Mary is an educational consultant and published author who taught in large urban schools as a bilingual elementary teacher, mentor teacher, and reading resource teacher for 12 years before also teaching at the college and university level. She is the author of Balancing Reading and Language Learning: A Resource for Teaching English Language Learners, K-5 (2005), as well as the author of book chapters and articles and numerous bilingual children’s books. She works with schools and districts across the country improving the reading, writing, and speaking development of all children in a variety of ways, including working as a long-term onsite consultant, providing workshops, working in classrooms, doing demonstration lessons, leading literacy institutes, and providing keynote presentations.
View Mary Capellini's Resume/Vita, Publications and Workshops.
Level: K-8
- Balanced Literacy
- Reading and Writing Workshops
- Integrating Literature and Reading Instruction
- Integrating ESL or ELD into the Literacy Block
- Content Area Reading Instruction for ELL's
- Meeting State Standards
- Assessment of ELL's
- Guided Reading with ELLs
- Comprehension Strategies for ELLs
- Using Shared Reading and Shared Writing with ELLs
- Parent Literacy and Parent Involvement
Balancing Reading and Language Learning: A Resource for Teaching English Language Learners, K–5
School Staff Development Days and Workshops
Workshops for County Offices of Education and Staff Development Centers
- Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13, and Education Service Agency: Workshops for K–8 teachers on Balancing Reading and Language Learning: Increasing Comprehension for All Students; Improving the Vocabulary Development of All Students
- Los Angeles County Office of Education: Workshops for K-2 Teachers on Guided Reading
- San Bernardino County Office of Education: Workshops for Their Early Literacy Trainings
- Orange County Office of Education: REACH Workshops; Paraprofessional Seminars; Workshops on Good First Teaching; Bilingual Workshops for Teachers; Workshops for Moonlight Series
- Santa Cruz County Office of Education: Spanish and English Guided Reading Workshops
- South West Regional Laboratory: Seminar for Principals of Long Beach USD on Balanced Literacy
- Multifunctional Resource Center, San Diego State University: Literacy Workshops for Teachers