This handbook is designed to provide general goals for evaluating the language arts programs at any level from kindergarten through the twelfth grade. The general and specific objectives used are based on those recognized by the National Council of Teachers of English to reflect basic skills. The guide is intended to be a flexible tool for…

In 1977, the Portland School District introduced a locally developed achievement testing program for Grades 3 through 8 in reading and mathematics. In 1979, language arts tests were added. These three test series comprise the Portland Achievement Levels Testing Program. The new tests were created by district personnel to measure student…

This guide provides specific activities designed for use with the Clifford-the-Dog books to enhance students' personal development and enjoyment of literature. The general format for each activity includes the title of the Clifford book to be used, synopsis of the story, introduction to the book, and follow-up project. Activities are provided for…

In 1979, the Yonkers Public School district (New York) launched a project to design and implement secondary school language arts curriculum guides with an emphasis on written composition. A theoretical framework was developed, based on the work of James Britton and the philosophy of the Bay Area Writing Project (BAWP). Britton's work provided the…

Presented are a combination of classroom activities and sea shore field trips to help kindergarten students develop an awareness of the ocean and the life it supports. Among the multidisciplinary lessons included are those involving arts and crafts, mathematics, science, and language arts. Through studying the sea and its inhabitants, students can…

Step-by-step guidelines for teaching students the processes involved in conceiving, writing, editing, and binding books are presented in this paper. Following a discussion of the values and aims of such a project, possibilities are noted for making class, small group, or individual books. Guidelines are then provided for helping students become…

Creative dramatics activities may offer opportunities for active application of skills necessary to the development of higher level thinking processes. Drama affords the participants the opportunity to concentrate attention upon individual elements in the real and imagined world. Within this framework, the student, while attentive to detail and…

The readings and activities in this competency unit focus the attention of language arts program advisers and primary grade teachers on language instruction/development that is student-centered instead of program-centered. The first section of the unit shows teachers how to clarify their expectations and objectives concerning language instruction…

This is the teacher's guide to the third and last unit in a series designed to provide the Spanish-speaking child with a complete language arts and reading program for grades 1-3. The unit focuses on the development of decoding, encoding, comprehension, and interpretation skills. This teacher's guide for the third grade workbook contains a series…

This is the teacher's guide to the third and last unit in a series designed to provide the Spanish-speaking child with a complete language arts and reading program for grades 1-3. The unit focuses on the development of decoding, encoding, comprehension, and interpretation skills. The teacher's guide for the third grade workbook contains a series…

The results of two large scale assessment efforts by the United States Department of Defense Office of Dependents Schools (DoDDS) are set forth in tabular form in this booklet. First described is the initial DoDDS assessment of composition skills--administered to several thousand eighth and eleventh grade students in the spring of 1978--that…

TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS RELATED TO MODERN METHODS OF OF MODERN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION ARE GIVEN. THE MODERN METHOD TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHOULD BE TAUGHT AS A NATIVE ONE IS LEARNED, THROUGH A PROGRESSION FROM LISTENING AND IMITATION TO CONVERSATION, TO READING, AND THEN TO WRITING.…

PRESENTED IS AN EXPERIMENTAL OUTLINE OF A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO TEACH BASIC SKILLS NEEDED FOR WORD-RECOGNITION AND UNDERSTANDING, IN ADDITION TO OTHER ASPECTS OF TOTAL READING SKILL. PART I PRESENTS COMPONENTS OF SEQUENTIAL LEARNING IN READING SKILLS, CONSISTING OF WORD PERCEPTION, WORD IDENTIFICATION, WORD MEANING, COMPREHENSION, CRITICAL READING…

THIS BULLETIN WAS PREPARED TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. CHAPTERS ARE GROUPED UNDER THE HEADINGS, PHILOSOPHY, RESOURCE UNITS, AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS IN SUBJECT AREAS, AND EFFECTIVENESS. SUBJECT AREAS DISCUSSED ARE SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, LANGUAGE ARTS, ARITHMETIC, HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND ART AND MUSIC.…