TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wheeler,Rebecca S.
AU  - Swords,Rachel
TI  - Code-switching lessons: grammar strategies for linguistically diverse writers : grades 3-6 
SN  - 0325026106
AV  - LB1576 .W4857 2010
U1  - 428.2 23
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Portsmouth, NH
PB  - Firsthand Heinemann
KW  - English language
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Study and teaching (Elementary)
KW  - United States
KW  - Composition and exercises
KW  - Black English
KW  - Code switching (Linguistics)
N1  - Accompanied by: 1 computer disc (CD-ROM); Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-259); Introduction: About code-switching -- About code-switching lessons -- Customizing code-switching lessons to your own classroom -- Lessons. Diversity in life and language -- Showing possession -- Plural patterns -- Reviewing possessive and plural patterns -- Showing past time -- Subject-Verb agreement -- Was / were -- Am/ is/ are -- Using be -- Multiple patterns -- Character and voice in literature; General
N2  - This book shows teachers how to build on students' existing knowledge (Community English) to add new knowledge (Academic English). The authors show how to lead students in discovery learning of grammar and how to lead students to code-switch, to choose the language style to fit the setting. Teachers learn to build on students' linguistic strengths and add Standard English to students' linguistic toolkits.--[book cover]
ER  -