Illustrates the variety of materials available in the ERIC system, from lesson plans and teaching guides to classroom games and descriptions of individualized activities, for planning language arts lessons. (DD)

Surveys materials available to assist children's study of job roles, job responsibility, and career options. (DD)

Annotates 28 children's trade books which were selected by the Notable Children's Trade Books in the Language Arts Committee as the most outstanding trade books for enhancing language awareness among elementary school children for 1990. (MG)

Reviews research studies, available through the ERIC system, on the interaction of cognitive, social, and language development, drawing implications for language arts instruction. (DD)

Presents brief annotations of 30 children's books (published in 1994) selected as outstanding trade books for enhancing language awareness among students in grades K-8. (SR)

Provides information from the ERIC system on creative dramatics activities, outlines their advantages for handicapped children, and suggests techniques for using creative dramatics with mentally, physically, and emotionally handicapped children. (DD)

Provides an historical overview of the subject of oral reading, comments by Richard Ammon and Ronald Cramer about it, and a selected annotated bibliography on purposeful oral reading. (DD)

Presents brief annotations of 30 children's trade books published in 1996 considered to be outstanding for their enhancement of language awareness among students in grades K-8. (SR)

Offers nine citations from the ERIC database which point to resources for developing students' critical thinking skills. (MG)

Presents annotations of 12 books, conference papers, and other materials concerning the reading/writing connection, literature-based reading, and whole language. (RS)

Discusses materials available to the teacher who wishes to incorporate creative dramatics, music, art, film, or a combination of arts into language arts instruction. (AEA)

Presents annotations of 30 titles selected for the 2002 Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts. Notes that the works share one or more of the following characteristics: deals explicitly with language, such as play on words, word origins, or the history of language; demonstrates uniqueness in the usage of language or style; or invites child…

Describes 11 documents in the ERIC system which describe language activities in the context of music, drama, games, and visual stimuli. (DD)

Discusses 44 recently published poetry collections, noting ways teachers can help children deepen their enjoyment of poetry by helping them become aware of the subtle things poets do. Uses the concept of rhythm to organize the books, believing that rhythm gives poetry its feeling of movement. (SR)

Describes 30 children's books published in 1999 selected by the National Council of Teachers of English's Children's Literature Assembly as being notable for their potential to enhance language awareness and usage among children in grades K-8. (SR)