Educating English learners: what every classroom teacher needs to know

Part I. Teaching Academic Subjects to English Learners: 1. Narrowing the classroom communication gap for academic subjects; 2. Teaching Gero about American symbols: academic vocabulary in social studies; 3. Teaching Edith about the earth's rotation: inquiry-based science and language development; 4. Teaching Tasir to map data: project-based learning and the use of technolgoy; 5. Teaching Edgar algebra: the challenge of word problems in math

Part II. Teaching Language Arts and Literacy to English Learners: 6. Targeted language arts and literacy instruction; 7. Teaching Gero to write about "my favorite pet": language and literacy in the primary grades; 8. Teaching Edith about roots, prefixes, and suffixes: language and literacy in the intermediate grades; 9. Teaching Tasir to write a persuasive argument: language and literacy in middle school; 10. Teaching Edgar to analyze a text-based argument: language and literacy in high school

Conclusion: A call for collaboration

Appendix A. The academic subjects protocol: making curriculum, instruction, and assessment accessible for English learners

Appendix B. The language arts protocol: scaffolding instruction to support English learners' language and literacy skills

Appendix C. Resources: the English learner achievement and ESOL Tapestry web sites.