Language Arts Activities for Children

Language Arts Activities for Children, 4/e

Donna E. Norton, Texas A&M University
Saundra Norton

Published August, 1998 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

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Summary

This practical, best-selling activity book, appropriate for elementary Language Arts courses, is also the most current on the market with its integration of technology and its emphasis on multiculturalism. With its focus on using literature, this supplemental activities book includes many opportunities to integrate the language arts across the curriculum. Because of the demand for literature based instruction, most of the activities include selections of children's literature that may be used to focus the lesson and to expand interest in and knowledge of children's literature.

Features

NEW—Contains a new chapter that focuses on using technology and the language arts.
NEW—Develops activities in the following four areas of the technology chapter: introducing technology, conducting research and the Internet, conducting electronic exchanges, and evaluating web sites.
NEW—Includes new writing examples in the listening chapter and a listening for enjoyment activity has been added.
NEW—Provides lessons that highlight the traditional values of additional cultures, and in-depth activities have been developed to identify traditional values of Jewish literature and the traditional values of folklore from the Middle East.
NEW—Updates the activities by including many new book references.
NEW—Strengthens introductions to each of the chapters by including the latest findings in research to enhance the various categories of the language arts. FEATURES
Develops all activities in a lesson plan format which have been tested in school in environments with in-service teachers and in teacher education classrooms.
Follows a unique, structured lesson-plan/activities format: purpose, materials needed, intended grade level, and procedures involved.
Includes many activities that cover all areas of language arts: speaking, reading, listening, writing, viewing and visually representing.

Table of Contents

1. Creative Language Activities.
2. Oral Language and Cognitive Development Activities.
3. Listening Activities.
4. Writing Activities.
5. Activities for the Mechanics of Language.
6. Activities for Literature.
7. Media Activities.
8. Multicultural Activities.
9. Technology and the Language Arts.