The Literacy Gaps

<p><strong><em>Build bridges of support so English language learners and standard English learners can learn alongside their peers!</em></strong><br /><br />This comprehensive research-based guide helps teachers bridge multiple gaps and promote learning for English language learners (ELLs) and standard English learners (SELs). The authors provide strategies examples and tools to address:</p><ul> <li>The gap between students and texts: covering word recognition background knowledge comprehension and academic language development</li> <li>The gap between students and teachers: including sociocultural differences between teachers and students and teacher perceptions and expectations</li> <li>The gap between students and their peers: discussing language proficiency differences grouping strategies and grade-level and schoolwide programs</li></ul>