Urges teachers to let students read without quizzing them about every sentence or every book they read. (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)

Discusses literature on the pros and cons of educational accountability in school systems, and suggests steps to take in evaluating student achievement in language arts. (CM)

Provides job cards for language activities in the middle grade classroom which pick up on ideas from "The Phantom Tollbooth," a children's classic by Norton Juster. (DD)

Defines language awareness, examines shifts in meaning which words undergo, and discusses how this topic can be applied in education. (DD)

Considers ways to use creative dramatics to develop competence in speaking, listening, and--by extension--writing. (DD)

Uses materials from the ERIC system to suggest ideas for a more imaginative use of language in the classroom and provides examples of how to accomplish this. (DD)

A teacher of gifted and talented primary students discusses ways to approach the subject of death and dying. Five class activities are presented which are designed to encourage fluency, risk taking, curiosity, and imagination through language arts and art. (CL)

These articles are presented as an aide in teaching basic subjects. This issue examines reading diagnosis, food preservation, prime numbers, electromagnets, acting out in language arts, self-directed spelling activities, and resources for environmental education. (Editor/RK)

Illustrates activities which integrate the language arts with other elements of the elementary school curriculum. (DD)

Describes techniques for combining language arts and social studies in a classroom analysis of cereal nutrition, packaging, and advertising. (DD)

Describes a program using thematic language arts learning contracts. (DD)

Integrating the arts into language arts classes for the gifted is advocated to enhance self awareness and self expression. (CL)

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)

Describes the learning process of a teacher working to make creative-drama teaching strategies part of her teaching repertoire. Investigates how a drama specialist works with that teacher to develop creative drama learning experiences. Finds that creative drama can be incorporated within constraints of time and curriculum, and can be structured so…