Biliteracy from the Start

Kathy Escamilla, Ph.D., Susan Hopewell, Ph.D., Sandra Butvilofsky, Ph.D., Wendy Sparrow, Lucinda Soltero-González, Manuel Escamilla

Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared in Action shows bilingual education teachers, administrators, and leadership teams how to plan, implement, monitor, and strengthen biliteracy instruction that builds on students’ linguistic resources in two languages, beginning in kindergarten.

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Special Features

• Key terms and/or guiding questions introduce every chapter.
• Sample instruction units, lesson plans, student writing in Spanish and English, and paired writing rubrics make chapter content accessible and practical.
• Empirical evidence of students’ reading and writing development in Spanish and English grounds presentation of trajectories toward biliteracy and scaffolded biliteracy zones.
• Questions for reflection and action at the end of each chapter help biliteracy educators apply key concepts to their local district and school context.

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Foreword by Ofelia García

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