The author describes a field-based program which integrates current theory of how elementary school children develop oral and written language processes with the role of the teacher as researcher, reflective practitioner, and effective planner. (MT)

Describes a class project involving collaborative partnerships in which fifth graders wrote books for first graders. (HTH)

Educational psychologists and researchers attest to the importance of play in learning, but studies indicate that children are playing less, and often less effectively, justifying the need for play within the school curriculum. The area of language arts is a natural place for imaginative play. One elementary school project incorporated playing,…