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Malova, Irina; Avalos, Mary A.; Gort, Mileidis – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2022
Integrated Reading-Writing Instruction (IRWI) is an approach for English Language Arts (ELA) instruction that has gained much attention since the adoption of college and career standards. Previous studies have shown that connecting reading and writing during instruction positively affects students' literacy outcomes as related cognitive processes…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Language Arts
Neville, Mary; Marlatt, Rick – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2022
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the reading of a book-length fiction or non-fiction text in one disciplinary literacy (DL) teacher education course. This paper considers how the assignment may help pre- and in-service teachers understand literacy as multifaceted and connected within and beyond their content areas (Moje, 2015). The research…
Descriptors: Books, Fiction, Nonfiction, Preservice Teacher Education
Lisa B. Hurwitz – Online Submission, 2023
As part of integrated instruction, educators aim to efficiently and simultaneously address learning goals across multiple subject areas like English language arts (ELA) and science or social studies. While studies are beginning to show that this instructional approach can be effective, it is challenging to implement in practice, requiring that…
Descriptors: Language Arts, English Instruction, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
Philippakos, Zoi A., Ed.; Graham, Steve, Ed. – Guilford Press, 2022
Writing skills are essential for success in the 21st-century school and workplace, but most classrooms devote far more time to reading instruction, with writing often addressed in isolation or excluded. In this insightful professional development resource and text, leading researchers discuss why and how to integrate writing and reading…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Reading Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
Bintz, William P.; Ciecierski, Lisa M. – Reading Teacher, 2017
The Common Core State Standards for English language arts expect that teachers will use narrative and informational texts to teach content area material across the curriculum. However, many teachers at all grade levels struggle to incorporate both kinds of text, especially given the vast amount of specialized content they are required to teach.…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, Common Core State Standards, Language Arts, Reading Instruction
Westfall, Seth Marie – Science and Children, 2018
The lack of time available to adequately teach everything expected throughout the days and weeks in a school year is a major concern for many elementary teachers. The heavy focus on reading, writing, and mathematics leaves little time for science and social studies instruction. However, science is an integral part of preparation for college and…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Science Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Writing Instruction
Lori Ayotte; Cathy Collins – English Journal, 2017
Web-based digital video (DV) applications such as Animoto, Magistro, and Videolicious allow users without technical experience to easily create quality video by matching up appropriate images with text and sound. DV's multimedia capabilities encourage students to become more proficient in new literacies as well as new technologies. This piece…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Writing Instruction, Reading Instruction
Barilla, Rosemary; Brown, Tina Boyer – Journal of Education, 2015
Rosemary Barilla, a middle-grade language arts teacher, inspired by her own dedication to the arts, describes the ways she integrates the fine arts into her classroom program that is designed to teach reading and writing. Tina Boyer Brown, a founding teacher at The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts®), describes the school as a place where…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Language Arts, Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Approach
Knight, Taneka L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
African American and Latino students attending Title I schools in the metropolitan Atlanta area were not reading on grade level. The majority of students are low performing readers and minimally met the reading comprehension requirements. The 2015 average 8th grade reading score for these students was 246 out of 500. This applied dissertation was…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Minority Group Students, African American Students
Shankar-Brown, Rajni; Brown, Benjamin – Middle School Journal (J3), 2014
This study examines vodcasting as an effective instructional activity that can transform students' negative feelings about reading and book reports into more positive experiences. The study employed a qualitative research paradigm and single-case study research design to investigate the impact of using vodcasting in a middle grades language arts…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Case Studies, Middle Schools, Language Arts
Moffei, Anthony C. – Elementary English, 1975
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts, Mathematical Vocabulary
Washington, Wanda – Online Submission, 2010
The OEYP state-funded program provides extended learning for students who are at risk of academic failure. This report summarizes Austin Independent School District's OEYP activities during 2008-2009.
Descriptors: School Districts, Extended School Year, At Risk Students, Academic Failure
Washington, Wanda – Online Submission, 2009
This report summarizes Austin Independent School District's state-funded optional extended year program for the 2007-2008 school year.
Descriptors: School Districts, Extended School Year, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation

Schmidt, William H.; And Others – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1985
Results of a study that examined elementary teachers' beliefs related to curriculum integration in language arts and reading instruction showed that while teachers generally favor integrating language arts instruction, only minimal amounts of integration actually occur in their classrooms. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Integrated Curriculum
Russo, Mary; Rubino, Nicholas – Equity and Choice, 1986
Describes how classrooms can "talk the language of" and "write about" mathematics concepts and procedures, thereby demystifying the abstraction of math and, at the same time, developing literacy skills. (GC)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts, Mathematics Instruction