Helping English Language Learners Meet the Common Core

<p>This new teacher-friendly book offers a quick efficient easy-to-use tool--the Classroom Assessment of Language Levels (CALL)--to assess the language levels of English learners in grades K-12. Learn how to effectively use the tool utilizing direct interview and small-group observation to determine students’ instructional levels and needs. Get a variety of engaging differentiated Common Core-based strategies that can be used post-assessment to help students at each level improve their speaking and listening skills.</p><p>Strategies to help all your ELLs optimize their learning include...</p><ul> <li>Using interactive journals</li> <li>Creating chart stories</li> <li>Using meaningful gestures</li> <li>Using cognates</li> <li>Exploring word origins</li> <li>And much much more!<br> </li> </ul>