Language Arts: Patterns of Practice

The author adroitly combines the four classic instructional approaches or patterns of practice —Literature Circles, Literature Focus Units, Reading and Writing Workshop, and Theme Cycles—into a seamless presentation that will show prospective teachers how to foster and encourage language arts learning by students of all backgrounds, abilities, and interests. With a powerful new CD-ROM, this sixth edition of the number one language arts book on the market offers comprehensive treatment of four classic instructional approaches to integrating all six research-identified language arts—reading, writing, listening, talking, viewing, and visually representing—into school curricula. For pre-service and elementary school language arts educators.