TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reyes,Sharon Adelman
AU  - Crawford,James
TI  - Diary of a bilingual school: how a constructivist curriculum, a multicultural perspective, and a commitment to dual immersion education combined to foster fluent bilingualism in Spanish and English-speaking children 
SN  - 9780984731701
AV  - LC 3733.C4 R49 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Portland, Ore.
PB  - DiversityLearningK12
KW  - Inter-American Magnet School (Chicago, Ill.)
KW  - Education, Bilingual
KW  - Illinois
KW  - Chicago
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - Immersion method (Language teaching)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-118); Introduction:  A year in the life -- Pt. 1, Fundamentals: -- Making sense of the words-and the world -- Principles and practices -- Pt. 2, Narratives: -- Welcome to Room 307: No TV week; Clifford goes to school; A sailor went to sea; Village builders --- The worms have arrived: But what about the tests?; Marisol and Jessica; A lullaby for worms -- Nincas and Ninfas: Little cotton; Bug bets; Rock-eggs; Everyone eats insects; New birth; The toothless cockroach -- Beetles and butterflies: Love and marriage; Green hand syndrome; The great bug escape; Beetles; Naomi in the bug garden; Butterflies; Alicia's secret -- Goodbye, Mrs. Bee -- Pt. 3, Outcomes: -- Schooling for life
N2  - Dual immersion, a popular new way to foster bilingualism, is capturing the attention of parents and educators alike. By bringing together children from diverse backgrounds to learn each other's languages in a natural setting, it has proved far more effective at cultivating fluency than traditional approaches. Depicting a year in the life of a second-grade classroom, this volume demonstrates what can happen when the instruction is bilingual, and the curriculum is constructivist. -- Publishers description
ER  -