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In addition to explaining specific strategies, the units we describe exemplify several key practices for working with emergent bilinguals. These practices are essential to effective teaching. In the following sections, we briefly discuss each of the following key practices.

 Organizing around big question units of inquiry

 Getting to know your English learners so you can best teach them

 Creating a multilingual/multicultural environment

 Understanding the language proficiency of your students

 Using a gradual release of responsibility model of reading and writing

 Drawing on English learners’ background knowledge and cultures

 Drawing on students’ home languages using translanguaging strategies