Foundations in teaching for biliteracy -- Students : a multilingual perspective -- Teachers : capitalizing on life experiences and diversity -- Planning the strategic use of two languages -- Language resources, linguistic creativity, and cultural funds of knowledge -- Building background knowledge -- Reading comprehension -- Writing : a multilingual perspective -- Word study and fluency : the dictado and other authentic strategies -- The bridge : strengthening connections between languages

"Beeman and Urow introduce the powerful notion of the Bridge to the biliteracy field in this practical professional development guide for teachers, administrators, and leadership teams. The Bridge is the instructional moment when teachers purposefully bring the two languages together, strategically guiding bilingual learners to: Transfer the academic content they have learned in one language to the other; Engage in contrastive analysis; Develop academic English and Spanish across the content areas; Read and write grade-level texts across the curriculum; Develop metalinguistic awareness. The biliteracy unit framework featured in this book is compatible with literacy frameworks and programs used in K-12 schools today"--Provided by publisher