Language Arts Lessons for Active Learning, Grades 3-8

Language Arts Lessons for Active Learning, Grades 3-8

Author: Sharon M. Fennessey

Publisher: Drama

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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Every teacher knows: increasing student engagement and participation increases student achievement. But students are different, learn differently, and have unique strengths and needs. Language Arts Lessons for Active Learning, Grades 3 - 8 supports classroomwide success with a variety of lessons that get every student involved and tap a wide range of learning styles. Ideal for any language arts classroom, and particularly those with English learners, special learners, and gifted/talented students, Language Arts Lessons for Active Learning, Grades 3 - 8 utilizes students' diverse backgrounds and talents to target essential language arts skills, including: reading fluency and expression comprehension vocabulary spelling punctuation oral language and speaking skills listening comprehension reading fiction and nonfiction writing fiction and nonfiction. Language Arts Lessons for Active Learning, Grades 3 - 8 gets students involved and supports energetic, motivated learning through well-known and widely used strategies, such as: games read-alouds Readers' Theatre choral reading debating public speaking interviews writing-in-role pantomime improvisation. Teacher-tried and classroom-proven, Language Arts Lessons for Active Learning, Grades 3 - 8 provides a clear lesson format that states its focus as well as step-by-step instructions. In addition, its Teacher-to-Teacher sections offer helpful suggestions for implementation based on the experience of practicing teachers in upper-elementary and middle-level classrooms. Most students learn best by doing, and the practical, easy-to-follow lessons in Language Arts Lessons for Active Learning, Grades 3 - 8 immerse students in language arts like no other book has. Use it and help all students meet language arts standards by accommodating a wide variety of learning styles and abilities through authentic acts of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.


Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning

Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning

Author: Doug Buehl

Publisher: Newark, Del. : International Reading Association

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780872072848

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Provides middle school and high school educators with literacy development strategies that emphasize effective learning in content contexts


Active Lessons for Active Brains

Active Lessons for Active Brains

Author: Abigail Norfleet James

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2011-03-14

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1452235686

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"Active Lessons for Active Brains is a valuable resource for teachers in any content area and at any grade level." —David Chadwell, Coordinator, Single-Gender Initiatives, Office of Public School Choice and Innovation, South Carolina Department of Education, Columbia, SC "This book′s lessons will help students develop into active learners and move from a teacher-directed classroom to one of student engagement, inquiry and critical thinking." —Jay Greytok, Head of Middle School The Haverford School, PA What to do when their feet just can′t keep still If you′re tired of repeating yourself to students who aren′t listening, try a little less talk and a lot more action. The authors follow the best-selling Teaching the Male Brain and Teaching the Female Brain with this ready-to-use collection of mathematics, language arts, science, and classroom management strategies. Designed for active, hands-on learners—whether male or female—the text provides more than 70 specific lesson plans for addressing students′ common challenges, already differentiated to match their experiential learning style. The many benefits include: Increased student engagement Improved retention of subject matter Enhanced capacity to focus on tasks A more orderly classroom This resource contains a wealth of examples, visuals, and material that can be easily reproduced in the classroom. Suitable for upper elementary to high school students, lesson plans can be readily adapted to suit your curriculum. If you′re ready for a solution that works, dive into this book and get moving!


ESL Active Learning Lessons

ESL Active Learning Lessons

Author: Imogene Forte

Publisher: Incentive Publications

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781629501307

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Fifteen comprehensive units provide valuable practice of basic language instruction for English Language Learners. Each unit requires students to listen, speak, read, and write as they move through four levels of activities. Follow the clues in the cafeteria, manage money, master measurement, track transportation, understand the human body, and more with this helpful resource.


Teaching Middle School Language Arts

Teaching Middle School Language Arts

Author: Anna J. Small Roseboro

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2010-04-16

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1607095815

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Teaching Middle School Language Arts is the first book on teaching middle school language arts for multiple intelligences and related 21st century literacies in technologically and ethnically diverse communities. More than 670,000 middle school teachers (grades six through eight) are responsible for educating nearly 13 million students in public and private schools. Thousands more teachers join these ranks annually, especially in the South and West, where ethnic populations are ballooning. Teachers and administrators seek practical, time-efficient ways of teaching language arts to 21st century adolescents in increasingly multicultural, technologically diverse, socially networked communities. They seek sound understanding, practical advice, and proven strategies for connecting diverse literature to 21st century societies while meeting state and professional standards. Teaching Middle School Language Arts provides strategies and resources that work. Roseboro's book provides an entire academic year of inspiring theory and instruction in multimedia reading, writing, and speaking for the 21st century literacies that are increasingly required in the United States and Canada. An appendix includes supplementary documents to adapt or adopt, and a companion web site is designed to continue communication with readers.


Integrating Language Arts and Social Studies

Integrating Language Arts and Social Studies

Author: Leah M. Melber

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2009-09-11

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1452211299

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With an emphasis on active learning, this supplementary text helps busy elementary and middle school teachers engage all students in the vibrant world of social studies. This inquiry-based book presents hands-on explorations, interaction with primary sources, and critical thinking activities, that provide concrete methods to successfully integrate the language arts into the social studies curriculum. Key Features Promotes the development of literacy skills by authentically integrating language arts Supports differentiated instruction for specific grade levels, English language learners, and students with special needs Connects to standards in language arts, social studies, and technology


Academic Language in Diverse Classrooms: English Language Arts, Grades 3-5

Academic Language in Diverse Classrooms: English Language Arts, Grades 3-5

Author: Margo Gottlieb

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2013-09-23

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1452278288

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Make every student fluent in the language of learning. The Common Core and ELD standards provide pathways to academic success through academic language. Using an integrated Curricular Framework, districts, schools and professional learning communities can: Design and implement thematic units for learning Draw from content and language standards to set targets for all students Examine standards-centered materials for academic language Collaborate in planning instruction and assessment within and across lessons Consider linguistic and cultural resources of the students Create differentiated content and language objectives Delve deeply into instructional strategies involving academic language Reflect on teaching and learning


Language!

Language!

Author: Pheriba Jane Fell Greene

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781593183714

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Providing the opportunity to master the literacy skills needed to succeed in classroom instruction at their grade level and to learn the structure and function of the English language.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Author: Diana Whitton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1107441188

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The text outlines teaching strategies that can be used to facilitate classroom learning and engagement, including discovery learning, experiments, demonstrations, the use of questioning, the facilitation of discussion and the effective provision of feedback. Chapters include activities, diagrams and key points to help readers practise the strategies and consolidate knowledge.


How Students Learn

How Students Learn

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2005-01-23

Total Pages: 633

ISBN-13: 0309074339

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How do you get a fourth-grader excited about history? How do you even begin to persuade high school students that mathematical functions are relevant to their everyday lives? In this volume, practical questions that confront every classroom teacher are addressed using the latest exciting research on cognition, teaching, and learning. How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the bestselling How People Learn. Now, these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to revitalize their work in the classroom for even greater effectiveness. Organized for utility, the book explores how the principles of learning can be applied in teaching history, science, and math topics at three levels: elementary, middle, and high school. Leading educators explain in detail how they developed successful curricula and teaching approaches, presenting strategies that serve as models for curriculum development and classroom instruction. Their recounting of personal teaching experiences lends strength and warmth to this volume. The book explores the importance of balancing students' knowledge of historical fact against their understanding of concepts, such as change and cause, and their skills in assessing historical accounts. It discusses how to build straightforward science experiments into true understanding of scientific principles. And it shows how to overcome the difficulties in teaching math to generate real insight and reasoning in math students. It also features illustrated suggestions for classroom activities. How Students Learn offers a highly useful blend of principle and practice. It will be important not only to teachers, administrators, curriculum designers, and teacher educators, but also to parents and the larger community concerned about children's education.