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Special Features | |
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Preface | |
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Language Arts: Learning and Teaching | |
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Questions about Learning and Teaching Language Arts | |
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The Six Language Arts | |
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Learning Language Arts | |
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Constructivism | |
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Social Interaction | |
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Reader Response | |
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Teaching Language Arts | |
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A Student-Centered Classroom | |
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Standards-Based Curriculum | |
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Room Environment | |
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Organization | |
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Resources | |
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"Ripple Effects" of Integrated Teaching | |
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Answers to Questions about Learning and Teaching Language Arts | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchool Video Assignment: Journals | |
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Children's Books, Films, and Software | |
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Language Arts: Assessing and Differentiating Instruction | |
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Questions about Assessing and Differentiating Instruction in Language Arts | |
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Assessment in a Student-Centered Classroom | |
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Standardized Testing versus Authentic Assessment | |
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Assessment Tools | |
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Journals and Logs | |
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Anecdotal Records and Observations | |
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Checklists and Records | |
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Inventories and Tests | |
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Rubrics | |
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Portfolios and Work Samples | |
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Planning and Progress forms | |
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Differentiated Instruction | |
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Diversity and Multicultural Education | |
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Students with Disabilities and Other Special Needs | |
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Students Learning English as a Second Language | |
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Answers to Questions about Assessing and Differentiating Instruction in Language Arts | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchooI Video Assignment: Criteria for Evaluation | |
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Children's Books | |
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Literature and Integrated Teaching | |
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Questions about Literature and Integrated Teaching | |
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Reader Response to Literature | |
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The Transactional Model of Reading | |
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Children's Stance Toward Literature | |
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Integrated Teaching with Literature | |
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Choosing Children's Literature | |
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Genres of Children's Literature | |
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Literature Discussions | |
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Response Options | |
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Literature Units | |
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Literature Circles | |
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Assessing and Differentiating Instruction | |
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Answers to Questions about Literature and Integrated Teaching | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchool Video Assignment: Teaching with Literature | |
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Children's Books | |
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First- and Second-Language Development | |
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Questions about First- and Second-Language Development | |
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First-Language Development | |
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Theories of First-Language Development | |
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Language Structure and Systems | |
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Second-Language Development | |
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Theories of Second-Language Development | |
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Sheltering and Differentiating Instruction for English Language Learners | |
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Teaching about Language and Vocabulary Development | |
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Semantic Mapping | |
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Word Play | |
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Assessing and Differentiating Instruction | |
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Teaching Speakers of Nonmainstream English | |
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Answers to Questions about First- and Second-Language Development | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchool Video Assignment: Writing Strategies | |
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Children's Books | |
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Listening, Talking, and Drama | |
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Questions about Listening, Talking, and Drama | |
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Listening and Talking in the Classroom | |
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Listening: The Neglected Language Art | |
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Talking: The Suppressed Language Art | |
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Literacy and Listening and Talking | |
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Teaching Listening and Talking | |
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Questions and Prompts | |
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Graphic Organizers | |
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Cooperative Learning | |
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Listening and Media Centers | |
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Interviews and Oral Histories | |
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Drama in the Classroom | |
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Storytelling | |
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Puppets | |
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Reader's Theater | |
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Creative Drama | |
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Story Dramatization | |
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Shakespeare for Children | |
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Assessing and Differentiating Instruction | |
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Portfolios | |
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Instructional Conversation | |
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Drama Performance | |
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Answers to Questions about Listening, Talking, and Drama | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchool Video Assignment: Contextual Analysis and Story Dramatization | |
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Children's Books and Films | |
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Emergent Literacy and Biliteracy | |
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Questions about Emergent Literacy and Biliteracy | |
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Emergent Literacy | |
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Beginning to Read | |
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Beginning to Write | |
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Seven Ways to Teach Beginning Reading and Writing | |
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Emergent Biliteracy | |
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Beginning to Read and Write in Two Languages | |
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Assessing and Differentiating Instruction | |
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Answers to Questions about Emergent Literacy and Biliteracy | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchool Video Assignment: An Interactive Writing Activity | |
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Children's Books | |
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The Writing Process | |
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Questions about the Writing Process | |
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Learning to Write | |
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Writing Workshop | |
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Minilessons | |
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Conferences | |
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Assessing and Differentiating Instruction | |
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Authentic Assessment | |
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Portfolios | |
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Answers to Questions about the Writing Process | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchool Video Assignment: The Writing Process: Prewriting | |
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Children's Books | |
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The Reading Process | |
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Questions about the Reading Process | |
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Learning to Read | |
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Landmark Reading Studies | |
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A Balanced Approach | |
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Shared Reading | |
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Reading Aloud | |
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Word Study | |
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Guided Reading | |
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Independent Reading | |
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Reading Workshop | |
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Writing and Reading | |
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Assessing and Differentiating Instruction | |
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Answers to Questions about the Reading Process | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchool Video Assignment: Using Assessment to Inform Instruction | |
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Children's Books and Software | |
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Genres of Reading and Writing | |
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Questions about Genres of Reading and Writing | |
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Reading and Writing Both Aesthetically and Efferently | |
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Fiction | |
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Poetry | |
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Songs | |
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Stories | |
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Nonfiction | |
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Informational Books | |
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Biographies and Autobiographies | |
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Multicultural Literature | |
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Journals and Letters | |
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Journals | |
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Letters | |
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Assessing and Differentiating Instruction | |
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Answers to Questions about Genres of Reading and Writing | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchool Video Assignment: Writing about Immigrants | |
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Children's Books and Software | |
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Writing Conventions: Spelling | |
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Questions about Spelling | |
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The English Writing System | |
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Stages of Spelling Development | |
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Spelling and Reading and Writing | |
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Spelling and Writing | |
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Spelling and Reading | |
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Assessing and Differentiating Instruction | |
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Kindergarten through Second Grade | |
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Second through Fourth Grade | |
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Fifth through Eighth Grade | |
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Answers to Questions about Spelling | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchool Video Assignment: Word Walls | |
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Children's Books and Software | |
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Writing Conventions: Grammar, Punctuation, and Handwriting | |
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Questions about Grammar, Punctuation, and Handwriting | |
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Grammar | |
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Defining Grammar | |
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Types of Grammar | |
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Grammar in Proper Perspective | |
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Teaching Grammar | |
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Punctuation | |
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Development of Punctuation Skills | |
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Teaching Punctuation | |
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Handwriting | |
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Development of Handwriting Skills | |
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Teaching Handwriting | |
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Assessing and Differentiating Instruction | |
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Answers to Questions about Grammar, Punctuation, and Handwriting | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchool Video Assignment: Grammar and Punctuation | |
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Children's Books and Software | |
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Viewing and Visually Representing | |
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Questions about Viewing and Visually Representing | |
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The New Language Arts | |
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Viewing | |
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Critical Viewing and Media Literacy | |
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Film and Video | |
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Television | |
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Visually Representing | |
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The Visual Arts | |
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Video and Photography | |
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Scriptwriting and Drama | |
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Assessing and Differentiating Instruction | |
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Media Literacy | |
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Drama Performance | |
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Answers to Questions about Viewing and Visually Representing | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchool Video Assignment: Mind Maps and Cooperative Learning | |
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Children's Books and Films | |
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Technology in the Classroom | |
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Questions about Technology and Language Arts | |
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Technology and the Language Arts | |
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Word Processing | |
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The Writing Process and Technology | |
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Word Processing in Writing Workshop | |
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Electronic Messaging | |
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Multimedia Projects | |
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The Internet | |
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WebQuests | |
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Hypermedia | |
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Caveats for Using Technology | |
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Assessing and Differentiating Instruction | |
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Answers to Questions about Technology and the Language Arts | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchool Video Assignment: Using the Internet | |
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Children's Software | |
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Language across the Curriculum | |
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Questions about Language across the Curriculum | |
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Understanding Language across the Curriculum | |
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Thematic Teaching | |
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Assessing and Differentiating Instruction | |
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Answers to Questions about Language across the Curriculum | |
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Looking Further | |
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MyLabSchool Video Assignment: Planning Instruction: 1st Grade Integrated Language Arts | |
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Children's Books | |
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References | |
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Subject Index | |
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Index of Children's Books and Films | |
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A Year of Thematic Teaching | |