Andrea Honigsfeld, EdD, is Professor in the School of Education at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York. Before entering the field of teacher education, she was an English-as-a-foreign-language teacher in Hungary (Grades 5-8 and adult) and an English-as-a-second-language teacher in New York City (Grades K-3 and adult). She also taught Hungarian at New York University. She was the recipient of a doctoral fellowship at St. John's University, New York, where she conducted research on individualized instruction and learning styles. She has published extensively on working with English language learners and providing individualized instruction based on learning style preferences. She received a Fulbright Award to lecture in Iceland in the fall of 2002. In the past twelve years, she has been presenting at conferences across the United States, Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, the Philippines, and the United Arab Emirates.

She coauthored Differentiated Instruction for At-Risk Students (2009) and co-edited the five-volume Breaking the Mold of Education series (2010-2013), published by Rowman and Littlefield. She is also the co-author of Core Instructional Routines: Go-To Structures for Effective Literacy Teaching, K-5 and 6-12 (2014), published by Heinemann. With Maria Dove, she co-edited Coteaching and Other Collaborative Practices in the EFL/ESL Classroom: Rationale, Research, Reflections, and Recommendations (2012) and co-authored Collaboration and Co-Teaching: Strategies for English Learners (2010), Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner, Grades K-5: English Language Arts Strategies (2013), Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner, Grades 6-12: English Language Arts Strategies (2013), Beyond Core Expectations: A Schoolwide Framework for Serving the Not-So-Common Learner (2014), Collaboration and Co-Teaching: A Leader's Guide (2015), Coteaching for English Learners: A Guide to Collaborative Planning, Instruction, Assessment, and Reflection (2018), Collaborating for English Learners: A Foundational Guide to Integrated Practices (2019), Co-Planning: 5 Essential Practices to Integrate Curriculum and Instruction for English Learners (2022). She is a contributing author of Breaking Down the Wall: Essential Shifts for English Learner Success (2020), From Equity Insights to Action (2021), and Digital-Age Teaching for English Learners (2022). Nine of her Corwin books are bestsellers.

Klappentext

New hope for our students who struggle most Under the best of circumstances meeting the Common Core can be a challenge. But if you're a teacher of academically and linguistically diverse students-and

Zusammenfassung
A book that provides clear and comprehensive guidance on how to make the standards accessible to ELLs and other at-risk learners.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction
Who Are Our Not So Common Learners?
The Standards Movement
Common Core Advances
Application of the Common Core to Address Individual Differences
Student Diversity and Teacher Challenges
What Is Not Covered In The Common Core Document
Focus on Research-Based Strategies to Address Learning Needs
Chapter 2. Strategies for Academic Language Development
Why Diverse Adolescent Learners Need Explicit Instruction in Academic Language?
Core Language and Vocabulary Strategies
Conventions of Standard English
Knowledge and Application of Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Anticipated Outcomes
Instructional Challenges
Promising Classroom Practices
Common Core Standards-(Un)Common Reflection Questions
Key Resources
Chapter 3. Reading Strategies for Literature
Why Teaching Diverse Adolescent Learners Reading Strategies Promotes Comprehension of Literary Texts
Core Reading Strategies
Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Anticipated Outcomes
Instructional Challenges
Promising Classroom Practices
Common Core Standards-(Un)Common Reflection Questions
Key Resources
Chapter 4. Reading Strategies for Informational Texts
Why Teaching Diverse Adolescent Learners Reading Strategies Promotes Comprehension of Informational Texts
Core Informational Reading Strategies
Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Anticipated Outcomes
Instructional Challenges
Promising Classroom Practices
Common Core Standards-(Un)Common Reflection Questions
Key Resources
Chapter 5. Writing Strategies
Why Scaffolding and Explicit Skills Instruction Improves the Writing of Diverse Adolescent Learners
Core Writing Strategies
Text Types and Purposes
Production and Distribution of Writing
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Range of Writing
Anticipated Outcomes
Instructional Challenges
Promising Classroom Practices
Common Core Standards-(Un)Common Reflection Questions
Key Resources
Chapter 6. Speaking and Listening Strategies
Why Speaking and Listening Skills Improve the Overall Academic Development of Diverse Adolescent Learners
Core Speaking and Listening Strategies
Comprehension and Collaboration
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
Anticipated Outcomes
Instructional Challenges
Promising Classroom Practices
Common Core Standards-(Un)Common Reflection Questions
Key Resources
Chapter 7. Key to Successful Implementation: Collaborative Strategies
Why Collaborative Practices Help Meet the Common Core
Core Collaborative Practices
Instructional
Curriculum mapping and alignment
Joint instructional planning
Parallel teaching
Co-developing instructional materials
Collaborative assessment
Co-teaching
Noninstructional
Joint professional development
Teacher research
Joint parent-teacher conferences and report card writing
Planning, facilitating, and participating in extracurricular activities
Anticipated Outcomes
Challenges
Common Core Collaborations-(Un)Common Reflection Questions
Key Resources