Integrating Language Arts Through Literature And Thematic Units

Reflecting the classrooms of today's schools, this new textbook will help prepare you to... Integrate literature into thematic units, reflecting current thinking in the field Adapt instruction for ELL and special needs learners, reflecting the population of today's classrooms Align your lessons with IRA/NCTE standards, reflecting the movement towards national assessment and teacher accountability Reflect on your teaching and learning, encouraging you to make thoughtful choices about effective teaching Make instructionally sound choices about the use of media in the classroom, reflecting the changing role of technology in teaching

Take a peek inside this innovative text! You'll see numerous applications and examples from real classrooms: Classroom Vignettes throughout each chapter help you see how the chapter content becomes classroom reality. "What's happening here?" appears at the end of each vignette to point out how children are benefiting from their classroom interactions. Minilessons show step-by-step lesson procedures, including what teachers say and how they interact with students when presenting material. The "What are the students learning?" feature at the end of each lesson helps you see the many ways that children are learning from the lesson. Teaching Tips offer practical, teacher-tested ideas, shortcuts, time-saving methods, or cost-cutting procedures for the busy teacher. Applications for English Language Learners, Students with Special Needs, Struggling Learners show how skills or strategies can be modified to help every student learn. Student Work Samples enable you to compare the skills of students at different levels.

"Integrating the Language Arts ThroughLiterature and Thematic Units" reflects language arts instruction today!