Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades K-2

Product Description

This lesson-based series gives teachers the essential tools for simultaneously meeting math content goals and language development goals. Teachers will get a wealth of strategies and activities for modifying their instruction as well as sentence frame structures and dozens of instant-use reproducibles. Grades K-2

About the Author

Rusty Bresser, an elementary classroom teacher for more than twenty years, is currently a lecturer and Supervisor of Teacher Education at the University of California at San Diego. A coauthor of Developing Number Sense, Grades 3-6 (Math Solutions Publications 1999), he is also a Math Solutions Inservice instructor, teaching one-day and weeklong inservice courses to elementary and middle school teachers nationwide.Kathy Melanese, a bilingual classroom teacher for over 16 years, is currently the Elementary Distinguished Teacher in Residence in the Educations Studies Program at the University of California, San Diego. She is also a Teacher Leader for the California Reading and Literature Project and provides staff development in the area of English Language Development.Christine Sphar has worked for fifteen years as a bilingual teacher, bilingual facilitator, bilingual Reading First Coach, and English Language Development Coach. She is currently supporting new and veteran teachers through the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) and Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) programs.