Finish Line For Ells Grades 9 12

The annotated teacher's edition for Finish Line New York ELLs: Bilingual Common Core includes teacher directions for each student page; instructional notes for teachers; a reproducible parent letter; classroom learning activities to support speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills; answer sheets with rubrics; NYSESLAT Anchors and Targets of Measurement at grade level; and NYS Common Core Learning Standards for ELA at grade level. Also included are a skill analysis chart, proficiency chart, and connecting assessment to instruction for the transition unit.

With the Finish Line for ELLs 2.0 workbook, English language learners can improve their performance across the language domains and become familiar with item types on state ELP assessments

The Finish Line New York ELLs: Bilingual Common Core workbook is essential for NYSESLAT test takers. Practice lessons meet today's Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS) and the New Language Arts Progressions, and prepare students for the format and item types on the 2016 NYSESLAT. Lessons address the four tested language domains of Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking. Each lesson is created around a central theme that ties to a content area in the classroom. Like the test, the book targets the linguistic demands of grade-level Common Core instruction using Targets of Measurement (ToMs). Academic language is heavily emphasized. Passage types include informational and literary texts that align with the text complexity of the CCLS. Listening, Reading, and Writing are integrated, and Speaking is a dedicated session. A full unit at the end helps transition students to the NYS Common Core ELA Test.

The annotated teacher's edition for Finish Line New York ELLs: Bilingual Common Core includes teacher directions for each student page; instructional notes for teachers; a reproducible parent letter; classroom learning activities to support speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills; answer sheets with rubrics; NYSESLAT Anchors and Targets of Measurement at grade level; and NYS Common Core Learning Standards for ELA at grade level.

Prepare students for Pennsylvania's end-of-course assessment with Keystone Finish Line Literature. Lessons are aligned to the Keystone Exams: Literature Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content, and provide plenty of practice with the types and length of literature found on the test. The book is divided into two modules with a review at the end of each: Module 1 focuses on fiction, such as plays, poems, short stories, and classic literature; Module 2 covers nonfiction, such as functional, instructional, expository, and argumentative texts. Just like the Keystone, many practice questions feature authentic texts with items that address Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels 2 and higher and students will answer multiple-choice and constructed-response questions. Each lesson is specific to a skill or content area, and includes an instructional review, guided practice, and independent work.

Effective ways to help ELLs excel As you tailor your teaching to engage the increasing number of English language learners, the key to success is focusing on literacy. Adapted from the highly successful Differentiated Literacy Strategies for Student Growth and Achievement in Grades K–6, this book provides a wealth of grade-specific literacy strategies that not only increase student achievement but also increase it rapidly. The authors provide proven practical tools for differentiating instruction to meet language and individual learning styles. Teachers will find an instructional and assessment framework designed to promote these critical competencies: Functional literacy in phonics, spelling, and reading Content-area literacy for vocabulary, concept attainment, and comprehension Technological literacy for information searching, evaluation, and synthesis Innovative literacy for creativity, growth, and lifelong learning Included are more than 100 planning models, matrixes, rubrics, and checklists. Teachers with students who have had interrupted formal education or come from newly arrived immigrant populations will find a wealth of proven methods for giving ELLs every opportunity to succeed.

"Joe Feldman shows us how we can use grading to help students become the leaders of their own learning and lift the veil on how to succeed. . . . This must-have book will help teachers learn to implement improved, equity-focused grading for impact." —Zaretta Hammond, Author of Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain Crack open the grading conversation Here at last—and none too soon—is a resource that delivers the research base, tools, and courage to tackle one of the most challenging and emotionally charged conversations in today’s schools: our inconsistent grading practices and the ways they can inadvertently perpetuate the achievement and opportunity gaps among our students. With Grading for Equity, Joe Feldman cuts to the core of the conversation, revealing how grading practices that are accurate, bias-resistant, and motivational will improve learning, minimize grade inflation, reduce failure rates, and become a lever for creating stronger teacher-student relationships and more caring classrooms. Essential reading for schoolwide and individual book study or for student advocates, Grading for Equity provides A critical historical backdrop, describing how our inherited system of grading was originally set up as a sorting mechanism to provide or deny opportunity, control students, and endorse a "fixed mindset" about students’ academic potential—practices that are still in place a century later A summary of the research on motivation and equitable teaching and learning, establishing a rock-solid foundation and a "true north" orientation toward equitable grading practices Specific grading practices that are more equitable, along with teacher examples, strategies to solve common hiccups and concerns, and evidence of effectiveness Reflection tools for facilitating individual or group engagement and understanding As Joe writes, "Grading practices are a mirror not just for students, but for us as their teachers." Each one of us should start by asking, "What do my grading practices say about who I am and what I believe?" Then, let’s make the choice to do things differently . . . with Grading for Equity as a dog-eared reference.

Vocabulary Links for English Language Development for grade 3, the updated edition of the original book, features motivating lessons designed for ELLs and other students who need to strengthen their vocabulary skills. Workbooks reinforce knowledge of grade-level content words in science and social studies. Lessons focus on tier 2 and tier 3 vocabulary as identified by the Common Core State Standards. Vocabulary is taught using various modes of instruction, allowing for multiple exposures. Taught words are presented in language that students are familiar with, avoiding formal definitions. Teacher's guides are sold separately and identify tier 2 and tier 3 vocabulary, Lexile® measures, and more.

The annotated teacher's edition for Finish Line New York ELA includes suggestions for use/teaching strategies; answer key with answer analysis, and CCLS and Depth of Knowledge (DOK) correlations; speaking, writing, and media/research activities; Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary; and ELL support.

Give your students every chance for success with Keystone Finish Line Biology. This workbook reviews Pennsylvania's Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content of the Keystone Biology Exam, and familiarizes students with the format of tested question types. Practice questions range in difficulty, with many Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels 2 and 3 items that call for higher-order reasoning. Supportive illustrations, graphs, and artwork build on concepts. Units include multiple-choice items and rigorous constructed-response problems that test multiple anchors. A review section at the end of each module can be used as a practice test. Practice questions are frequently posed in real-life contexts. Learning support includes reminders and examples for illustration. Students will also see guided examples with explanations that show how to find the answer in a logical way. A glossary of important terms is included.