[MOSAIC] 2nd language learners

[thomas]

In a way this is an ideal situation for supporting the children's first
language and doing late exit into English.  I have valued over the years all
of the work done by Barbara Flores - work down in the area near the border
of Mexico comes to mind.  These was an awesome teacher there...think her
name was Elain ??? And she published an article in a edited journal by
Flores.    There were articles back then - say the late 80s and early 90s
before all the legislation aginst bilingual ed.  I think the TAWL journal
had some, Primary Voices and Language Arts.  I would look back through
indexes to see some of these inspiring stories.  They are still totally
applicable if you have the freedom!

Check out anything by the Goodmans and the teachers they've worked with.  I
also think David and Yvonne Freeman have described such classrooms and
associated pedagogy in their books.  I'll look on my shelves when I get back
to school.

sally


On 5/6/07 7:33 AM, "Heather Wall" <heather_wall_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm hoping some of you can help me with my search - I've recently accepted a
> job as instructional coach at a school that is 99% Hispanic, 88% of whom
> qualify for ESOL services. Free and reduced lunch qualifications is way up
> there too. I'm looking for some books/articles that share success stories in
> situations similar to this. I can find info on schools that work with lots of
> economically disadvantaged kids, but we're unique in that we have so many 2nd
> language learners with so few 1st language students to serve as models. We're
> going to be working a lot on balanced literacy next year, with a focus on
> writing workshop, and so I feel like we're heading in the right direction. But
> what I would love is to read about schools that have been through this and
> succeeded, the strategies they used with their students and with teachers in
> professional learning.  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance for your help.
>  
> Heather Wall/ 3rd grade/ Georgia
> NBCT 2005
> Literacy: Reading - Language Arts
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