| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 187 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Creating a classroom environment -- Creating a culture of thinking -- Telling our stories -- Launching readers -- Fostering questions and gathering information -- Guided inquiry -- Moving into independent inquiry : keep the questions coming! -- Outcomes : kids' work on display -- Investigating content topics -- Using assessment to differentiate instruction |
| Summary |
Brad Buhrow and Anne Garcia are primary teachers in a diverse school in Boulder, Colorado. In Ladybugs, Tornadoes and Swirling Galaxies, you will see how they blend comprehension instruction and ELL best practices to explore inquiry as a literacy pathway for English language learners. As teachers and students engage in learning science and social studies content they also discover multiple ways to make meaning. The book is full of photographs of student artworkincluding a color insertthat reveals the children's inquiry process, and demonstrates the important role of art as a sign system i |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Foreign speakers.
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EDUCATION -- Elementary.
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English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Foreign speakers
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Upczak Garcia, Anne, 1972-
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| LC no. |
2006043314 |
| ISBN |
9781571107183 |
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1571107185 |
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1281034797 |
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9781281034793 |
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