PART ONE Contexts for teaching and Learning the Language Arts
CHAPTER 1 Language Arts:Learning and Teaching
Changing Views
Learning and Teaching as Processes
Strategies for Learning and Teaching
Involving Families and Communities
Summary
Activities
Further Reading
References
CHAPTER 2 Organizing and Managing the Language Arts Program
Addressing Organization and Management Issues across Grade Levels
Establishing a Supportive Classroom
Environment
Providing a Balanced Language Arts
Program
Managing Time
Accommodating Learner Variability
Managing Materials in the Language Arts
Classroom
Organizing for Thematic Instruction
Summary
Activities
Further Reading
References
Chapter 3 The Role of Literature in Language Arts Teaching And Learning
The Benefits of a Literature-Based Language Arts Curriculum
Building a Literature Collection
Organizing the Classroom Library
Structuring a Language Arts Program
Summary
Activities
Further Reading
References
Children's Literature References
PART TWO Language Arts Processes
CHAPTER 4 Oral Language:Early and Later Development
CHAPTER 5 Orla Language:Supporting
CHAPTER 6 Reading:The Emergence of Literacy in the Early Years
CHAPTER 7 Reading:Responding to and Learning from Texts through the Grades
CHAPTER 8 Writing:Launching Children into Writing
CHAPTER 9 Writing:Writing across the Genres
CHAPTER 10 Word Study,Vocabulary,and Spelling Supprts for Literacy
CHAPTER 11 Written Language Conventions:Grammar,Punctuation,and Handwiting
CHAPTER 12 Linking Assessment and insturction
CHAPTER 13 Language Arts Learning and Teaching across the Curriculum
Teacher's Choices in Children's
Literature
Name Title Index
Subject Index