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PROFESSIONAL BOOKS (CATHERINE’S TOP PICKS)

Other resources are listed below related to topic. These are a few professional books that do a particularly good job of explaining the art and craft of teaching English language learners and other struggling learners, practically and clearly. They are my favorites of the “how” books. See also: 'Literacy' under 'Resources' on this website.

• Balancing Reading & Language Learning: a resource for teaching English language learners, Cappellini, M, ’05, Stenhouse/IRA, ISBN 1571103678
• Beyond the Beginnings: Literacy interventions for upper elementary English language learners, Carrasquillo, et al, '04, Multilingual Matters, ISBN 185359749
• Building Academic Language: essential practices for content classrooms, Zwiers, J, '08, Jossey-Bass Teacher/IRA, ISBN 9780787987619
• Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement, Marzano, R. '04, ASCD ISBN 0871209721
• Classroom Instruction That Works With English Language Learners, Hill J & Flynn K, '06, ASCD, ISBN 1416603905
• Code-Switching: teaching standard English in urban classrooms - Wheeler, R & Swords, R. '06, National Council of Teachers of English, ISBN 0814107028
• Cooperative Learning, Spencer Kagan, ’94, Kagan Publishing, ISBN 1-879097-10-9
• Critical Literacy, Mclaughlin & DeVoogd, ’04, Scholastic, ISBN 0439628040
• Differentiated early literacy for English language learners, Boyd-Batstone, P, '06, Pearson Ed, ISBN 0205418066
• English Learners Reaching the Highest Level of English Literacy, Garcia, G. ’03, IRA, ISBN 0-87207-455-2
• Essential Linguistics, Freeman & Freeman, ’04, Heinemann, ISBN 0325002746
• Fifty Active Learning Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension, Herrell & Jordan, '02, Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-018438-1
• Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners, Herrell, A & Jordan, M, ’04, Prentice-Hall ISBN 0-13-098462-0 or '08 edition (ISBN 13-978-13-199266-5)
• The Grammar Book: an ESL/EFL Teacher's Course, 2nd edition, Celce-Murcia & Larsen-Freeman, 1999, ISBBN 08384047252, This is the comprehensive authority on grammar for ESL teachers; don't know the rule, can't explain why? This is the book.
• The Learning Strategies Handbook, Chamot-Uhl et al., ’99, Longman, ISBN 2-201-385481
• Literacy Work Stations ’03 ISBN 1571103538(for grades K-2 and Practice With Purpose ’05 ISBN 15771103953 for grades 3-6) Diller D, Stenhouse Publications, Portland, ME
• Making Content Comprehensible for English Language Learners: the SIOP Model, Echevarria et al., ’04, Allyn & Bacon Pubishers, ISBN 0205386415
• The More Than Just Surviving Handbook, Law,B & Eckes, M, ‘00, Peguis Publishers, ISBN 1-849110-53-6
• PreK-12 English language proficiency standards: TESOL, '06, ISBN 9781931185318
• Rethinking Globalization: teaching for justice in an unjust world, Bigelow & Peterson, '02, Rethinking Schools Pubs, ISBN 0942961285
• Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning: Teaching Second Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom. Gibbons, P, ’02, Heinemann, ISBN 0-325-00366-1
• Teaching English Language Learners: a differentiated approach, Rothenberg & Fisher, '07, Pearson Education, ISBN 0131704397
• To Understand - new horizons in reading comprehension, Keene, Ellin Oliver, '08, Heinemann
• When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do - A guide for teachers 6-12, Beers K, '03, Heinemann, ISBN 0-86709-519-9
• Writing Essentials: Raising expectations and results while simplifying teaching, Routman R, '05, Heinemann, ISBN 0-325-00601-6