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Moen, Christine Boardman – 1991
This book employs a whole language-critical thinking approach to teaching reading, writing, listening, speaking, and thinking using Caldecott books (with their story-enhancing illustrations) as the literature base. The book uses 15 Caldecott books to model specific instructional strategies, critical thinking strategies, and extended language…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education
Cooper, J. David – 1993
Reflecting dramatic changes in educators' understanding of literacy, this book, a revision of an earlier text published in 1986 under the title, "Improving Reading Comprehension," provides support for preservice and inservice teachers in learning to help children develop literacy effectively. The central feature of the book is a literacy program…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Download full textStafford, J. Lindsey – 1996
This paper describes a strategy for teaching elementary students language arts that involves the collaboration of the regular education teacher and a speech therapist. The classroom teacher and speech therapist work together in providing lessons related to whole language, reading, parts of speech, semantics, and written expression. This allows…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Arts, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans
Talbot, Virginia – 1997
Designed to offer a balanced instructional approach for language arts, this book combines a systematic phonics program with whole language. It teaches reading skills by using the children's own language, basal readers, poems, and songs, and by emphasizing writing, spelling, listening, and speaking skills. The book includes daily lesson plans,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Language Arts, Lesson Plans
Norton, Donna E.; Norton, Saundra E. – 1999
This activities book illustrates how teachers can use teaching methods and strategies to build children's language arts skills as well as create a stimulating, enriched environment. The activities in the book include many opportunities for the integration of the language arts across the curriculum. Because of the growing demand for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Education
Advanced Technology, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. – 1990
The materials collected in this document were submitted to a conference focused on issues relevant to Chapter 1 programs. A wide variety of resources was presented to participants. Resources for teachers related to mathematics cover the topics of teaching reform; curriculum and instruction; problem solving; and estimation. Resources on reading…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Students
