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In the context of helping all students thrive with your core content, this book helps you excel in reaching English learners. This is a flip-to guide to reference when planning and teaching every day. Here’s what you’ll find:

Section I: Essentials for EL Excellence

 Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION Learn the core pedagogy for EL excellence and how to use this guide.

 Chapter 2: ESSENTIAL MINDSETS Learn three essential mindsets, how we can get stuck, and strategies for immediate action.

Section II: ENGAGE

 Chapter 3: ENGAGE EVERY EL Flip to strategies in this chapter to make collaborative conversations and accountable participation central to daily teaching.

Section III: SUPPORT

 Chapter 4: SUPPORT ELs STRATEGICALLY Learn how to support language and concepts strategically without lowering expectations. Gain strategies and a flip-to guide to differentiate with ease.

 Chapter 5: BUILD BACKGROUND Use this flip-to chapter to find strategies to connect to students’ prior experiences, pre-teach vocabulary, and build conceptual understandings before any lesson.

 Chapter 6: SCAFFOLD LANGUAGE DURING A TASK Use this flip-to chapter to find strategies to scaffold students’ language use (vocabulary, grammar, or text-level organization) during any speaking or writing task.

 Chapter 7: TEACH LANGUAGE BEYOND A TASK Use this flip-to chapter to find mini-lessons to deepen students’ understanding of how English works.

Flip-to Tip: Anytime you are planning for a specific literacy goal (e.g., asking questions, identifying main ideas, or justifying claims with text evidence), flip to the table of contents after the green “IV. Apply” tab. Choose your priority and flip to it to find a wealth of ready-to-use tools that make teaching for EL excellence a breeze.

Section IV: Apply Strategies to Differentiate Academic Literacy

Use this flip-to section to apply the essentials for EL excellence to differentiate close reading, conversations, and writing with text evidence.

 Chapter 8: Make EL Excellence Routine Learn a four-step close reading routine to use with any classroom text.

 Chapter 9: Anticipate Use Chapters 9–11 to differentiate each step of the routine based on your literacy goals and your students.

 Chapter 10: Read to Understand

 Chapter 11: Read to Analyze and Infer