[MOSAIC] 2nd language learners

[mpolselli at cox.net]

---- Heather Wall <heather_wall_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

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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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Heather,
You may have already heard of these but I thought I would email them anyway:
http://dibels.uroegon.edu/data/index.php DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Language Skills)
www.earobics.com EAROBICS
htp://www.kidwriting.homestad.com Kid Writing by Isabel Cardonic and Eileen Feldgus
I also have many more sites on my website:
http://polsellikindergarten.tripod.com  KinderSquirt
Just click on Literacy to follow links to websites I use frequently. Also, I created "Planting A Literacy Garden". I found a way to developmentally incorporate thinking strategies into my daily teaching writing routines while practicing Kid Writing skills.
Good Luck,
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Michele Polselli NBCT '06
PMS Literacy Coordinator & K Teacher
Portsmouth School Dept.
Portsmouth, RI 02871
mpolselli at cox.net