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