In this dynamic book, K-8 educators get an inspirational call to action for ensuring ELL success that focuses, not only on the common core state standards and state academic standards, but also on the necessary paths to academic achievement. Core Ready English Language Learners: Achieving and Exceeding the Standards gives readers an authoritative look at the diversity of ELLs; the science of language acquisition; and the shifts in literacy for the 21st century and how these shifts specifically impact ELLs, complete with concrete activities to scaffold for these changes. Included are a guide to the use of English Language Development Standards nationally; ready-to-use lessons and effective means for planning, implementing, and creating a successful classroom environment for ELLs; and authentic student samples and artifacts from actual classrooms to demonstrate how to put the ideas into action. Looking beyond the ELL student and the classroom teacher, a full chapter covers family and community involvement, with tangible activities for engaging families culturally and promoting academic self-advocacy by ELLs in their communities. Assessment is interwoven throughout the text and a full chapter helps readers navigate the nextgen assessments. The closing chapter of the book takes ELLs and their educators forward into the characteristics of, and qualities necessary for success in college- and career-ready learning in the global world.
About the Core Ready series:
Core Ready is a dynamic series of books providing educators with critical tools for navigating the Common Core Standards effectively, fluidly, and successfully. In the pages of these books, readers see how to take complex concepts related to the standards and turn them into practical, specific, everyday instruction. The series is founded on the author’s 4 Doors to Core Ready, an easy to use yet strikingly brilliant way to access and organize all of the content within the standards.
PDToolkit for Pam Allyn's Core Ready Series, a supplemental online subscription-based resource that provides the tools that educators need to implement the Common Core Standards effectively, fluidly, and successfully. The PDToolkit, together with the texts, provides the tools you need to ensure a standards-aligned year of joyful, effective, research-based literacy curriculum.
