http://www.netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/strategies?feed=rss&pg=6 jgordon's bookmarks tagged "strategies" on Netvouz http://www.amazon.com/Constructivist-Strategies-Teaching-Language-Learners/dp/141293687X/ref=sr_1_69?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313181989&sr=1-69 Sharon Adelman Reyes, Trina Lynn Vallone: This book provides guidelines for using constructivist teaching methods with English language learners and includes classroom examples, grade-level connections, and strategies that promote educational equity. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > English Language Learners jgordon Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:52:49 GMT http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=0375&r=sb050609 In this videotape set, high school teacher Cris Tovani brings viewers into her school and classroom and shows how she and her colleagues are meeting the challenge of improving students' reading skills across the curriculum. The tapes include examples of Cris working with students using texts from multiple disciplines in her classroom, as well as collaborating with colleagues throughout the school. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > VIDEOs and DVDs jgordon Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:08:11 GMT http://www.dcmoboces.com/dcmoiss/staffdev/oinit/dile/dipro.htm This site explains several strategies to differentiate instruction. Each strategy contains facilitator instructions, instructional materials, resources and an evaluation form. It includes links to learning style inventories. Differentiated Instruction jgordon Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:05:25 GMT http://www.dcmoboces.com/dcmoiss/staffdev/oinit/dile/didocs.htm#ta Developed by DCMO BOCES -- Ongoing Initiative This site provides templates, explanations and examples of various differentiation strategies. Differentiated Instruction jgordon Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:59:57 GMT http://www.amazon.com/English-Language-Learners-Day-K-6/dp/0325026823/ref=sr_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313179288&sr=1-13 Christina M. Celic recognizes the challenges teachers face when working with English language learners, and responds with realistic and practical solutions. Drawing on a rich blend of research findings and classroom experiences, this bible on ELL instruction will help mainstream and preservice teachers, as well as ESL and bilingual specialists, better understand how they can make their classrooms a place where English language learners thrive. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > English Language Learners jgordon Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:10:10 GMT http://equity.4teachers.org/index.php The Equity Index is a searchable database designed to locate resources and tools to help you meet the needs of a diverse classroom. Use this index to find RubiStar Rubrics, TrackStar Tracks and educational links on the Web. Find lessons or information for persons with special needs, disabilities, and language learners. Also find essentials on including persons of various races, religions, and cultures into your community. Special Ed jgordon Fri, 28 Apr 2006 23:06:22 GMT http://www.pearsonhighered.com/product?ISBN=0132487500 Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners, Fourth Edition, by Adrienne Herrell and Michael Jordan, includes a rich assortment of practical strategies aligned to TESOL standards which have been field-tested in diverse classrooms. Each strategy includes a brief explanation, step-by-step instructions on how to plan and use the strategy, and two classroom scenarios demonstrating how the strategy can be adapted for different grade levels and content areas. Herrell and Jordan have included additional language and literacy development strategies, technology strategies, and assessment strategies to support both pre-service and in-service teachers. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > English Language Learners jgordon Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:34:21 GMT http://www2.hawthorn73.org/juniorhigh/page$43 Writing is an activity that is used primarily for learning and communication. It also shows clarity of thought and deepens understanding of material. The purpose of this page is to provide teachers with strategies to use in their classrooms to help students learn. These strategies go across content areas and grade levels. Before using any of these strategies, one has to ask the question "What's my purpose?" These strategies are used for writing that is short, spontaneous, exploratory, unedited, informal and personal, and not lengthy and formal. Many of these strategies are adapted from The Illinois Writing Project Writing to Learn by Harvey Daniels and Steven Zemelman Literacy > Writing Strategies jgordon Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:39:26 GMT http://cri.cps.k12.il.us/pdf/Literacy_Handbook.pdf This resource from the Chicago Reading Initiative provides very explicit guidance for the components of their literacy framework. It defines a strategy, what the teacher does, what the students do and what an observer is looking for. Rubrics for age-appropriate evaluations are included. Literacy jgordon Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:03:47 GMT http://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/framework/framework.html This framework and a tic-tac-toe metaphor provide support for integrating instructional planning. Great support for teaching strategies in that section. Administrators > Staff Development jgordon Tue, 02 May 2006 15:24:15 GMT