Whittier School provides its educators with educational materials to support their professional growth. The library counts on quality books on Assessment, ESL, Content Areas, Bilingual Education, Reading & Writing, Literacy and & Resource Books, Guided Reading, Writing, Phonics & Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Struggling Readers, Reading Fluency, Vocabulary, Family Literacy, Classroom Community, Test Prep, Social Emotional Issues, and Math
New Additions to the
Academic Language Development:
Building Academic Language: Essential Practices for Content Classrooms by Jeff Zwiers Josse-Bass Teacher Grades 5-12
Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers How To Help Students Succeed Across Content Areas by Yvonne S. Freeman and David Freeman Heinemann
99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model by MaryEllen Vogt and Jana Echevarria Pearson
Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners The SIOP Model by Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt and Deborah Short Pearson
Assessment
Assessing English Language Learners: English Language Learners Bridges from language Proficiency to Academic Achievement by Margo Gottlieb
CDs with Songbooks:
Tish Hinojosa, Cada Niño /Every Child (bilingual songs with emphasis on Latino culture)
Carolyn Graham, Jazz Chants for Children (ESL)
Carolyn Graham, Small Talk: More Jazz Chants (ESL)
Carolyn Graham, Jazz Chants FairyTales (ESL)
CDs:
Jose-Luis Orozco (Spanish Folksongs for children)
Diez Deditos/Ten Little Fingers
Fiestas, A Year of Latin American Songs of Celebration
Esta es mi tierra/This Land is My Land
Azul: Lírica infantile, volumen 1
Rojo: Lírica infantile, volumen 2
Anaranjado: Lírica infantile, volumen 4: animales y movimiento
All-Time Favorite Dances/ Bailes favoritos de todos los tiempos
Elena Paz Travesi, Songs in Spanish for Children (SSL)
Books
Wright, Betteridge, & Buckby, Games for Language Learning, Cambridge University
Press, 2006. (Located in the ESL bin in the Professional Library in 303)