Explicit academic vocabulary instruction, using the innovative RULE of 3 is critical for EL success. The RULE of 3 is the result of 12 years of research which included two U.S. Office grants. The RULE of 3 has students REHEARSE, ANALYZE and PRODUCE interdisciplinary words. The implementation of ANALYZE phonics, reading and writing resulted in 90% of primary students gaining 2-4 CELDT levels and significant gains on the CASSP. The achievement gap was closed from 12.9 to 1.8.
Dr. Linda Ventriglia-Navarrette is a Director and Research Professor at the University of California at Riverside. She has degrees from Claremont University and Harvard University. As a Ford Foundation post-doctoral fellow, she completed four years of study in linguistics and second... Read More →
