Constructing Meaning : Balancing Elementary Language Arts

Constructing Meaning : Balancing Elementary Language Arts
Author: Joyce Bainbridge
Publisher: Harcourt Canada
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2000
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780774736602

This text introduces all aspects of language arts instruction, while emphasizing the integration and interdependence of each element (reading, writing, speaking, and listening). Topical coverage includes language development and emerging literacy, the teaching of reading and writing, the role of drama and children's literature in the classroom, and methods of assessment.