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From Words to Wisdom: Supporting Academic Language Use in Prek-3rd Grade. Language and Literacy Series
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Barnes, Erica M.; Grifenhagen, Jill F.; Dickinson, David K. – Teachers College Press, 2021
This practical guide shows teachers how to introduce academic language to young children, with an emphasis on appreciating and leveraging linguistic diversity. New educational standards are asking students to master content-area concepts and increasingly complex texts in earlier grades. This practitioner-friendly text provides instructional…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Academic Language, Language Usage, Kindergarten
Successful Read-Alouds in Today's Classroom
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Johnston, Vickie – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2016
Positively influence comprehension, vocabulary, syntax, and oral language development with read-aloud strategies. The author shares tips for making read-alouds successful.
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Syntax
Paginas del estudiante de espanol (Pages from the Student of Spanish)
Carballo Picazo, Alfredo – Yelmo, 1973
Part of a continuing series. (SK)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Arts, Language Enrichment
The Effect of a Performance-Based Writing Program on the Writing Ability of Fifth and Sixth Grade Children.
Frye, Edward T. – 1975
The effectiveness of a performance-based, experimental writing program was investigated in samples of fifth- and sixth-grade children. The writing program provided instruction in specific syntactic variables from Golub's formula for syntactic density. Six teachers in one school were involved in the 15-week experimental program; four teachers in…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, English Instruction
A Sourcebook of Pragmatic Activities: Theory and Intervention for Language Therapy (PK-6).
Johnston, Elizabeth Booth; And Others – 1984
This sourcebook contains a series of lesson plans for remediating pragmatic problems for students in preschool through grade six. Introductory material describes the concept and development of pragmatics (the ability to use language as a tool), provides an observation checklist for clinicians to use in identifying specific types of pragmatic…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Language Acquisition
Language, Reading, and the Communication Process.
Braun, Carl, Ed. – 1971
Among the papers presented at the 15th Annual Convention of the International Reading Association were the 16 included in this volume. The papers, all dealing with relationships between language and linguistics and reading, reflect both a wide range of opinion on the subject and considerable variety of focus. The six research reports are all…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingualism, Black Dialects, Child Language
Language, Reading, and the Communication Process.
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Braun, Carl, Ed. – 1971
Among the papers presented at the 15th Annual Convention of the International Reading Association were the 16 included in this volume. The papers, all dealing with relationships between language and linguistics and reading, reflect both a wide range of opinion on the subject and considerable variety of focus. The six research reports are all…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingualism, Black Dialects, Child Language
Teaching/Learning Guide: Level II.
Carbon - Lehigh Intermediate Unit, Schnecksville, PA. – 1978
The second of three skill sequence manuals for special education students considers the development of language arts. Objectives are listed sequentially for the following major areas (sample subcategories in parentheses): classification (listening/speaking, sorting, grouping); comprehension (affective, factual recall, following directions,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classification, Communication Skills, Comprehension
What the British Tell the U.S. about Writing & Reading.
Hughes, Theone – 1978
A cross-cultural study of British and United States elementary school children's writing and reading, looking in particular at the comparative growth of syntactic maturity in the two countries as the key to both processes and the link between them, is described in this report. Five hundred sixteen children in 19 classrooms in the Nottingham area…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Integrated Curriculum
Beyond the Two R's.
Karolides, Nicholas J., Ed. – Wisconsin English Journal, 1987
The compendium of articles in this journal issue deal with the diverse components of the language arts, communication, and critical thinking curricula. The titles and authors of the articles are as follows: (1) "What to Do until the Doctor Comes: Speech in the Language Arts Classroom" (John Fortier); (2) "Teaching and Thinking…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Critical Thinking