Bøger af Alexandra Guilamo

Based on years of language acquisition and vocabulary development research, the SPEED system was developed and perfected to meet the unique needs of English language learners and struggling students. S.P.E.E.D. is an integrated framework for word learning that gives students the academic vocabulary and the lifelong habit of word consciousness that is necessary to be successful in school and beyond. This book explains the structure for deep and meaningful vocabulary instruction that is integrated across all content areas. It shows teachers an approach to help students form the daily habits of engaged and mindful reading, while working with peers to build and use their academic vocabulary in their reading, writing, speaking, and listening independently. Students do this by engaging in a variety of daily vocabulary tasks while the teacher meets with groups of students or individuals. Goal setting around the quality of word collections, reflecting on word usage, and refining their understanding of past words are critical components that work to build independence. These are just some of the ways that SPEED helps all students, especially struggling learners and ELLs, develop a love for and awareness of the power of words. The benefits of SPEED for teachers and schools include: -students develop their vocabulary base individually with words that are right for them; -less time engaged in activities that don't give students depth of learning; -the approach folds in seamlessly to district-adopted curriculums and state mandates; -improves schoolwide vocabulary acquisition; and -the same process is equally powerful across all content areas.

"In Coaching teachers in bilingual and dual-language classrooms: a responsive cycle for observation and feedback author Alexandra Guilamo notes the severe lack of effective observation and coaching that instructors in dual language and bilingual classrooms deeply need. In order for these instructors to navigate the uniquely challenging nature of dual language classrooms and provide their students with the best education possible they need the professional development that only successful coaching can bring. Due to a combination of factors including teacher shortages, an increase of multi-lingual students, and a simple lack of confidence and knowledge on the part of their colleagues, instructors in these classrooms are going without this important professional development. As such, the author offers up this book as a resource that the reader can use to develop an effective and confident system of observation and coaching in the dual-language and bilingual classroom. This book covers each stage of the coaching process from the pre-observation conference to the post-observation sessions. At each step, it provides the reader with pertinent and comprehensive coaching theory and implementable, effective strategies for coaching sourced directly from the author's work with hundreds of individuals. Through the use of this book, the reader can become a successful coach of dual language and bilingual classroom teachers and assist those instructors in becoming the best teachers they can be"--