language arts (elementary)

Presents 140 lessons for kindergarten through fifth grade, each inspired by a children's book, that combine art with language arts.

Questions the popular belief that violent prose written by boys in school is cause for alarm, drawing from interviews with boys and girls to argue that video games, movies, sports, and other forms of popular culture inspire creativity in boys rather than aggression.

Explains and clarifies the meaning of the whole language approach.

Describes the read-and-retell teaching strategy for whole-language/natural literacy learning.

Author biography, chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, reproducibles, cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles for the novel Mr. Popper's penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater.

20 Easy-to-Implement Lesson Plans.

Offers research-based strategies for teaching literacy in the fifth grade, discussing classroom layout, unit planning, standards, integrating curriculum, finding resources, and other related topics.

Outlines the different reading strategies that can take place in the classroom, suggests effective management techniques for using trade books, and offers tips on integrating trade books into the curriculum and evaluating their use.

Explains what prefixes and suffixes are and how to add them to base words.