# Biliterate Writing from the Start

The Literacy Squared Approach to Asset-Based Writing Instruction

[Sandra Butvilofsky, Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=200001&Name=Sandra+Butvilofsky,Ph.D.), [Kathy Escamilla, Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=199999&Name=Kathy+Escamilla,Ph.D.), [Susan Hopewell, Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=200000&Name=Susan+Hopewell,Ph.D.)

The bestselling book **_Biliteracy from the Start_** introduced the Literacy Squared model, an innovative framework designed to promote and enhance biliteracy in Spanish-English speaking children. Now there’s a follow-up book on biliterate writing, with an in-depth focus on seeing biliteracy as an asset, building on children’s strengths, and supporting students’ writing skills in both languages.

**BILINGUAL EDUCATORS WILL:**

- Discover how an **asset-based approach** to biliterate writing helps students’ skills flourish in both languages
- Make **cross-language connections** to help students connect what they know in one language with what they’re learning in another
- Learn how and why **explicit teaching of oracy** enhances writing development in both Spanish and English
- Learn about a **highly effective strategy** for helping students develop **cross-language metalinguistic awareness**
- Get practical, **grade-specific guidance** for nurturing biliterate writing in kindergarten, Grades 1–2, and Grades 3–5
- Link writing standards to **Social Justice Standards** to help students problem solve, think critically, and advocate for positive change

**PRACTICAL MATERIALS:** In each chapter, Key Terms, Guiding Questions, and Reflection and Action Questions help readers retain important points and put their new knowledge into practice. Educators will also get sample biliteracy units, student work examples, and lessons from real classrooms to guide their writing instruction.

## Reviews

### Amy Mosquera, Adelante Educational Specialists Group - October 20, 2023

Bilingual educators rejoice! Finally, a book that focuses on the importance of biliterate writing. The authors have provided the research and the theory that highlight the need to elevate biliterate writing in schools and have coupled it with practical strategies, examples, and ideas on how biliterate writing looks in kindergarten all the way through upper elementary. This is a must read for district leaders and teachers in a bilingual or dual language setting.

### Mónica Lara, Senior Educational Consultant for Bilingualism and Biliteracy, Seidlitz Education - October 20, 2023

Finally, a resource that dual language teachers have been waiting for. This book provides guidance on how we can view the writing of emergent bilinguals as an asset to be developed instead of a problem to be fixed, paying close attention to biliterate pedagogies and diversity. Its essential message continues to be loud and clear: Let’s view biliteracy as the way to teach EBs. ¡Ya es hora!

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