Language Arts
Content and Teaching Strategies, Canadian Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 15. July 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
640 pages
978-0-13-032151-0 (ISBN)
Description
Appropriate for Language Arts courses offered in education departments in universities and colleges across Canada. The Second Canadian edition of this popular core text for beginning teachers presents the content of the language arts curriculum and the most effective strategies for teaching it to kindergarten through Grade Eight students. The philosophy of the text reflects a constructivist approach to teaching and learning. The book's coverage focuses on the six language arts paired skills, and offers the strongest treatment available of the reading-writing connection.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Scarborough
Canada
Publishing group
Pearson Canada, Toronto
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1057 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-032151-0 (9780130321510)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Learning and the Language Arts. 2. Teaching Language Arts. 3. The Reading and Writing Processes. 4. Emergent Literacy. 5. Looking Closely at Words. 6. Listening, Viewing, and Representing. 7. Sustaining Talk in the Classroom (drama-related content pulled out of this chapter and covered in new drama chapter). 8. Using Drama in Teaching Language Arts. Joe Norris, University of Alberta. 9. Reading and Writing Stories (journal writing content moved to this chapter). 10. Reading and Writing Information. 11. Reading and Writing Poetry. 12. Language Tools: Spelling, Handwriting, and Grammar. 13. Putting It All Together. Glossary. References. Appendix A: Award-Winning Books for Children. Appendix B: Resources about Authors and Illustrators. Author Index. Subject Index.