# 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.

Contains Companion Materials

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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.

See more from the same authors: [Biliterate Writing from the Start](https://products.brookespublishing.com/Biliterate-Writing-from-the-Start-P1493.aspx)

Authors: [Kathy Escamilla Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=199999&Name=Kathy+Escamilla+Ph.D.), [Susan Hopewell Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=200000&Name=Susan+Hopewell+Ph.D.), [Sandra Butvilofsky Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=200001&Name=Sandra+Butvilofsky+Ph.D.), [Wendy Sparrow](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=200002&Name=Wendy+Sparrow), [Lucinda Soltero-González](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=200003&Name=Lucinda+Soltero-Gonz%c3%a1lez), [Manuel Escamilla](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=200005&Name=Manuel+Escamilla)   
Foreword by [Ofelia García](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=199994&Name=Ofelia+Garc%c3%ada+Ph.D.)

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**STOCK NUMBER** | **ISBN**
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00137 | 978-1-934000-13-7

**COPYRIGHT** | **PAGES**
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**AVAILABILITY** | 
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