Table of contents

Teaching Academic English in Early Childhood

A practical path for helping preschool and kindergarten children use the language of learning

Read each section in order. Every title can be opened as a TheoryTrace document.

• Cover
• Copyright
• How to read this book
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: What Academic English Means for Young Children
• Chapter 2: How Young Children Learn Language
• Chapter 3: Creating a Language-Rich Classroom
• Chapter 4: Teaching Through Talk
• Chapter 5: Building Classroom Vocabulary
• Chapter 6: Using Read-Alouds for Academic Language
• Chapter 7: Teaching Listening and Following Directions
• Chapter 8: Language for Thinking and Reasoning
• Chapter 9: Language Across Math, Science, and Social Studies
• Chapter 10: Supporting Emergent Literacy
• Chapter 11: Teaching Multilingual Learners
• Chapter 12: Play as Academic Language Practice
• Chapter 13: Scaffolding Sentences and Conversations
• Chapter 14: Assessing Early Academic English
• Chapter 15: Planning Effective Lessons and Routines
• Chapter 16: Partnering with Families
• Conclusion