PART ONE Contexts for teaching and Learning the Language Arts
CHAPTER 1 Language Arts：Learning and Teaching
Changing Views
Learning and Teaching as Processes
Strategies for Learning and Teaching
Involving Families and Communities
Summary
Activities
Further Reading
References
CHAPTER 2 Organizing and Managing the Language Arts Program
Addressing Organization and Management Issues across Grade Levels
Establishing a Supportive Classroom
Environment
Providing a Balanced Language Arts
Program
Managing Time
Accommodating Learner Variability
Managing Materials in the Language Arts
Classroom
Organizing for Thematic Instruction
Summary
Activities
Further Reading
References
Chapter 3 The Role of Literature in Language Arts Teaching And Learning
The Benefits of a Literature-Based Language Arts Curriculum
Building a Literature Collection
Organizing the Classroom Library
Structuring a Language Arts Program
Summary
Activities
Further Reading
References
Childrens Literature References


PART TWO Language Arts Processes
CHAPTER 4 Oral Language：Early and Later Development
CHAPTER 5 Orla Language：Supporting
CHAPTER 6 Reading：The Emergence of Literacy in the Early Years
CHAPTER 7 Reading：Responding to and Learning from Texts through the Grades
CHAPTER 8 Writing：Launching Children into Writing
CHAPTER 9 Writing：Writing across the Genres
CHAPTER 10 Word Study，Vocabulary，and Spelling Supprts for Literacy
CHAPTER 11 Written Language Conventions：Grammar，Punctuation，and Handwiting
CHAPTER 12 Linking Assessment and insturction
CHAPTER 13 Language Arts Learning and Teaching across the Curriculum
Teachers Choices in Childrens
Literature
Name Title Index
Subject Index