This document consists of all 14 issues of a bimonthly serial, from its inception in May 1991 through November 1993. "Da Que Hablar" provides numerous authentic materials from magazines and newspapers to stimulate discussion in Spanish in the foreign language classroom. The articles cover topics such as current events, cultural issues,…

The three articles in this newsletter focus on ideas, programs, activities, and research concerned with reading in the content areas. The individual articles contain a discussion of the general approaches that characterize many successful content area reading programs, suggestions for educators who are considering establishing such programs in…

The six articles in the special features section of this journal issue focus on the use of children's literature in all areas of the curriculum. The first article concerns the use of mathematics trade books and offers ways of using new books in learning stations to foster independent learning. The second article discusses criteria for selecting…

Several articles of interest to teachers of English as a second language (ESL) are included. "The Three-Tier Approach to Reading in the Subject Area" described by Trevor McQuinn consists of a procedure for developing lessons based on the need to teach vocabulary, comprehension, and literacy. "Teaching Beginning Reading: An Interview with Virginia…

Reading is one of the disciplines that can be meaningful in integrating mathematics and science. One way to consider the connection between children's literature and mathematics is to consider how fictional literature might influence a child's thinking about the issues that are involved in the scientific enterprises. This document presents…

This issue of the serial "Materials" is devoted to major events that occurred in Spain in 1992 and celebrates the fifth centennial of Spain's discovery of the new world. This issue presents nine activities for intermediate and advanced students of Spanish. Each unit begins with information on the student level for which it is intended,…

The eight articles in this journal issue focus on reading in the content areas. The topics covered are inservice workshop suggestions for learning content material, study skills for advanced learners, research on actual student reading done in the classroom, 12 ways to build a positive reading environment, a method of teaching note-taking,…

This integrated curricular unit on frogs, developed for the second grade, focuses primarily on integrating reading, writing, and science. The unit discusses introducing students to frogs, predicting results in science, learning about classification in science, reading factual science books, extending the topic into literature and the arts,…

Teachers have allowed the social studies and science areas of instruction to become isolated from vibrant language arts skills, resulting in deficiencies in reading and writing skills within the different content areas. An 8- to 10-week biography unit was developed for a fourth-grade social studies course in an attempt to give students a stronger…

This document consists of the four issues of the serial "De Par en Par" published during 1993. This serial provides lessons in Spanish for elementary school children. It is written by bilingual education teachers for use in the bilingual classroom. The magazine bases itself on the K-6 curriculum and offers a variety of activities for…

Noting that students read and write nonfiction without noticing how the language of nonfiction shapes the subject they are studying, the articles in this journal demonstrate ways in which teachers can link their concern for language with their students' interest in content subjects. Titles of the 24 essays are as follows: (1) "Spreading the…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The ten titles deal with the following topics: (1) an investigation and selective assessment of secondary school reading programs in Illinois; (2) a comparison of the content of oral and written responses of tenth grade students to…

Noting that the terms "language of mathematics,""language of science," and "language of business" represent very real language differences which frustrate even good readers, this curriculum report suggests several procedures teachers might use to assist students in reading in varied content areas. The procedures include teaching students to…

The theme for this focused journal issue is reading in the content areas. Articles discuss the following topics: (1) teaching reading strategies instead of skills; (2) teaching reading in elementary content areas; (3) metacognition and mapping; (4) a summer school program designed to appeal to poorly motivated junior high school students who are…

This document presents diagnostic and prescriptive techniques that will enable teachers to enhance secondary school students' learning through reading in content areas. Three terms used in the document are defined in Section I: "vocabulary skills" include word attack skills, sight word skills, and word meanings; "comprehension skills" are literal,…