Descriptor
Source
| Reading Horizons | 4 |
Author
| Bristor, Valerie J. | 1 |
| Cunningham, Patricia M. | 1 |
| Gitelman, Honre Frank | 1 |
| Herring, J. Daniel | 1 |
| Smith, J. Lea | 1 |
Publication Type
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 4 |
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedGitelman, Honre Frank – Reading Horizons, 1990
Describes several writing activities in a writing program for fourth and fifth grade students using stimuli from the media. Notes that each theme was designed to increase students' ability to create original compositions from familiar material (such as advertisements and magazine photographs) using persuasive, narrative, or descriptive techniques.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Mass Media, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedSmith, J. Lea; Herring, J. Daniel – Reading Horizons, 1996
Provides examples of arts infused literary studies, with each example using art experiences (expressive writing, creative movement, visual arts, exploratory music, and informal drama) to relate to the literature text. Notes that the learning outcome is to involve readers in exploring the meaning of the story as it relates to their own life…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Drama, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBristor, Valerie J. – Reading Horizons, 1994
Offers examples of science reading and writing activities (used in a study of the effects of an integrated curriculum strategy on the achievement, attitudes, and self-confidence of fourth- and fifth-grade students) which integrate the language arts and encourage the development of skills through content-based context instruction. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedCunningham, Patricia M. – Reading Horizons, 1991
Shares practical and successful solutions to implementing three recommendations concerning seatwork made in "Becoming a Nation of Readers." (MG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
