| Description |
vii, 489 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Chiefly articles originally published in Language arts. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-469) and index. |
| Contents |
How children learn or how teachers teach? : a profound confusion / Judith Wells Lindfors -- Scaffolding : who's building whose building? / Dennis Searle -- Discourse for learning in the classroom / Ken Watson and Bob Young -- Authentic questions : what do they look like? where do they lead? / Beverly A. Busching and Betty Ann Slesinger -- What is sharing time for? / Courtney B. Cazden -- "I know English so many, Mrs. Abbott" : reciprocal discoveries in a linguistically diverse classroom / Suzette Abbott and Claudia Grose -- Reading program to live with : focus on comprehension / Yetta Goodman and Dorothy J. Watson -- Learning about phonics in a whole language classroom / Penny A. Freppon and Karin L. Dahl -- What miscue analysis reveals about word recognition and repeated reading : a view through the "miscue window" / Prisca Martens -- Literature-- S.O.S.! / Louise M. Rosenblatt -- Discussing our questions and questioning our discussions : growing into literature study / Carol Gilles with Jean Dickinson, Cheryl McBride, and Marc VanDover -- Joyful noises : creating poems for voices and ears / Laura Apol and Jodi Harris -- Composition : a position statement / NCTE Commission on Composition -- Myths of writing / Frank Smith -- Finding the "right measure" of explanation for young Latina/o writers / Liliana Barro Zecker, Christine C. Pappas, and Sarah Cohen -- Writer's toolbox : five tools for active revision instruction / Laura Harper -- Courage to write : child meaning making in a contested world / Anne Haas Dyson -- Another story : putting Graves, Calkins, and Atwell into practice and perspective / David Sudol and Peg Sudol -- Informational books : models for student report writing / Evelyn B. Freeman -- Developing a spelling conscience / Jan Turbill -- What we learned from Josh : sorting out word sorting / Mary Jo Fresch -- Educating African American learners at risk : finding a better way / Dorothy S. Strickland -- Guiding bilingual students "through" the literacy process / Stephen B. Kucer -- Testing the way children learn : principles for valid literacy assessments / Beverly Falk -- Reassessing portfolio assessment : rhetoric and reality / Mary Louise Gomez, M. Elizabeth Graue, and Marianne N. Bloch. |
| Subject |
Language arts (Elementary)
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| Added Author |
Murphy, Sharon, 1955-
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Dudley-Marling, Curt.
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National Council of Teachers of English.
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| Added Title |
Language arts.
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| ISBN |
0814129668 (pbk.) |
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