Teaching Language Arts : A Student- and Response-Centered Classroom (with Student Activities Planner)

by Cox, Carole

• ISBN13: 9780205410385
• ISBN10: 0205410383
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Teaching Language Arts continues its emphasis on a student-and response-centered approach to literature-based teaching in today's culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms. Engaging writing style and snapshots of real teachers bring the content to life for students. Instructors can use lesson plans, teaching ideas, and the on-line video case studies which will accompany each chapter to reinforce learning.

Table of Contents

Special Features	xvi
Preface	xviii
PART I Constructing a Classroom Foundation
Learning and Teaching Language Arts	1	(38)
Questions about Learning and Teaching Language Arts	1	(1)
The Language Arts	1	(11)
Snapshot A Day in Avril Font's Fourth-Grade Class	3	(9)
Learning Language Arts	12	(6)
An Active, Constructive Process	12	(3)
A Social, Interactive Process	15	(2)
A Transactional Process	17	(1)
Teaching Language Arts	18	(18)
A Student- and Response-Centered Classroom	18	(4)
Curriculum Content	22	(1)
Classroom Environment	23	(2)
Scheduling and Grouping	25	(2)
Literature, Resources, and Technology	27	(2)
Integrated Teaching: ``Ripple Effects'' of Response-Themed Learning	29	(3)
Ripple Effect Our Community and State	32	(1)
Modeling with Initiating and Demonstrating Lessons	33	(1)
Lesson Plan Modeling with an Initiating Lesson Using an Alphabet Book	34	(2)
Answers to Questions about Learning and Teaching Language Arts	36	(1)
Looking Further	37	(1)
Children's Books, Films, and Software	37	(2)
Assessing Language Arts	39	(32)
Questions about Assessing Language Arts	39	(1)
Guidelines for Assessment	39	(2)
Standardized Testing versus Authentic Assessment	41	(8)
Snapshot Draft Books in Avril Font's First-Grade Class	43	(6)
Assessment Tools	49	(12)
Assessment Toolbox 2.1 Writing Log	50	(1)
Logs and Journals	51	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 2.2 Double-Entry Literature Journal	51	(1)
Anecdotal Records and Observations	52	(1)
Checklists and Records	52	(1)
Inventories and Tests	52	(1)
Rubrics	52	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 2.3 Writing Rubric	53	(3)
Self-Assessment and Peer Assessment	56	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 2.4 Self-Assessment Form for Individual Work	57	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 2.5 Peer-Assessment Form for Group Work	58	(1)
Portfolios and Work Samples	58	(3)
Planning and Progress Forms	61	(1)
Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities and Other Special Needs	61	(7)
Assessment Toolbox 2.6 Portfolio Analysis Form	62	(2)
Teaching Students with Special Needs	64	(1)
Assessing Students with Special Needs	65	(1)
Snapshot An English Language Learner with Learning Disabilities in an Inclusive Classroom	66	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 2.7 Classroom Activity Analysis Worksheet	67	(1)
Adapting Language Learning	67	(1)
Answers to Questions about Assessing Language Arts	68	(2)
Looking Further	70	(1)
PART II Spoken Language and Emergent Literacy
First- and Second-Language Development	71	(40)
Questions about First-and Second-Language Development	71	(1)
First-Language Development	71	(9)
Snapshot Four Children Talking	72	(2)
Constructivist Theory	74	(2)
Social Interactionist Theory	76	(2)
Language Structure and Systems	78	(2)
Second-Language Development	80	(19)
Second-Language Acquisition Theories	81	(5)
Assessment Toolbox 3.1 Stages of English Language Proficiency	86	(1)
Lessons for English Language Learners: Providing a Context for Instruction	87	(3)
Lesson Plan Teaching English and Mathematics to Spanish-Speaking Students	90	(6)
Assessment Toolbox 3.2 Stages of English Language Proficiency for Jaqui's Students	96	(3)
Teaching and Assessing Vocabulary Development for First- and Second-Language Learners	99	(8)
Semantic Mapping	99	(1)
Teaching Idea Semantic Maps with Armenian-Speaking Students	100	(1)
Word Play	101	(3)
Lesson Plan Word Play and Literature	104	(2)
Assessment Toolbox 3.3 Anecdotal Record Assessment (ARA)	106	(1)
Answers to Questions about First- and Second-Language Development	107	(1)
Looking Further	108	(1)
Children's Books and Software	109	(2)
Emergent Literacy and Biliteracy	111	(42)
Questions about Emergent Literacy and Biliteracy	111	(1)
Emergent Literacy	111	(28)
Snapshot Apples and the First Week of First Grade	112	(4)
Emergent Reading	116	(1)
Ripple Effect Apples	117	(2)
Emergent Writing	119	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 4.1 Concepts about Print	120	(7)
Seven Ways to Begin Teaching Reading and Writing	127	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 4.2 Concept of a Word	127	(5)
Lesson Plan Read, Talk, Draw, Write	132	(4)
Snapshot A Day in a Kindergarten Class	136	(3)
Emergent Biliteracy	139	(10)
Learning to Read and Write in Two Languages	140	(1)
Snapshot The First Day of School for Spanish-Speaking Kindergartners	140	(6)
Supporting Students Learning English as a Second Language	146	(1)
Lesson Plan Read, Talk, Draw, Write Adapted for Spanish-Speaking Kindergartners	147	(2)
Assessing Young Children	149	(1)
Answers to Questions about Emergent Literacy and Biliteracy	149	(2)
Assessment Toolbox 4.3 Systematic Sampling of Emergent Literacy	150	(1)
Looking Further	151	(1)
Children's Books and Software	152	(1)
Listening and Talking	153	(38)
Questions about Listening and Talking	153	(1)
Listening and Talking in the Classroom	153	(6)
Listening: The Neglected Language Art	153	(1)
Talking: The Suppressed Language Art	154	(1)
Literacy and Listening and Talking	155	(1)
Snapshot Teacher Talk and Student Talk about a Book and a Film at Halloween	155	(4)
Teaching Listening and Talking	159	(11)
Questions and Prompts	159	(2)
Instructional Conversations	161	(1)
Supporting English Language Learners in Instructional Conversations	162	(1)
Graphic Organizers	163	(1)
Cooperative Learning	164	(2)
Listening and Media Centers	166	(1)
Supporting English Language Learners, Struggling Readers and Writers, and Students with Disabilities in Cooperative Learning	167	(1)
Interviews and Oral Histories	168	(1)
Teaching Idea Model for an Oral History	169	(1)
Reading Aloud	169	(1)
Drama in the Classroom	170	(15)
Storytelling	172	(1)
Puppets	173	(1)
Reader's Theater	174	(2)
Teaching Idea Reader's Theater Script Prepared for Children	176	(1)
Creative Drama	177	(1)
Lesson Plan Creatures! Creative Drama and Listening, Talking, and Writing	178	(2)
Story Dramatization	180	(1)
Teaching Idea Directed Listening Thinking Activity (DLTA) with Literature	180	(1)
Teaching Idea Bringing the ``Wild Things'' to Life	181	(3)
Snapshot English Language Learners Make Masks and Act Like ``Wild Things''	184	(1)
Assessing Listening and Talking	185	(4)
Supporting Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners in Drama	186	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 5.1 Peer Evaluation of Listening and Talking	187	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 5.2 Story Retelling Record	188	(1)
Answers to Questions about Listening and Talking	189	(1)
Looking Further	189	(1)
Children's Books, Films, and Software	190	(1)
PART III Literature and Reading
Reading	191	(36)
Questions about Reading	191	(1)
Reading Is a Language Art	191	(2)
Models of Reading	193	(3)
The Linear Model	193	(1)
The Interactive Model	194	(1)
The Transactional Model	195	(1)
A Balanced Approach	196	(27)
Shared Reading	196	(1)
Snapshot Shared Reading in a First-Grade Class of Struggling Readers	197	(5)
Supporting Struggling Readers through Shared Reading	202	(1)
Guided Reading	202	(1)
Teaching Idea Guided Reading with The Very Hungry Caterpillar	203	(2)
Eric Carle
Writing to Read	205	(1)
Snapshot Struggling Readers Write about Bart the Crow	206	(3)
Word Study and Phonics	209	(4)
Assessment Toolbox 6.1 Test of Phoneme Segmentation	213	(5)
Teaching Idea Whole-to-Parts Phonics Instruction with ``The Eensy, Weensy Spider''	218	(1)
Student Independent Reading	219	(1)
Snapshot Sustained Silent Reading in a First-Grade Class	219	(1)
Reading Workshop	220	(3)
Assessing Reading	223	(1)
Answers to Questions about Reading	223	(2)
Assessment Toolbox 6.2 Running Record	224	(1)
Looking Further	225	(1)
Children's Books and Software	225	(2)
Teaching with Literature	227	(40)
Questions about Teaching with Literature	227	(1)
Reader Response to Literature	227	(9)
The Transactional Model	228	(1)
Children's Stance on an Aesthetic-to-Efferent Continuum	228	(3)
Snapshot How to Find a Lost Mine and Other Treasures in Children's Books	231	(4)
Ripple Effect The Desert of the Southwest United States	235	(1)
Response-Centered, Integrated Teaching with Literature	236	(12)
Choosing Children's Books	236	(1)
Genres of Children's Literature	237	(1)
Literature Discussions	238	(2)
Literature Circles	240	(2)
Teaching Idea Literature Circles with English Language Learners	242	(5)
Assessment Toolbox 7.1 Literature Circle Plan and Progress Sheet	247	(1)
Literature Focus Units	248	(13)
Core Book Units	248	(1)
Supporting English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, and Struggling Readers and Writers through Literature Circles	249	(2)
Snapshot Core Book Unit on Treasure Island	251	(4)
Author Units	255	(1)
Teaching Idea Author Unit on Eric Carle	256	(1)
Genre Units	256	(1)
Teaching Idea Genre Unit on ``Cinderella''	257	(1)
Response Options	258	(3)
Assessing Teaching with Literature	261	(2)
Assessment Toolbox 7.2 Literature Portfolio Organizer	262	(1)
Answers to Questions about Teaching with Literature	263	(1)
Looking Further	263	(1)
Children's Books and Films	264	(3)
Multicultural Education and Children's Books	267	(26)
Questions about Multicultural Education and Children's Books	267	(1)
Multicultural Education	267	(8)
Approaches to Multicultural Education	268	(2)
Integrating Multicultural Content	270	(1)
Teaching Speakers of Nonmainstream English	271	(3)
Supporting Speakers of Nonmainstream English	274	(1)
Multicultural Children's Books	275	(13)
Literature Focus Units	275	(2)
Lesson Plan Core Book Unit on People	277	(6)
Ripple Effect The Pinkneys	283	(1)
Snapshot ``Somebody's Lying'': Discovering the Truth about Columbus and the Taino People	284	(4)
Answes to Questions about Multicultural Education and Children's Books	288	(1)
Looking Further	289	(1)
Children's Books, Films, and Software	289	(4)
PART IV Written Language
The Writing Process	293	(32)
Questions about the Writing Process	293	(1)
What Children Do in the Writing Process	293	(11)
Writing Workshop	295	(1)
Snapshot Writing Workshop in a Fourth-Grade Class of English Language Learners	296	(2)
Assessment Toolbox 9.1 Writing Status Checklist	298	(4)
Writing in English as a Second Language	302	(1)
Supporting English Language Learners in the Writing Process	303	(1)
Teaching and Assessing Writing as a Process	304	(19)
Authentic Assessment	305	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 9.2 Writing Record	306	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 9.3 Writing Rubric	307	(1)
A Literate Environment	308	(1)
Modeling	308	(1)
Minilessons	309	(1)
Conferences	310	(3)
Journals	313	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 9.4 Peer-Editing Form	313	(2)
Revising and Editing	315	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 9.5 Self-Editing Checklist	316	(1)
Publishing	317	(1)
Scheduling	317	(3)
Portfolios	320	(2)
Assessment Toolbox 9.6 Self-Assessment Form for Student's Portfolio Selection	322	(1)
Answers to Questions about the Writing Process	323	(1)
Looking Further	323	(1)
Children's Books and Software	324	(1)
Spelling	325	(26)
Questions about Spelling	325	(1)
The English Writing System	325	(3)
Snapshot A Child Learns to Spell	327	(1)
Stages of Spelling Development	328	(3)
Spelling and Literacy Development	331	(9)
Supporting Struggling Students, Students with Disabilities, and English Language Learners in Spelling	332	(1)
Spelling and Writing	333	(1)
Snapshot Peer-Editing Group in Writing Workshop	334	(2)
Spelling and Reading	336	(4)
Assessing and Teaching Spelling in Grades K-8	340	(9)
Kindergarten through Second Grade	342	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 10.1 The Camel Test	343	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 10.2 Writing Sample Analysis	344	(1)
Second through Fourth Grade	345	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 10.3 Developmental Spelling Inventory	346	(1)
Lesson Plan Word Study of Homophones	347	(2)
Fifth through Eighth Grade	349	(1)
Answers to Questions about Spelling	349	(1)
Looking Further	350	(1)
Children's Books and Software	350	(1)
Grammar, Punctuation, and Handwriting	351	(36)
Questions about Grammar, Punctuation, and Handwriting	351	(1)
Grammar	351	(24)
Defining Grammar	351	(1)
Types of Grammar	352	(3)
Reasons for Teaching Traditional Grammar	355	(1)
Snapshot Arguing about Grammar in Writing Workshop	356	(2)
Grammar in Proper Perspective	358	(2)
Teaching and Assessing Grammar	360	(1)
Snapshot Revising and Editing in Writing Workshop	360	(12)
Teaching Idea Content-Centered Sentence Combining	372	(3)
Supporting Struggling Writers, Students with Disabilities, and English Language Learners in Learning Grammar	375	(1)
Punctuation	375	(4)
Development of Punctuation Skills	375	(1)
Teaching and Assessing Punctuation	376	(3)
Handwriting	379	(2)
Development of Handwriting Skills	379	(1)
Teaching and Assessing Handwriting	380	(1)
Assessing Grammar, Punctuation, and Handwriting	381	(2)
Answers to Questions about Grammar, Punctuation, and Handwriting	383	(2)
Assessment Toolbox 11.1 Student's Revising and Editing Checklist	384	(1)
Looking Further	385	(1)
Children's Books and Software	385	(2)
PART V Integrated Teaching
Viewing and Visually Representing	387	(48)
Questions about Viewing and Visually Representing	387	(1)
The New Language Arts	387	(6)
Snapshot Introducing the Solar System to Third-Grade English Language Learners	389	(4)
Viewing	393	(12)
Ripple Effect The Solar System and Science Fiction	394	(1)
Critical Viewing and Media Literacy	395	(1)
Teaching Idea Examining Advertising Language	396	(2)
Film and Video	398	(1)
Teaching Idea Film Response Guide for The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin	399	(2)
Television	401	(2)
Assessing Media Literacy	403	(1)
Assessment Toolbox 12.1 Student's Media Critique Form	404	(1)
Visually Representing	405	(25)
The Visual Arts	405	(1)
Lesson Plan Self-Portraits and Poetry	406	(2)
Media Production	408	(8)
Drama Performance	416	(1)
Scriptwriting	416	(2)
Snapshot Third- and Fourth-Graders Write and Perform an Original Play	418	(2)
Adapting and Performing Dramatic Literature	420	(1)
Teaching Idea Shakespeare for Children	421	(4)
Curriculum Drama	425	(2)
Snapshot A Schoolwide Renaissance Fair	427	(3)
Assessing Drama Performance	430	(2)
Assessment Toolbox 12.2 Drama Self-Assessment Form	431	(1)
Answers to Questions about Viewing and Visually Representing	432	(1)
Looking Further	433	(1)
Children's Books and Films	433	(2)
Technology in the Classroom	435	(28)
Questions about Technology in the Classroom	435	(1)
Technology and the Language Arts	435	(3)
Word Processing	438	(11)
The Writing Process	440	(2)
Word Processing in Writing Workshop	442	(1)
Electronic Messaging	443	(2)
Snapshot Connecting Second-Grade Key Pals in the United States and China	445	(4)
Multimedia Projects	449	(9)
The Internet	449	(2)
Teaching Idea Internet Scavenger Hunt	451	(1)
Hypermedia	452	(1)
Snapshot Eighth-Grade Latino Students Use HyperStudio to Tell Autobiographical Heritage Stories	453	(5)
Supporting English Language Learners by Using Computers	458	(1)
Assessing Multimedia Projects	458	(1)
Caveats on Technology in the Classroom	458	(3)
Assessment Toolbox 13.1 Rubric for a HyperStudio Project	459	(2)
Answers to Questions about Technology in the Classroom	461	(1)
Looking Further	462	(1)
Language across the Curriculum	463	(50)
Questions about Language across the Curriculum	463	(1)
Understanding Language across the Curriculum	463	(1)
Thematic Teaching	464	(11)
Reading and Writing Both Aesthetically and Efferently	464	(2)
Snapshot A Year-Long Theme of Colors across the Curriculum	466	(3)
Ripple Effect Colors	469	(5)
Language across the Curriculum for All Students	474	(1)
Supporting Struggling Readers and Writers, Students with Disabilities, and English Language Learners in Writing	475	(1)
Literary Texts	475	(12)
Poetry	475	(7)
Songs	482	(2)
Stories	484	(3)
Informational Texts	487	(14)
Nonfiction	490	(4)
Snapshot Fifth-Grade English Language Learners Read and Write about Guts	494	(2)
Biographies and Autobiographies	496	(2)
Assessing Students' Understanding of Informational Texts	498	(2)
Assessment Toolbox 14.1 Record for Retelling an Informational Text	500	(1)
Ways for Students to Present Information	501	(6)
Lesson Plan Integrated Teaching of Science and Language Arts	502	(5)
Answers to Questions about Language across the Curriculum	507	(1)
Looking Further	507	(1)
Children's Books and Software	508	(5)
References	513	(20)
Subject Index	533	(13)
Index of Children's Books, Films, and Software	546