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=Welcome to Yeager's //Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners// Book Study!!!=

Getting Started
This Wikispace is for those teachers at Yeager Elementary participating in the //Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners// book study. We will be reading and discussing the various topics brought to light by Nancy Cloud, Fred Genesee, and Else Hamayan in their interesting and thought-provoking text. It will be our goal to gain a better understanding of the research-based practices that lead to increased success for English Language Learners (ELLs). We will explore strategies for emergent literacy, as well as those designed to maximize academic language & literacy for more intermediate-advanced learners. We will also gain practical information about connecting reading, writing, & the content areas. Finally, we will focus in assessment of the progress of this special group of learners. Specific attention will be paid to instructional implications that will ensure success for all students in the upcoming 2009-2010 school year and, together, will brainstorm ways to use this new information to make Yeager the best school it can be!