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Articulating teacher cognition: A discourse analysis of novice teacher experience	First, next, then, last: Using stuffed animals and graphic organizers to aid in retelling in a second grade classroom

The power of parts of speech: Teaching ELLs students grammar to empower their writing	I like tacos, too: A letter exchange between two middle school ELD classes to increase descriptive language in writing

The art of descriptive writing: As seen through the fourth grade pencil	The effects of graphic organizers on third grade students' narrative writing

Using vocabulary as a roadmap to successful writing: Teaching synonyms, similes, and metaphors to improve student writing	"Fact vomit doesn't cut it"---The impact of direct instruction on elaboration in sixth grade students' scientific writing

What were you thinking?: Using a think-aloud protocol to improve the reading comprehension of English Language Learners	Using "gangsta" T-BEAR: Teaching a format for paragraph development in a literary response essay

"Can we use a story map?": Using a story map graphic organizer to improve student's narrative writing	Step up to writing, step into summaries: Improving the organization of student summary writing with the use of outlines

Stuck on a word: Word sorting and its effects on decoding and spelling	Book reviews as response to literature: Their role in promoting engagement and reading comprehension

Improving 7th grade student writing skills by teaching the deconstruction of writing prompts	"How do I start?" Using T-chart graphic organizers to improve structure and organization in persuasive writing

Reading is thinking: Improving reading comprehension using reading strategies	Kindling the collaborative spirit: Exploring peer revision with sixth grade students

Read it like you mean it: Using Reader's Theatre to improve oral reading fluency	The art is in the details: Using visual literacy to promote staying on topic and writing with details in an elementary classroom

"Really reading": Adapting cultural modeling with diverse first-graders in California	"Fancy phrases": Improving vocabulary in students' narrative writing

Teaching character analysis: Developing precise trait vocabulary, assertions, and support	Scaffolding instruction and using graphic organizers for writing effective in-class summaries

"Brown is a describing word": Improving the use of descriptive language in writing through memoirs	"Ms. Gershater, aren't we doing grammar today?" Teaching syntactical structures using collaborative and context-based methods

Showing students the forest: Giving students a reason to read their social studies textbook	Differentiating instruction using jigsaws: Results in a SDAIE science class

Weaving cooperative learning groups and written responses to literature together in a high school SDAIE language arts classroom	Constructing voice through texts: Student engagement and dialogue in the ESL writing classroom

Heterogeneous peer response groups: Engaging students in written feedback and constructive talk about writing to improve revision skills	Setting the stage to read: Using Readers' theater and timed reads with English learners to improve fluency and comprehension

Yo se espanol requetebien: Using language experience approach to improve Spanish native speaker's reading and writing skills in Spanish	"What does this word mean?": Using context clues and word analysis to increase student comprehension of narrative and expository text

Sociolinguistic adaptation and conversation analysis: The experience of Francophone African migrants in California	"¡Ahora puedo narrar un cuento!": Developing narrative skills through oral and written retellings of children's books

Cross-linguistic influence in a third language: The case of Hmong-English bilingual learners of French	The effect of study abroad on the acquisition of word order with intransitive verbs in L2 Spanish

The development of a Web-based Spanish listening placement exam	The challenge of developing academic language in Spanish and English through science: The case of two teachers' strategic teaching practices

Crossing a new sea: A study of the first generation of Iu-Mien college graduates	Internationalizing teaching, localizing English: Language teaching reforms through a south Chinese university

Policies and identities in Mandarin education: The situated multilingualism of university-level "heritage" language learners	How Beginning Secondary Teachers Understand and Enact Academic Literacies in Their Classrooms: A Qualitative Multi-Case Study