Integrating the Language Arts

This user-friendly book presents a comprehensive view of teaching the language arts. It offers a balanced approach between direct instruction in the communication arts and integrating the language arts with other content areas such as music, art, drama, mathematics, social studies, and science. It explores the important topics of community and caregiver involvement in education and offers thoughtful coverage of diversity in the schools. You will find practical teaching ideas in every chapter. The authors have updated the fourth edition to reflect current teaching practices, field knowledge, and research. This edition includes two chapters on reading, a new chapter on visual literacy and multimodal communication, and an expanded children s literature chapter. It includes material to make the book more inclusive of the middle grades and discusses preschool literacy experiences. New sections on working with children with ADHD and with English learners expand the discussion of diverse students in the schools. The book includes special features such as In the Classroom vignettes of real children and teachers; In and Beyond the Classroom features offering ideas for activities and projects; updated Technology and Websites sections with software and website suggestions for relevant topics of interest; and Activities with Children that offer fun and practical language arts activities for use in field-based teaching and beyond.