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Chapter 7: Teaching Gero to Write About “My Favorite Pet”: Language & Literacy in Primary Grades

Chapter 7 addresses teaching Language Arts and Literacy to English learners in primary grades

  • Comparing Common Core State Standards grade-level expectations for language and literacy in kindergarten to the proficiency of a WIDA Level 1 English learner
    o   Analyzing language samples
  • Research on teaching language and literacy to English learners in primary grades
    o   National Literacy Panel
    o   Role of oral proficiency
    o   Transfer from the first language
  • Kindergarten writing lesson before and after application of the Language Arts Protocol (lesson analysis and adaptations) for WIDA Level 1 English learner
Below we provide additional information on major topics addressed in or relevant to the content of Chapter 7, with links to each topic’s webpage that includes a brief narrative overview of the topic, followed by headings of subtopics with categorized, annotated links to freely available resources that can be used for further study or to activities that can be viewed or conducted in classes or workshops. At the bottom of this page, we share links to online resources for classroom use with English learners K-12.

Dual Language Learners in Early Childhood

Integrated Language Arts (Oral Language and Literacy) Instruction for Primary Grades

Literacy Instruction for Primary Grades

Oral Language Instruction for Primary Grades

 

RESOURCES FOR CLASSROOM USE