide answers to many common questions asked by teachers of ELL. It is an easy-to-use, practical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571104097
• ISBN13: 9781571104090
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 8

Customer Reviews

Quick Concise Recommendations and Lessons for Teaching English to Kids in School

This is an Ok book geared for teachers with English students who speak other languages. It is geared mainly for younger students but tries to meet the needs of older kids as well. I am an ESOL teacher so I didn't feel it met my needs well but I do think it might be helpful to a classroom teacher without training as a guide. The book is clear and concise and not wordy. It also provides actual language and unit building lessons to use. I like that it wasn't used to focus solely on Spanish speaking students. While Spanish speakers are by far the largest ESOL population it gets tiring when you don't have many or any Spanish speakers! The recommendations for older students might not fly because the books recommended probably won't be interesting to them. I avoid most of the straightforward "meaningful" picture books with beginning older students but more humorous books because they are easier to comprehend and less likely to be rejected by older students. Once trust is gained other books can be introduced.