Language Arts Essentials

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Table of Contents
Part 1: Teaching Language Arts Today
INTRODUCTION
CLASSROOM CLOSE-UP
Mrs. Miller-McColm Teachers Language Arts
ESSENTIALS
Essential #1: The 6 Language Arts
Essential #2: The Instructional Approaches
STRATEGIES
What is the Strategy?
Language Arts Strategies
Skills Are Important, Too!
What About Teaching Strategies and Skills?
CLASSROOM PRACTICES
What's the Relationship of Language and Learning?
The Goal of Language Arts Instruction
Students Today: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
Critical Literacy: Using Language for Social Action
A is for Authentic
REVIEW
The Big Ideas
Classroom Inquiry
Part 2: Listening
INTRODUCTION
CLASSROOM CLOSE-UP
Second Graders Listen to Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!
ESSENTIALS
Essential #1: The Listening Process
Essential #2: Purposes for Listening
STRATEGIES
Listening Strategies
Minilessons
CLASSROOM PRACTICES
Interactive Read-Alouds: Getting Students Engaged in Listening
Learning to "Do" School: Ways to Improve Students' Efferent Listening
Developing A Critical Ear
Does Anyone Assess Listening
REVIEW
The Big ideas
Classroom Inquiry
Part 3: Talking
INTRODUCTION
CLASSROOM CLOSE-UP
Third Graders Participate in Literature Circles
ESSENTIALS
Essential #1: Small Group Conversations
Essential #2: Levels of Questions
STRATEGIES
Talk Strategies
Minilessons
CLASSROOM PRACTICES:
Academic Language: A Key to School Success
Talking About Stories in Grand Conversations
Instructional Conversations: Using Talk to Learn
Retelling Stories to Check Comprehension
KWL Charts: Building Knowledge Through Talk
The Power of Drama
REVIEW
The Big Ideas
Classroom Inquiry
Part 4: Reading
INTRODUCTION
CLASSROOM CLOSE-UP
Fifth Graders Read and Respond to Number the Stars
ESSENTIALS
Essential #1: THe Reading Process
Essential #2: Comprehension
Essential #3: Literature Genres
STRATEGIES
Reading Strategies
Minilessons
CLASSROOM PRACTICE
The Language Experience Approach
Responding to Literature
DEveloping Students' Concept of Story
Learning to REad Informational Books
Nurturing Children's Love of Poetry
REVIEW
The Big Ideas
Classroom Inquiry
Part 5: Writing
INTRODUCTION
CLASSROOM CLOSE-UP
Mrs. Harris's Poetry Workshop
ESSENTIALS
Essential #1: Types of Journals
Essnetial #2: The Writing Process
Essential #3: Writing Genres
STRATEGIES
Writing Strategies
Minilessons
CLASSROOM PRACTICE
Never Too Young To Write: Emergent Writers in Action
Simulated Journals and Letters
How To Write a Story
Creating Multigenre Projects
Becoming a Poet
Rubrics: Teaching and Assessing Writing
REVIEW
The Big Ideas
Classroom Inquiry
Part 6: Language Study
INTRODUCTION
CLASSROOM CLOSE-UP
Mr. Martinez Individualizes Spelling Instruction
ESSENTIALS
Essential #1: Stages of Spelling Development
Essential #2: Words and Their Meanings
Essential #3: Grammar Concepts
STRATEGIES
Spelling Strategies
Vocabulary Strategies
Grammar Strategies
Minilessons
CLASSROOM PRACTICE
Teaching Students to Spell
How to Analyze Students' Spelling Development
The Story of English
Word Smarts
Why Teach Grammar?
Let's Play Sentence Games!
REVIEW
The Big Ideas
Classroom Inquiry
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
CHILDREN'S BOOK REFERENCES
 
 

About the author

Gail E. Tompkins is Professor Emerita at California State Unversity, Fresno, and she continues to direct the San Joaquin Valley Writing Project.  She regularly works with teachers in their kindergarten through eighth-grade classrooms and leads staff development programs on reading, language arts, and writing.  In 1998 Dr. Tompkins was inducted into the California Reading Association's Reading Hall of Fame in recognition of her publication and other accomplishments in the field of reading, and recently she was awarded the prestigious Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching at California's State University, Fresno.

Summary

This new text from the leading name in literacy and language arts has been crafted to provide concise, critical information for teaching the language arts, backed by the most current and applicable research available.  The “essentials” format gives readers the information they need in a price- and time-conscious way.  Whether they are learning language arts methods during a practicum course, a block course, or if they're revisiting the newest, most proven strategies as they further their professional development, Language Arts Essentials will provide them with the needed background information and strategies.

Product details

• Authors: Gail E. Tompkins
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9780131720060
• ISBN: 978-0-13-172006-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 480 g
• Series: Allyn & Bacon; Allyn & Bacon
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system