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Direct linkKesler, Ted – Language Arts, 2011
In this paper, the author shares three teaching stories that demonstrate the social, cultural, political, and historical factors of all texts in specific interpretive communities. The author shows how the texts that comprised his curriculum constructed particular subject positions that inevitably included some students but marginalized and…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods, Grade 3, Elementary Education
Cusumano, Kate Foley – Language Arts, 2008
Family and community members often look at children's writing from a deficit point of view--seeing only what's "wrong" with it, what needs "fixing." Teachers can take a proactive role as family and community member educators, communicating to them how writing develops in young children and how they can play a positive role in this development.…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Young Children, School Community Relationship, Family School Relationship
Peer reviewedSimon, Roger I. – Language Arts, 1987
Explores educational possibilities and discusses how classroom practice might be related to one's communal and national future. Defines pedagogy as the integration in practice of particular curriculum content and design, classroom strategies and techniques, a time and space for the practice of those strategies and techniques, and evaluation…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Peer reviewedRupley, William H. – Language Arts, 1976
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Arts
Peer reviewedHollingsworth, Shirley – Language Arts, 1977
Suggests ways to use poems to enliven reading instruction. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Poetry, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedEisiminger, Sterling – Language Arts, 1976
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Etymology, Geography, Linguistics
Peer reviewedCook, Jimmie E. – Language Arts, 1976
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Elementary Education, Etymology, Remedial Reading
Peer reviewedTompkins, Gail E. – Language Arts, 1980
Offers a method for teaching penmanship whereby the different strokes of a penmanship exercise are used to illustrate the action in a story. Presents some story lines and shows how they may be adapted to imaginative penmanship drills that will hold the children's interest. (HTH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Handwriting Instruction, Teaching Methods, Writing Exercises
Peer reviewedLamme, Linda Leonard – Language Arts, 1979
Reviews a number of single picture book editions of songs and suggests ways to involve children in this genre. (DD)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Singing
Peer reviewedCochrane, Orin – Language Arts, 1979
Examines the techniques used by Anne Sullivan in helping Helen Keller to overcome her learning difficulties. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Teaching Methods
Alvarez, Laura; Corn, Jennifer – Language Arts, 2008
During the 2004-05 school year, Parkview Elementary School experienced a dramatic shift from a focus on authentic assessment and responsive, individualized teaching to a one-size-fits-all approach to literacy assessment and instruction. In an effort to boost test scores, the district mandated the use of Open Court Reading, a scripted language arts…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Second Language Learning, Reading Instruction, High Stakes Tests
Peer reviewedLanguage Arts, 1987
Contributors discuss (1) the role of teacher explanation, (2) packaged teaching programs, and (3) motivating children to write poetry. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Acquisition, Language Arts
Peer reviewedEstes, Thomas H.; Johnstone, Julie P. – Language Arts, 1977
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading, Reading Instruction, Student Motivation
Peer reviewedWestern, Richard D. – Language Arts, 1977
Describes and defends Koch's approach to teaching students how to write poetry. (DD)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Poetry, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedTamor, Lynne; Walmsley, Sean – Language Arts, 1983
Questions the wisdom of having elementary school students use a thesaurus when they write. (JL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Teaching Methods, Thesauri, Writing Instruction
