Resources Recommended by Dr. Mooney
Dr. Mooney reviews and hand picks the best resources from an extensive range of books, websites, and curriculum sets to equip you with tools and learning sources that can make a difference in your classroom.
Advocating for English Learners: A Guide for Educators
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Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges From Language Proficiency to Academic Achievement
ISBN: 978-1483381060
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Practical guidance and examples for developing effective assessments
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10 Languages You’ll Need Most in the Classroom: A Guide to Communicating with English Language Learners and Their Families
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Engage Every Family: Five Simple Principles
Exploring Culture: Exercise, Stories and Synthetic Cultures
ISBN: 978-1877864902
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How might your students’ home cultures vary from the culture they experience in an American school? This book describes the basic building blocks of culture and provides insight into how people from different cultures may view the world.
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Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning: Teaching English Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom
ISBN: 978-0325056647
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Written with the classroom teacher in mind, this book offers an important overview of theory related to teaching English learners. It is also filled with easy-to-implement activities for teaching reading, writing, listening, or speaking in any content area.
The More-Than-Just-Surviving Handbook: ELL for Every Classroom Teacher
ISBN: 978-1553792321
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This book provides a broad survey of the foundational knowledge needed for teaching ELs effectively. The chapter about your first days with ELs and the extensive use of real-life examples are particularly helpful.
ESL Teaching: Principles for Success
ISBN: 978-0325062495
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Theory and practical ideas for teaching ELs. Numerous detailed vignettes help you “see” effective implementation of the principles.
Students with Interrupted Formal Education: Bridging Where They Are and What They Need
The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom
ISBN: 978-1501159091
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This non-fiction account of a high school class of refugees who spoke multiple languages – some you’ve probably never even heard of – gives detailed insight into how a teacher navigated this multilingual environment.
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Unlocking English Learners’ Potential: Strategies for Making Content Accessible
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Essential Linguistics: What Teachers Need to Know to Teach ESL, Reading, Spelling, and Grammar
ISBN: 978-0325050935
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A description of linguistics for non-linguists. The authors help you understand how linguistics principles can influence the way you teach literacy to ELs.
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My Family Divided: One Girl’s Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope
ISBN: 978-1250134868
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Written for teens, the author describes her experience of coming home from school to find her undocumented immigrant parents had been detained and were headed toward deportation.
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Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas
ISBN: 978-0194525008
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For use with elementary students (3rd – 5th grade).
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Speak Your Language!
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