Representing a team effort that included education professionals and community members throughout the state of Louisiana, this curriculum guide updates a previous edition that outlines the language arts skills, levels of instruction, and suggested classroom activities for instruction from kindergarten through grade six. Following a brief philosophical rationale stressing the interrelatedness of the language arts and an explanation of how to use the guide, the first section lists the grade-level standards embedded in the curriculum. The major section of the guide presents instructional activities organized by domain (broad divisions of course content representing traditional areas of the language arts curriculum), as follows: (1) reading and writing readiness skills; (2) word attack skills; (3) vocabulary; (4) comprehension; (5) composition skills; (6) writing mechanics; (7) language structure and usage; and (8) study skills. The guide concludes with a section of practical reminders for effective classroom presentation, a comprehensive bibliography, and a succinct index to curriculum and standards information. (NKA)