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Peer reviewedTownsend, Jinny – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1996
A teacher of elementary deaf students describes the value of using "big books," which allow groups of students to share text and pictures, as an effective learning resource both for deaf students and for older students with learning disabilities. Seventeen big books in such areas as multicultural education, science and industry,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Roberts, Patricia L. – 1993
Using a dinosaur unit as an example throughout the chapters, this book presents an organizational plan for developing a thematic unit for literature-based instruction for grades K-6. The book is designed as a resource for preservice and inservice teachers new to literature-based instruction. The book shows how a content topic can be used as a…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Dinosaurs
Gilles, Carol, Ed.; And Others – 1988
Intended for classroom teachers, this book presents classroom practices grounded in theory and focused on process. The first chapter provides the knowledge base that unifies the entire book and lays the foundation for whole language instruction. The second chapter discusses three classrooms that exemplify the whole language classrooms where the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Reading
Bryant, Margaret A.; Keiper, Marjorie; Petit, Anne – 1994
Suggesting that a whole language approach can build a foundation that gives all primary students an opportunity to succeed, this book presents nine thematic units (with suggestions for presenting specific skills on a weekly basis) designed to support the skills necessary for creating a strong literacy foundation. Lesson plans in the book are keyed…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading, Mathematics Instruction, Music Activities
Cullinan, Bernice E., Ed. – 1993
Designed to inspire teachers to explore trade books in new ways, this book presents chapters dealing with historical fiction, diversity education, informational books in the social studies, literature in the math class, and supplementary reading materials for the science instruction. Although each chapter in the book focuses on a specific content…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education
Schirmer, Barbara R. – 1994
This text provides preservice and inservice teachers with comprehensive information regarding how children who are deaf learn to use language in face-to-face communication, reading, and writing. The text presents both practical teaching strategies and the theoretical foundations on which teaching strategies are built. Individual chapters address…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communication Skills, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
