Classroom Guide

Readers Theatre is an instructional method that has been used in classrooms for decades to successfully promote reading fluency and comprehension. A new book authored by SUNY-Oneonta professors describes how to implement this method in the classroom and how to use it to meet current literacy standards.

Making Science Accessible to English Learners: A Guidebook for Teachers is for science teachers who have ample knowledge of science standards and concepts, are comfortable with basic teaching and classroom management methodologies, but may have had limited preparation for teaching science in classrooms where at least some students are also English learners. The book offers science teachers practical guidance and some powerful, concrete ways to help the English learners in their classrooms better learn the language and processes of science.

This guide is a resource for teachers working with students of adolescent age or older who are not in public school. Its focus is on survival English. Topics such as "food" and "clothing" have been chosen with ideas for lessons as well as sample activities for each. The teaching techniques presented include specific instructional strategies that are particularly useful for limited English proficient students. This guide also includes helpful tips based on teaching experience and a summary of adult second language acquisition.

The Help!Kit: A Resource Guide for Secondary Teachers of Migrant English Language Learners

This guide is a compendium of the latest research about best practices in teaching English language learners in content area courses. It is the middle and high school level sequel to Help! They Don't Speak English Starter Kit for Primary Teachers.