This book by an award-winning author presents readers with a wealth of information regarding the four primary language arts skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The focus is on effective teaching of these skills at the elementary school level, and it contains an enormous amount of children's literature of all genres.   Research on learning environments, motivation, instructional procedures, and teacher effectiveness is tied to examples of lesson plans, themes, and formal and informal assessment strategies. Real-life examples of children's oral and written responses to literature are included. The book also contains the newest multicultural children's literature.   This book is a must-have reference for all primary education centers and schools, as it contains thoroughly updated booklists with helpful annotations. Can also be useful for teachers of ESL courses in secondary schools and continuing education centers. Parents interested in home schooling will find this book a useful resource.

The Effective Teaching of Language Arts

Reference

NORTON, DONNA E.

Words, Language & Grammar

Merrill

Material focuses on current, proven approaches to teaching such as the literature based reading approach and the use of literature to encourage children's responses to reading. A bibliographic data disk in Macintosh format is packaged with each copy of the text. It provides annotated reference information on every children's literature title in the book. A strong child development focus includes coverage of characteristics and stages of child development, and the importance of literature in promoting development of creativity, social skills, cognition, and personality.

Through The Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature

Children's Books

MacMillan Publishing Company

No text better prepares you for evaluating, choosing, and sharing quality children’s literature thanThrough the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children’s Literature. This streamlined eighth edition continues to provide a visually stunning, theoretically sound, comprehensive overview of children’s literature. Sharpened focus on contemporary issues in the field, deepened coverage of biography and informational books, and newly integrated technology give this new edition added relevance in the changing field. In addition to the text's contemporary and valuable information on literature for younger readers, some of the brightest stars of children’s literature lend their talents to the new edition, providing insight into the craft and addressing the changing needs of middle grades readers.

Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Pearson College Div

This practical, best-selling activity book is the most current guide on the market to developing language arts skills and literacy—speaking, reading, listening, writing, viewing, and visually representing. It integrates technology and emphasizes multiculturalism. With its focus on using literature, this supplemental activity book includes many opportunities to integrate the language arts across the curriculum. Because of the demand for literature-based instruction, most of the more than 150 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. For elementary school English and Language Arts teachers.

Language Arts Activities for Children (5th Edition)

Norton, Saundra

Pearson

This book by an award-winning author presents readers with a wealth of information regarding the four primary language arts skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The focus is on effective teaching of these skills at the elementary school level, and it contains an enormous amount of children's literature of all genres. Research on learning environments, motivation, instructional procedures, and teacher effectiveness is tied to examples of lesson plans, themes, and formal and informal assessment strategies. Real-life examples of children's oral and written responses to literature are included. The book also contains the newest multicultural children's literature. This book is a must-have reference for all primary education centers and schools, as it contains thoroughly updated booklists with helpful annotations. Can also be useful for teachers of ESL courses in secondary schools and continuing education centers. Parents interested in home schooling will find this book a useful resource.

Written by one of the most highly regarded names in the field of children's literature, this compact guide to selecting high-quality examples of multicultural literature offers future teachers the broad-based introduction they need to the literature of the many cultures that comprise America today. Coverage focuses on three main ideas: incorporating the best multicultural books into the classroom, honoring and respecting both the literature and the cultures inhabiting the classroom, and using quality children's literature to motivate readers while simultaneously nurturing a culturally-responsive classroom. Educators and pre-service teachers of children's literature and reading.

Multicultural Children's Literature: Through The Eyes Of Many Children

Teen & Young Adult

In its seventh edition, Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children’s Literature continues to be a visually stunning, theoretically sound, comprehensive overview of children’s literature. It focuses squarely on selecting and evaluating quality literature to share with children and guiding them to appreciate and respond to that literature. This edition features multicultural literature and young adult literature in every chapter, expanded coverage of biographies and informational books and over 100 new children’s titles referenced throughout. A children’s literature CD-ROM accompanies the book and contains bibliographic information for thousands of titles, making it even easier to share quality literature with children and adolescents.

Norton, Saundra E.

A well-known author designed this unique book for Education, English, Library Science, and Humanities classes that emphasize selecting, analyzing, evaluating, and using children's multicultural literature. It includes chapters on African American, Native American, Latino, Asian, Jewish, and Middle Eastern cultures. Each chapter follows a five-phase approach, developed by the author, to lead readers to an understanding of the literature. The five-phase approach begins with a broad introduction to the ancient myths, legends, and folktales of the culture. Phase II narrows the topic to the ancient myths, legends, and folktales from one specific area. Phase III studies the historical nonfiction selections such as biographies, autobiographies, and informational literature that encourage students to understand the early experiences of the social and political history of specific people. Phase IV is a study of historical fiction selections based on characters from specific cultures or on interactions between people and other cultures. Phase V is a study of contemporary literature including fiction, poetry, biography, and autobiography. For teachers of children's literature courses.

Through the Eyes of Many Children: Multiculural Children's Literature

PRENTICE/HALL

A must-have resource for all teachers and adults interested in evaluating, selecting, and sharing multicultural literature written for children and young adults, this widely-popular guide is thoroughly updated to include the most outstanding examples of children’s and adolescent literature available. In Donna E. Norton’s Multicultural Children’s Literature, readers gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of the rich cultural heritage embedded in authentic multicultural literature and see how to share that appreciation and heritage with children and young adults. A chapter each is devoted to the following children’s and adolescent literature in the following cultures: African American, Native American, Latino, Asian, Jewish, and Middle Eastern.

Multicultural Children's Literature: Through the Eyes of Many Children (4th Edition)

This book includes both a large source for and section on how to use multicultural literature with students, as well as the latest in research and issues related to the topic. The materials noted in the book are both authentic and non-stereotyped. The book develops techniques that encourage higher thought processes, helping adults evaluate literature to determine authenticity and an understanding of the various cultures. Book Details:Format: PaperbackPublication Date: 3/30/2008Pages: 368

Multicultural Children's Literature: Through the Eyes of Many Children

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The Effective Teaching of Language Arts

Through The Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature

Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature

Language Arts Activities for Children (5th Edition)

The Effective Teaching of Language Arts

Multicultural Children's Literature: Through The Eyes Of Many Children

Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature

Through the Eyes of Many Children: Multiculural Children's Literature

Multicultural Children's Literature: Through the Eyes of Many Children (4th Edition)

Multicultural Children's Literature: Through the Eyes of Many Children