This hands-on book offers teachers a much-needed resource that will help maximize learning for English Language Learners (ELLs). How to Teach English Language Learners draws on two wide-ranging teacher quality studies and profiles eight educators who have achieved exceptional results with their ELL students. Through highly readable portraits, the authors take readers into these teachers' classrooms, illustrating richly what it is they do differently that yields such great results from English learners. Because most teachers profiled work within a three-tiered Response-to-Intervention framework, the book shows how to implement RTI effectively with ELLs from providing general reading instruction for the entire classroom to targeted interventions with struggling students. Written by noted ELL educators Diane Haager, Janette K. Klingner, and Terese Aceves, How to Teach English Language Learners is filled with inspiring success stories, teaching tips, activities, discussion questions, and reflections from these outstanding teachers.

This hands-on book offers teachers a much-needed resource that willhelp maximize learning for English Language Learners (ELLs). Howto Teach English Language Learners draws on two wide-rangingteacher quality studies and profiles eight educators who haveachieved exceptional results with their ELL students. Throughhighly readable portraits, the authors take readers into theseteachers' classrooms, illustrating richly what it is they dodifferently that yields such great results from English learners.Because most teachers profiled work within a three-tieredResponse-to-Intervention framework, the book shows how to implementRTI effectively with ELLs--from providing general readinginstruction for the entire classroom to targeted interventions withstruggling students. Written by noted ELL educators Diane HaagerJanette K. Klingner, and Terese Aceves, How to Teach EnglishLanguage Learners is filled with inspiring success storiesteaching tips, activities, discussion questions, and reflectionsfrom these outstanding teachers.

About This Book vThe Authors viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction: Getting Started with This Book 1Part One: Core Instruction in the General Education Classroom (Tier 1)1 Effective Classroom Practice in a General Education Setting 132 Bilingual Kindergarten Instruction in a Dual Immersion Program 353 Bilingual First-Grade Instruction 53Michael Orosco and Janette K. KlingerPart Two: Supplemental Intervention for Struggling Readers (Tier 2)4 Supporting Struggling ELL Readers 81Part Three: Intensive Instruction for Students with Significant Learning Needs (Tier 3)5 Special Education in a Pull-Out Setting 1156 Special Education in an Inclusive Setting 135Conclusion: Putting It All Together 153Appendix A: Suggested Web Resources 167Appendix B: Suggested Print Resources 177References 179Index 181