Culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional students : strategies for teaching and assessment /: strategies for teaching and assessment. ([2010])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elizabeth A. Grassi, Heidi Bulmahn Barker.
• Authors: Grassi, Elizabeth A; Barker, Heidi Bulmahn
• Contents: Forward; Preface; 1. Introduction; Establishing the Rationale: Demographics of Students in Our Classrooms; Setting the Context: Laws That Impact Program Options for CLDE Students; New Directions in Teacher Training; Summary; Activities for Further Understanding; SECTION I: Understanding Student Backgrounds; 2. Collaborating With Families; Creating Relationships With CLD Families; Considerations of Culture When Working With CLD Families; Empowering Families; Summary; Activities for Further Understanding; 3. Understanding Language Acquisition; Interlanguage: The Journey From First Language to Second Language Proficiency; Second Language Acquisition Theories; Factors Affecting Second Language Acquisition; Summary; Activities For Further Understanding; 4. Understanding Fluency; Proficiency: What Does It Mean to Be "Fluent" in a Language?; Cummins's BICS and CALPS Model; Canale and Swain's Four-Part Model of Communicative Competence; Summary; Activities For Further Understanding; Section II: Strategies for Assessment and Planning for Instruction; 5. Strategies for the Assessment Process; The Instruction/Assessment Cycle in Special Education; Thes Eligibility Process and CLDE Students; Tailoring Assessment Procedures for CLDE Students; Summary; Activities for Further Understanding; 6. Collaboration Skills; Diversifying the Concept of Collaboration; Foundations of Collaboration; Creating a Collaborative School Culture; Co-Teaching as Collaboration; Working With Paraprofessionals; Summary; Activities For Further Understanding; 7. Planning Instruction; Planning for Instruction; A Philosophy of Differentiation; Universal Design for Learning; Application of Differentiation and UDL: Backward Design Planning; Planning Pyramid for Instruction and RTI; Planning and Classroom Management; Summary; Activities For Further Understanding; 8. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy; Introduction and Definitions; Develop and Maintain Strong Teacher-Student Relationships; Emphasize Consistent Dialogical Interaction; Incorporate and Validate Space for Student Voice and Identity; Make Content Relevant to All Students in the Classroom; Summary; Activities For Further Understanding; Section III: Strategies for Content and Language Acquisition; 9. Teaching Strategies: An Integrated Content-Language Approach; Strategy 9.1: Making the Content Comprehensible With the 3-Way Model; Strategy 9.2: Front-Loading and Emphasizing the Academic Language and Key Concepts of the Lesson; Strategy 9.3: Accessing and Explicitly Teaching the Cultural and Content Schemata Needed for the Lesson; Strategy 9.4: Allowing Students Time to Clarify in the First Language; Strategy 9.5: Helping Students Organize and Access Academic Information: Explicit Strategy Instruction; Summary; Activities For Further Understanding; 10. Strategies for Promoting the Participation; Strategy 10.1: Creating a Comfortable Classroom Environment; Strategy 10.2: Increasing Interaction in the Classroom: Heterogeneous Groupings; Strategy 10.3: Encourage Extended Participation From CLDE Students; Summary; Activities For Further Understanding; 11. Strategies for Explicit Grammar Instruction; Language Errors; Form-Focused Instruction; Different Strategies for Teaching Grammar; Summary; Activities For Further Understanding; Section IV: Strategies for Literacy Instruction; 12. Strategies for Teaching Reading; Reading Components and CLDE Students; Language and Literacy; Activities to Increase Background Knowledge; Reading Strategy Instruction; Strategies to Help Students Analyze, Organize, and Interact With the Content; Summary; Activities For Further Understanding; 13. Strategies for Teaching the Writing Process; Written Expression Challenges for Students With Special Needs; Written Expression Challenges for CLDE Students; Explicit Instruction of the Writing Process; Example of Explicit Instruction of the Writing Process; Summary; Activities for Further Understanding; 14. Challenges When Teaching Writing; Specific Writing Challenges for CLDE Students; Summary; Activities For Further Understanding; 15. Strategies for Written Error Correction; Considerations When Correcting CLDE Student's Writing; Error Correction; Summary; Activities For Further Understanding;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, Calif : SAGE Publications
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvii, 399 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 371.9043; English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers; Learning disabled -- Education; Individualized instruction; Learning disabilities; Special education
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452210957; 1452210950
• Related ISBNs: 9781412952132
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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