In the latter part of my teaching and consultant career, I specialized out of necessity in English Language Acquisition. I taught a bilingual class for five years, moved into professional development in math, language arts, and early childhood education with Migrant Education, a federally funded program for students who move frequently because of agriculturally related reasons, and then into history education.
My Personal Library
| Accelerated Academic English A Focus on the English Learner, Robin Scarcella |
| Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction: Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, Linda Kucan |
| Building Academic Language: Essential Practices for Content Classrooms, Jeff Zwiers |
| Building Academic Vocabulary Teacher’s Manual, Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering |
| Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners, Jane D. Hill, Kathleen M. Flynn |
| Creating Robust Vocabulary: Frequently Asked Questions & Extended Examples, Isabel Beck, Margaret McKeown, Linda Kucan |
| Critical Literacy: Enhancing Students’ Comprehension of Text, Maureen McLaughlin, GlennL. DeVoogd |
| Differentiating Textbooks: Strategies to Improve Student Comprehension & Motivation, Char Forsten, Jim Grant, Betty Hollas |
| Disciplinary Literacy: Redefining Deep Understanding an Leadership for 21st Century Demands, Tomaisina Piercy and William Piercy |
| Fulfilling the Promise of the differentiated Classroom: Strategies and Tools for Responsive Teaching, Carol Ann Tomlinson |
| Guiding Readers and Writers Grades 3-6: Teaching Comprehension, Genre, an Content Literacy, Irene C. Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell |
| If They Can Argue Well, They Can Write Well, Dr. Bill McBride |
| Improving Adolescent Literacy:Strategies At Work, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey |
| Improving Education for English Learners: Research-Based Approaches, CDE |
| Learner English: A Teacher’s Guide to Interference and Other Problems, Michael Swan, Bernard Smith |
| Reading & Writing Sourcebook & Teacher’s Guide, Robert Pavlick, Richard G. Mamsey |
| Rigor and Relevance from Concept to Reality, Willard R. Daggett |
| Scaffolding Language Scaffolding Learning Teaching Second Language Learning in the Mainstream Classroom, Pauline Gibbon |
| Teaching Argument Writing, George Hillocks, Jr. |
| Teaching with Intention:Defining Beliefs, Aligning Practive, Taking Action, Debbie Miller |
| What Research Has to Say About Vocabulary Instruction, Alan Farstrup, S. Jay Samuels |
| When Kids Can’t Read What Teachers Can Do, Kylene Beers |
Helpful Training I Took and/or Trained Others
- Kagan Strategies
- Step Up to Writing
- Building Literacy Through History
- Project-Based Learning
- Thinking Maps
Marsha Ingrao - Always Write 
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