INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS

Effective, fun & motivating ways to teach language, literacy and cognitive skills to English Language Learners

Based on picture books

Based on picture books

Teachers/Parents/Guardians of young English Language Learners
WELCOME!!!

Here you’ll find
Instructional Units
based on carefully selected
children’s picture books.

(These books can be found in your local or school library or can be purchased from scholastic.com or amazon.com)

The Units provide

• Topics for conversations, critical thinking, and writing
• Steps for systematic development of students’
vocabulary, grammar, and literacy skills
• Many include hands-on activities

Each Unit of

Provides many days, often weeks of engaging work based on a particular picture book:

• Read Aloud with Vocabulary Work
• Accountable Talk
• Shared Reading and Writing
• Re-telling
• Independent Reading and Writing
• Oftentimes, Hands-on Activities

The goal of

is to help young students discover the joy of
reading and thinking and
find the confidence
in expressing their mind
in speaking and writing in English.

Methodology of

is the result of many years of work
with young English Language Learners.
It is based on scientific research
in first and second language acquisition,
and in literacy and cognitive skills development.
See Bibliography.