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