| Edition |
Sixth edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 593 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Language as the Key to Communication -- Introduction to the Language Arts -- The Language Arts Curriculum -- Best Practices for Teaching the Language Arts -- This Text -- Current Issues and Concerns -- Language Arts and Cognitive Development -- Theories of Language Acquisition -- Language Development -- Cognitive Development -- Connections Between Language and Social Development -- Additional Language and Cognitive Development Activities -- Developing the Language Arts -- Oral Language Development -- Objectives of Instruction -- Assessment of Oral Language -- Classroom Environments that Promote Oral Language Development -- Oral Language Activities -- Mainstreaming -- Additional Oral Language Activities -- Listening -- Classroom Environments That Promote Listening -- Hearing -- Attention and Concentration -- Listening Comprehension -- Appreciation -- Mainstreaming -- Additional Listening Activities -- Reading and the Language Arts -- Best Practices for Reading Instruction -- Approaches That Increase Phonemic Awareness and Develop Understanding of Phonics -- Approaches That Increase Understanding of Vocabulary -- Approaches That Develop Comprehension -- Approaches That Develop Prediction Abilities -- Learning to Read by Reading -- Assessment and the Reading Program -- Evaluating Instructional Programs in the Reading Program -- Additional Reading and Language Arts Activities -- Literature and the Language Arts -- The Environment -- Literature in the Curriculum -- Storytelling -- Reading Aloud -- Art -- Literary Criticism -- Developing an Understanding of Picture Books -- Literary Genres -- Additional Literature and Language Arts Activities -- Composition: The Writing Process -- Viewpoints -- Teachers as Writers -- Theories -- Instruction -- Activities -- Assessment -- Additional Writing Process Activities -- Composition: Expressive, Imaginative, and Expository Writing -- Expressive Writing -- Imaginative Writing -- Expository Writing -- Additional Activities to Enhance Understanding of Expressive, Imaginative, and Expository Writing -- Spelling -- Developmental Stages -- School Spelling Programs -- Assessment -- Word Selection -- Instruction -- Spelling and Proofreading -- Gifted Spellers -- Spelling and Literature -- Approaches for Slow Spellers -- Mainstreaming -- Additional Spelling Activities -- Grammar, Usage, and the Mechanics of Language -- Grammar 1 -- Grammar 2 -- Grammar 3 (Usage) -- The Mechanics of Writing -- Mainstreaming -- Additional Grammar and Usage Activities -- Handwriting -- Effective Handwriting Instruction -- Writing Readiness -- Printing -- Cursive Writing -- Left-Handed Writers -- Mainstreaming -- Additional Handwriting Activities -- Working with Children Whose First Language is Not English and Children from Multicultural Backgrounds -- Children Whose First Language is Not English -- Assessment Issues -- Teacher Attitudes -- Environmental Factors -- Characteristics of Effective Intervention Programs -- Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language -- Educational Implications for Students with Limited English Proficiency -- Instructional Approaches for Children Whose First Language is Not English -- Multicultural Education -- Independent Projects and Other Activities with Latino Folklore -- Additional Multicultural Education Activities -- Library and Reference Skills -- Access to Books -- Media Center Resources -- Library Skills -- Reference Skills -- Further Reference Instruction -- The Technology Revolution and the Language Arts |
| Subject |
Language arts (Elementary)
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| ISBN |
0131117300 |
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9780131117303 |
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