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Reading: Grades 4 - 6

Teacher Resources

Working With Children Who Have Had Formal Reading Instruction in Their First Language

http://bankstreet.edu/literacy-guide/

Bank Street's Literacy guide offers strategies on how to work with ELLs who have had formal reading instruction in their first language.

Reading in a Second Language

http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/L2ReadingMMd/Default.htm

Dr. Mora of San Diego State University provides an array of approaches for teachers to orient their ELLs to gain success in reading. Dr. Mora offers approaches such as the phonics approach, the skills approach, biliteracy instructional approaches, and more. She also provides links to research that support various approaches.

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