Language and Literacy: Content and Teaching Strategies
- ISBN-10
- 0134095898
- ISBN-13
- 9780134095899
- Series
- Language and Literacy
- Pages
- 464
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-01-02
- Authors
- Gail E. Tompkins, Robin Bright, Pamela J. T. Winsor
Description
Language Arts: Content and Teaching Strategies provides a useful resource to teachers as they face the complexities of literacy instruction in today's classrooms. Both pre-service and in-service teachers will find this text a valuable addition to their professional libraries. For pre-service teachers who will work with students in kindergarten through grade 8 classrooms, this text offers a consistent model of instruction that will help them become knowledgeable about language learning and guide the many instructional decisions they will make. For experienced in-service teachers, this text provides a rich array of strategies and ideas that they can adapt to suit their personal instructional styles. The seventh Canadian edition of Language Arts features updated Canadian research and Canadian content, including culturally diverse Canadian literature. This edition also offers pre-service and in-service teachers new ideas for differentiating instruction to meet the needs of every student.
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- 2020-11
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- 1997
- 319 pages
- Paperback
- Boynton/Cook Publishers
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