Description: (NOTE:Chapters end with summaries, questions and activities for discussion, references and suggested reading.) I. INTEGRATING CHILDREN'S LEARNING: RATIONALE AND METHODS. 1. Learning and the Intellectual Development of Children. Meaningful Learning: The Construction of Understanding. Characteristics of Children. Intellectual Development and How Children Learn. Teacher as Decision Maker. Styles of Learning. 2. Planning and Implementing a Supportive Environment for Learning. Perceptions. Providing a Supportive Learning Environment. Classroom Management. Preparation Provides Confidence and Success. Mistakes Commonly Made by Teachers that Cause Children's Misbehavior. Practicing Safety in the Classroom. 3. Curriculum Planning. Planning to Teach. Setting Goals and Objectives. Long-Term Planning. Short-Term Planning: Lesson Plans. The Final Step: Assessment. 4. Lesson Planning. Reasons for Planning. Components of Planning. Planning a Program of Instruction. Collaborative and Cooperative Team Planning. Examples of Aims, Goals, and Objectives. Instructional Objectives and Their Relationship to Instruction and Assessment. Preparing Instructional Objectives. Classification of Learning Objectives. Using the Taxonomies. Questioning Techniques. Processes in Instructional Planning. The Daily Lesson Plan. Sample Integrated Unit Plan with Daily Lessons. 5. Assessment of Learning. Purposes of Assessment. Guidelines for Assessing Learning. Clarification of Terms Used in Assessment. Assessing Student Learning. Cooperative Learning and Assessment. Involving Children in Self-Assessment. Maintaining Records of Student Achievement. Grading and Marking Student Achievement. Testing for Achievement. Preparing Assessment Items. Specific Guidelines for Preparing Items for Use in Assessment. Reporting Children's Achievement. 6. The Selection and Use of Aids and Resources. Nonprojected Instructional Tools. The Writing Board. Visual Displays. The Community as a Resource. Projected and Recorded Instructional Tools. Projectors. Television, Videos and Videodiscs. Computers. Calculators. II. METHODS AND ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING LANGUAGE ARTS. 7. Early Language Arts Learning. Basic Levels Language Learning. How Children Learn Language. Providing Learning Opportunities. Integrating the Language Arts Into the Curriculum. 8. Listening. What is Listening? Comprehensive Listening. Critical Listening. Appreciative Listening. Classroom Activities. Problem-Solving Experience Involving Language Arts Skills: Buzz Session. Assessment Strategy. Language Arts Skills Lesson Plan: Listening for Details. 9. Speaking: Talk in the Classroom. Informal Talk Activities. Interpretive Talk Activities. More Formal Talk Activities. Dramatic Activities. Classroom Activities. Problem- Solving Experience Involving Language Arts Skills. Assessment Strategy. Language Arts Skills Lesson Plan: Interviewing. 10. The Writing Process. Prewriting. Drafting. Revising. Editing. Sharing. The Writing Process in Action. Classroom Activities. Problem-Solving Experiences Involving Language Arts Skills: Organization Using a Problem, Cause and Solution Format. Assessment Strategy. Language Arts Skills Lesson Plan: Letter Writing. 11. The Writer's Tools: Spelling, Handwriting, Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization.

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