Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts - Softcover

Yellin, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1621590305 ISBN 13: 9781621590309

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts, Fifth Edition, offers students all the practical tools they need to be effective language arts teachers, supported by the necessary theoretical foundation. Like its predecessors, this edition presents a comprehensive approach to teaching the language arts, balancing direct instruction in the communication arts and integrating the language arts with other content areas such as music, art, mathematics, social studies, and science. It explores the important topics of community and caregiver involvement in education and offers thoughtful coverage of diversity in the schools. Practical teaching ideas are found in every chapter.

The 5th Edition reflects current teaching practices, field knowledge, and research. Significant changes include:

• A more streamlined approach to allow readers to move quickly from learning chapter concepts and related theory and research to understanding how they are applied in classroom practices, activities, and strategies
• Discussion of standards, including the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), with the goal of showing readers how they can apply standards in the classroom to help meet their students' needs
• New teaching activities that support the chapter topics and align with the CCSS
• An appendix with more than 25 classroom assessment tools
• Discussion of current, quality children's and young adult literature, including informational texts, supported by an appendix of annotated lists of books by genre

Key Features

• "In the Classroom" vignettes, describing real teachers implementing language arts strategies and activities with their students
• "RRP" (Read Research Practice) boxed features, offering ideas for activities and projects
• "Teaching Activities," which future teachers can use in their own classrooms
• "Field and Practicum Activities," which readers can use now in field and practicum settings
• Discussions of technology and websites, to help readers prepare to integrate technology in their own classrooms

About this title

About the Author:

David Yellin, Oklahoma State University.

Beverly A. DeVries, Southern Nazarene University

Review:

The book is really a fantastic resource of use now materials, booklists, activities, and technology suggestions. The inclusion of charts, graphic organizers and rubrics will make the book a favorite keeper . . . [readers] will continue to refer to the textbook long after their course is over. --Sharon Jackson, New Jersey City University

One of the real strengths of this text is the emphasis on concrete examples showing how teachers take the conceptual frameworks defined by the authors and then implement these processes/strategies in the classroom. Novice teachers most definitely need this connection specifically explained to them." --Kathleen Bukowski, Mercyhurst University

This is a relevant and current text that gives college students all the tools they will need to be great language arts teachers. . . . The critical thinking skills and relevant classroom examples are valid and timely. --Laurie Edmondson, Drury University

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1621590305
• ISBN 13: 9781621590309
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 454