Noting that teachers' ultimate goal for their students is that they begin to apply strategies on their own and learn how to be independent, strategic, successful learners, this book presents numerous activities, strategies, and ideas to help students of all learning abilities in grades 1 through 5 become independent learners. The guide was…

A critical task of the language arts instructor is evaluation. Pupils' products in the language arts must be continuously assessed in order that optimal progress may be in evidence. Achievement of pupils must be recorded periodically so that a pattern of behavior on the part of each child may be observed. Also, the teacher can notice more…

Guidelines are provided to assist teachers of grade 3 French immersion pupils in developing a concentrated English language arts program which will enable pupils to attain competency in the essential basic skills. The introduction of English language arts into the early French immersion program represents the pupils' first encounter with formal…

Describes the scripting, casting, and filming of "The Loves and Hates of Mrs. Jones" by an elementary language arts class. (RB)

Teachers involved in developing curriculum materials were more aware and critical of their own effectiveness in the classroom.

Make words come alive! Social studies and art can bring new dimensions to language. (Editor)

Dialectically different students can more easily be taught expository writing and reading skills if the teacher approaches the students' language and culture with a positive attitude, makes use of the students' cultural experiences, and selects reading materials with which students can relate to. (EH)

Language arts programs can be enriched by having children write and then orally interpret their own poems. (JH)

In order to create descriptive poems children have to experience things with as many senses as possible. (JH)

Author compiled and printed an 82 page book about St. Simons Island and the coast of Georgia and in doing so took her students on a learning experience into the past. (Author/RK)

Research indicating that different cut-off points result from the use of different standard-setting techniques leaves decision makers with a disturbing dilemma: Which standard-setting method is best? This investigation of the reliability and validity of 10 different standard-setting approaches was designed to provide information that might help…

Reports the reading achievement during grades one through four of children who participated in a two-year, pre-first grade language arts program. (RB)

This paper explores language-related content in the context of past, present, and future elementary schools, contrasts definitions formulated by educational specialists, and cites recommendations for the training of teachers. (Editor)

Music can be used to provide an environment for creativity, as a topic of study, or as a medium for student expression. (JH)

Suggests that the oral language program can be specifically designed to create an affective focus and provides several strategies for effecting such a goal. (TO)