PIPPIN PUBLISHING

LITERACY ACTIVITIES FOR BUILDING CLASSROOM COMMUNITIES

ISBN: 0-88751-078-7    View Graphical Site    Go Back

Descript:
What happens when a "ditto queen" finds she can no longer justify the diet of fill-in-the-blank worksheets which she has inflicted for over 20 years on hushed classrooms of students? If you're Ardith Cole, you start looking for creative activities to replace all that boring and repetitive seatwork and, when you find them, you use them to transform your classroom into a joyful and satisfying place of learning where children learn to work together cooperatively. And, when you've done that, you compose an array of classroom vignettes that demonstrate the best and most successful of these creative activities, and put it all into a highly practical book to share with other teachers.

Special Features: Includes 4 halftones, plus photocopiable charts/diagrams.

Audience:Teachers of students up to age 12 looking for practical, non-theoretical teaching assists.

Paperback  6" x 9"

Table of contents:
 Introduction

Bringing Children to Story: A Support Model
  Prereading
  The Reading Act
  Postreading

The Meaning of Meaningful Activities
  Meaningful Activities Incorporate Quality Literature
  Meaningful Activities Celebrate the Language Arts
  Meaningful Activities Emphasize a Cooperative Community
  Meaningful Activities Support the Individual
  Meaningful Activities Allow Choice
  Meaningful Activities Are Founded on Real Life
  Meaningful Activities Help Integrate the Curriculum
  Meaningful Activities Provide Assessment Data
  Introduction to Meaningful Activities

Meaningful Activities to Replace Seatwork

Dynamic Duos
  Prereading Activities
  Postreading Activities

Friends Together
  Prereading Activities
  Postreading Activities

Independent Activities with Pre- to Postreading
  Connections

In Celebration of Interdisciplinary Response

In Conclusion

Bibliography
  Student Texts
  Audiotapes
  Professional Sources