Jose Arturo Puga

The Blue Horse Who Wanted to Go to College (eBook, ePUB)

Who Wanted to Go to College!
Illustrator: Soor-el Puga

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

THE BLUE HORSE is the story of a horse named Ruben who dreamed of going to college while facing self-esteem and academic struggles in a school setting. Ruben is determined, despite all the obstacles presented to second-language learners, to achieve his personal and academic goals. THE BLUE HORSE is a children's book with a dual-language methodology approach for English and Spanish language learners.

The main purpose of THE BLUE HORSE is to encourage structured classroom conversations to allow students to reach high levels of academic language and to develop crucial skills related to second- language acquisition.

THE BLUE HORSE nurtures literacy skills by allowing students to read with a purpose, to integrate new information, and to identify the writer's point of view. THE BLUE HORSE recognizes that reading and language acquisition, are like any other skills; they take time and practice.

THE BLUE HORSE promotes active reading to allow students to use prior knowledge and experiences from their first language to make sense of text while supporting students with visuals and facilitating second-language acquisition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Paper Bytes Marketing Solutions LLC
• Seitenzahl: 25
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781955205603
• Artikelnr.: 62321586

Autorenporträt

Dr. Jos Arturo Puga is a middle school principal at Hays CISD in Kyle, Texas, and a retired US Army officer with twenty-one years of military service. His career in education, which spans more than two decades, includes experience as a bilingual teacher, school counselor, and administrator at the elementary school, middle school, and high school levels. Dr. Jos Arturo Puga earned his doctoral degree at Texas A&M UniversityKingsville in curriculum and instruction, with a concentration in bilingual education. He earned a bachelors degree in Spanish literature and a masters degree in school counseling from the University of Texas at Edinburg and at Brownsville. He also earned a masters degree in sociology from Texas Tech University at Lubbock. Dr. Jos Arturo Puga, his wife, and their family reside in the Austin area, where he enjoys traveling and spending quality time with his family.