The Reading Turn-Around with Emergent Bilinguals

This practical resource will help K6 practitioners grow their literacy practices while also meeting the needs of emergent bilingual learners. Building on the success of The Reading Turn-Around, this book adapts the five-part framework for reading instruction to the specific needs of emergent bilinguals. Designed for teachers who have not specialized in bilingual instruction, the authors provide an accessible introduction to differentiating instruction that focuses on utilizing students strengths, identities, and cultural backgrounds to foster effective literacy instruction. Chapters include classroom vignettes, teacher exercises, illustrations of powerful reading plans for the student and teacher, resources for culturally and linguistically diverse childrens literature, and tools to engage with students families and communities. Book Features: Grounded in current theories and research in the teaching and learning of literacy as it relates to emerging bilingual learners. Accessible to K6 educators, ESL and bilingual teachers, principals, literacy coaches, and curriculum developers. Borrows from the framework of Comber and Kamlers (2005) turn-around pedagogies, which draws on students strengths and assets to support teachers in improving their classroom practices. Emphasizes student-centered practices that are rooted in a childs identity as a reader and language learner. Based on Freebody and Lukes Four Resources Model (1990, 1999) but also includes a fifth dimension that foregrounds issues of identity.