Literacy+and+ESL



**Developing Literacy in the Classroom & Home Environment** ** For Parents ** 

**For Teachers** There are four types of learning differences that will be examined. I. Semantic universals - categories within a language that are shared by all cultures. II. Phonological universals - sounds of a language. III. Syntactic universals - word order in any language. IV. Absolute universals - basic tendencies of a language (appear in every language).  **Informational Websites** [|Reading Rockets] - a website that focuses on literacy and oral language development. [|The Education Alliance]- explains the considerations and strategies for English language learners.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Informational Article ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0f100f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Article Title: [|Motivation & Reading]  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0f100f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Author: Carla Thomas McClure  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0f100f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Website Address: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> []

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Teaching Tool ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Word Map - used to help with vocabulary comprehension  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-size: 16px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: auto;">﻿ ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Suggested Children's Literature Book **  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Title: In Her Hands: The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage Age Level : 6 - 9 Reader Level: Independent Reader <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Author: Alan Schroeder <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Augusta Savage was a born artist, making clay figures even as a child. She <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">pursued her passion, actually earning money for her family until she was old  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">enough to travel from her rural Florida home to New York City where she  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">studied at Cooper Union and became part of what is now known as the  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Harlem Renaissance. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> Patrice Rodgers Geometry & Honors Geometry Email: patrice.rodgers@mnps.org