Keys to Learning
Skills and Strategies for Newcomers
Published on 24. June 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-13-189221-7 (ISBN)
Description
Keys to Learning: Skills and Strategies for Newcomers, by Anna Uhl Chamot, Catharine W. Keatley, and Kristina Anstrom, provides middle and high school newcomers with the skills and strategies to make a great start in reading, writing, and grammar. Research-based and standards-driven, Keys to Learning gives newcomers step-by-step tools for developing their academic skills and becoming successful lifelong learners.
Using a four-skills approach, students gain solid foundation in essential skills and strategies through authentic literature and informational readings. Keys to Learning builds skills and experiences needed to develop literacy and bring students up to speed for academic learning.
Using a four-skills approach, students gain solid foundation in essential skills and strategies through authentic literature and informational readings. Keys to Learning builds skills and experiences needed to develop literacy and bring students up to speed for academic learning.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Target group
ELT/ESL
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 10 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
777 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-189221-7 (9780131892217)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
INTRODUCTION: GETTING STARTED
Introductions
Classroom Objects
Classroom Commands
Days of the Week
The Alphabet
Numbers 1 - 20
Numbers 20 - 100
Time
Months of the Year
Dates
CHARACTERS
UNIT 1: NEW FRIENDS
Chapter 1 What's your name?
Chapter 2 What classes do you have?
Chapter 3 This is a calculator.
UNIT 2: AT SCHOOL
Chapter 4 Where's the gym?
Chapter 5 What's your address?
Chapter 6 You were late yesterday.
UNIT 3: AT HOME
Chapter 7 What are you doing?
Chapter 8 I have to work.
Chapter 9 You came to our party!
UNIT 4: AROUND TOWN
Chapter 10 How much is it?
Chapter 11 She needs some lettuce.
Chapter 12 He's the cutest guy at school.
UNIT 5: FRIENDS & FAMILY
Chapter 13 He's going to fall!
Chapter 14 Hey! The lights went out!
Chapter 15 We'll have a study group.
UNIT 6: FEELINGS & HOBBIES
Chapter 16 I sometimes study with my friends.
Chapter 17 You should get some rest.
Chapter 18 It was too easy.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
FOCUS ON CONTENT
Life Science How Nature Works:
Ecosystems and Food Chains
Physical Science The Universe:
Earth and the Milky Way
Math Solving Word Problems:
Mathematics in Everyday Life
Literature Poetry
Understanding Images
Social Studies The United States:
Reading Maps of Our Country
History Martin Luther King Jr.:
An American Hero
VOCABULARY HANDBOOK
GRAMMAR HANDBOOK
WORD ANALYSIS
THE WRITING PROCESS
USING A DICTIONARY
LEARNING STRATEGIES
GLOSSARY
TOPICAL INDEX
Introductions
Classroom Objects
Classroom Commands
Days of the Week
The Alphabet
Numbers 1 - 20
Numbers 20 - 100
Time
Months of the Year
Dates
CHARACTERS
UNIT 1: NEW FRIENDS
Chapter 1 What's your name?
Chapter 2 What classes do you have?
Chapter 3 This is a calculator.
UNIT 2: AT SCHOOL
Chapter 4 Where's the gym?
Chapter 5 What's your address?
Chapter 6 You were late yesterday.
UNIT 3: AT HOME
Chapter 7 What are you doing?
Chapter 8 I have to work.
Chapter 9 You came to our party!
UNIT 4: AROUND TOWN
Chapter 10 How much is it?
Chapter 11 She needs some lettuce.
Chapter 12 He's the cutest guy at school.
UNIT 5: FRIENDS & FAMILY
Chapter 13 He's going to fall!
Chapter 14 Hey! The lights went out!
Chapter 15 We'll have a study group.
UNIT 6: FEELINGS & HOBBIES
Chapter 16 I sometimes study with my friends.
Chapter 17 You should get some rest.
Chapter 18 It was too easy.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
FOCUS ON CONTENT
Life Science How Nature Works:
Ecosystems and Food Chains
Physical Science The Universe:
Earth and the Milky Way
Math Solving Word Problems:
Mathematics in Everyday Life
Literature Poetry
Understanding Images
Social Studies The United States:
Reading Maps of Our Country
History Martin Luther King Jr.:
An American Hero
VOCABULARY HANDBOOK
GRAMMAR HANDBOOK
WORD ANALYSIS
THE WRITING PROCESS
USING A DICTIONARY
LEARNING STRATEGIES
GLOSSARY
TOPICAL INDEX