language arts (elementary)

"Develops both art and literacy skills through the craft of bookmaking, inspiring elementary-aged children to read, write, and tell stories with their creations. Creative, fun, field-tested projects for teachers, parents, counselors, or other caregivers to work through with children ages 3-8 include 17 different blank book designs. These designs are then applied to 23 specific book projects"--Provided by publisher.

Presents strategies for literacy teaching that show children how to communicate through visual texts such as maps, diagrams, tables, and time lines. Discusses the value of this form of literacy and includes basic graphic design instruction for classroom publishing projects.

Offers librarians and teachers easy-to-follow lessons based on Caldecott award-winning books that help students develop and improve their literacy and writing skills.

Contains activities based on Halloween and Valentine's Day that use the works of popular children's authors to help students improve their language art skills.

Covers a variety of instructional methods to help struggling and culturally diverse students to read.

A guide for teachers for using Theodore Taylor's "The cay" in the classroom that includes chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, assessment strategies, reproducibles, and cross-curricular activities.