Nurture young children's self-esteem and boost learning by integrating family culture with instruction! Emphasizing how connecting instruction with children's backgrounds increases learners' confidence and fosters a supportive learning environment, this book helps teachers improve outcomes for diverse and low socioeconomic status (SES) students. Drawing on field-tested methods, the author merges cognition, language, and culture and presents lesson plans, classroom-based alternative assessment tools, and best practices to help readers: Improve literacy through storytelling that reflects students' lives Collaborate with parents to increase student achievement Correlate curriculum with TESOL standards for young children Integrate academic standards across developmental levels
| ISBN | 9781412968140 |
| Autor(a) | Gonzalez, Virginia |
| Editora | Corwin |
| Ano de edição | 2009 |
| Páginas | 248 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Dimensões | 25,20 X 17,50 |