Language Arts Lessons for Active Learning, Grades 3-8

By Sharon M. Fennessey

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325009848
• ISBN13: 9780325009841
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Heinemann Drama
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.3" x 7.4"
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8