Complete Series: Starting Points

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Classrooms with three, four, or five spoken languages are becoming more and more common. However, teachers, who may have little or no special training, are often left feeling overwhelmed with how to support successful learning within such a diverse setting. Starting Points uses proven, evidence-based practices to help all Pre-K through 2nd-grade children build confidence and gain key language and literacy skills.

This DVD contains three complete video programs using teacher-tested strategies that meet key performance standards and address child outcomes. Starting Points focuses on manageable changes that every teacher can incorporate into his or her teaching--reaching more students and growing as professionals. Ages 3-8. Produced by Educational Productions.

I Don't Know Where to Start

• Validates teachers' concerns about English-language learning challenges
• Introduces core concepts to build classroom communities that invite all children to learn

Getting Your Message Across

• Immerses viewers in a simulated foreign-language environment to experience firsthand how nonverbal communication is a powerful communication tool
• Teaches communication cues and signals that accentuate meaning

Bringing Language Alive!

• Introduces key elements of first- and second-language acquisition
• Shares easy-to-learn strategies that deepen understanding for English-language learners and native English speakers.

DVD with subtitles, 113 minutes; includes Facilitator's Guide plus CD-ROM containing PDFs