Accelerating the Literacy Performance of Bilingual Students: Evidence-Based Instruction in Grades K-6

This research-based, highly practical volume presents ways teachers and schools canaccelerate literacy achievement with bilingual K–6 students in both English and theirhome languages. Georgia Earnest García shares innovative instructional strategies forstudents with different language backgrounds in multiple settings - bilingual/ESLclassrooms, dual-language classrooms, or all-English classrooms. She explains keyconcepts, such as sheltered instruction and translanguaging, and discusses how thescience of reading should be adapted for bilingual students. The book offers concreteideas for conducting unbiased assessments and building core domains of L1 and L2literacy, including oral language, reading, writing, and academic language andvocabulary. Utility is enhanced by guiding questions, helpful vignettes, andreproducible and downloadable forms.•Much-needed resource–– research-based techniques for accelerating learning forbilingual students ages 5–11 (grades K–6).•Presents expert ideas for