Language Arts: Content and Teaching Strategies, Sixth Canadian Edition (6th Edition)

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Language Arts: Content and Teaching Strategies provides a useful resource to teachers as they face the complexities of literacy instruction in today’s classrooms. Both pre-service and in-service teachers will find this text a valuable addition to their professional libraries.

For pre-service teachers who will work with students in kindergarten through grade 8 classrooms, this text offers a consistent model of instruction that will help them become knowledgeable about language learning and guide the many instructional decisions they will make. For experienced in-service teachers, this text provides a rich array of strategies and ideas that they can adapt to suit their personal instructional styles.

The sixth Canadian edition of Language Arts features updated Canadian research and Canadian content, including culturally diverse Canadian literature. This edition also offers pre-service and in-service teachers new ideas for differentiating instruction to meet the needs of every student.

Robin Bright is a Professor at the University of Lethbridge in the Faculty of Education. She teaches a number of courses around language arts, including reading, writing and gender. She was also an elementary teacher for 10 years. She is published in a number of journals and mentors both teacher candidates, as well as in-service teachers.

Pamela Winsor is an Associate Professor at the University of Lethbridge in the Faculty of Education. She teaches both undergraduate, as well as graduate courses in language arts, early literacy development, and cross-curricular language learning. Pamela also delivers conferences and workshops on professional development around literacy issues and classroom practices.