Bolstering Vocabulary With Teacher Talk in the Classroom - Strategic Modeling to Elevate Students'' Language

This practical guide introduces "Teacher Talk," an easy-to-use tool for teachers to help improve elementary students' vocabulary.

Sommario

Introduction 1. Prepared for Life 2. The Principle of Substitutionary Language 3. The Importance of Oral Language Inside and Outside the Classroom 4. Strategies for Implementing Substitutionary Language: Where do I start? Strategy #1: Ridding Ourselves of Informal Language Strategy #2: Using Substitutionary Language While Giving Directions Strategy #3: Substituting More Nuanced Words and Phrases for Common Ones Strategy #4: Using Content Vocabulary Across the Curriculum Strategy #5: Getting Your Morning Started Right Strategy #6: Using Multiple Meaning Words Across Content Areas Strategy #7: Exposing Students to a Full Range of Signal Words at the Sentence Level Strategy #8: Bolstering Our Speech with Literary Devices Strategy #9: Capitalizing on Root Words and Their Family Members Strategy #10: Modeling Elevated Language at the Discourse Level Strategy #11: Modeling Discourse to Address the Common Core Standards Strategy #12: Emphasizing Character Traits and Theme 5. Building a Schoolwide Culture of Substitutionary Language: How can we enlist the help of all school staff? 6. Engaging Caregivers to Use Elevated Language

Info autore

Kristen Haase is an elementary ESL teacher in Pennsylvania, where she also serves as the ELD team leader and is a member of the school’s leadership team.
Carmen Shahadi Rowe is an ESL instructional coach for an urban school district in Pennsylvania. She has served as a Spanish and K–12 ESL teacher and administrator at the district level and is the founder of Accelerating Language, LLC.

Riassunto

This practical guide introduces "Teacher Talk," an easy-to-use tool for teachers to help improve elementary students’ vocabulary.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kristen Haase, Kristen Rowe Haase, Carmen Shahadi Rowe
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032282053
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3228205-3
• Pagine: 188
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Language Experience Approach, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, teacher training, Secondary Schools, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Primary & middle schools, Moral & social purpose of education, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Primary and middle schools, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts